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When you think Star Wars, your mind will probably drift to space battles and quasi-religious hermits. However, when researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) reflected on the films, their thoughts apparently...

The term “computer virus” usually conjures up images of incompetent users, less-than-reputable websites and, at worst, lost data. However, the recent attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure by the Stuxnet virus may change the way...

n the recent film Clash of the Titans, ancient mythology is given the big screen treatment yet again. The movie, which features major special effects and beautifully-rendered computer-generated monster sequences, is actually a remake...

I'm tired. I'm getting sick and I have exams coming up and papers due and grant applications to write and I had to cook my own Thanksgiving dinner and I just want to curl...

What if you could rearrange DNA like Lego, cutting and pasting useful bits and pieces or writing entirely new sequences? What if through this manipulation you could write biological “programs,” organisms that act according...

A recent animal study has shed some light on anxiety and how scientists are able to predict it through genetic trends. The May 13 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience highlighted a key factor on...

Google, together with New York investment firm Good Energies, is buying a 37.5 per cent stake in a US$5 billion project to build 563 kilometres of underwater transmission lines to pave the way for...