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This could be the first step in solving the so-called lithium riddle. Certain models of the Big Bang theory allowed astronomers to calculate fairly accurately how much lithium should be present in the universe. But understanding the amounts of this element observed in stars...

The drive, which has been likened to Star Trek’s Impulse Drive in the Starship Enterprise, has left scientists scratching their heads because it defies one of the fundamental concepts of physics – the conservation of momentum – which states that if something is...

Sent off with the Voyager spacecraft in 1977, the phonograph recording (which is actually on multiple records) is meant to be a hodgepodge sampling of what life is like on Earth.

UPDATE: Images of the new content releasing this week have been shared on the Super Smash Bros Official Japanese profile a few hours ago. Nintendo came up with the poll and encouraged gamers to vote for the characters that they wanted to see in “Super Smash Bros 4″;...

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Recent evidence, at least, would seem to suggest that space camp – that all-American rite of passage for generations of young math wizards, #science geeks and wannabe astronauts – ought to have disappeared into a black hole by now. But the lucky kids would go beyond...

In experiments, researchers showed how a dozen or more ants working in unison to haul, say, a large insect can adjust their course based on intelligence provided by a single ant joining the effort.

The product is another signal that Nokia aspires to return to devices beyond network equipment after exiting mobile phones previous year. The Ozo will capture virtual reality video and this will capture audio and video in 360 degrees.

But new research, published Tuesday in the journal Scientific Reports, proposes another explanation for those structures – that they were present in teeth before they even erupted from dinosaurs’ gums, and that they played a key role in maintaining the fearsome,...

The FT added that for premium packages UK visitors to the park could be paying 1,870 euros (£1,327), compared with 1,346 euros (£955) for French ticketholders and 2,447 euros (£1,736) for German tourists.

So you may never see a security update for your phone to fix this rather annoying flaw, rendering your handset permanently at-risk of infection (unless you root your handset and install your own flavor of Android.) Your only solution is to buy a new smartphone, which is exactly...

OnePlus is making a big deal out of its OnePlus 2 launch, hyping its virtual reality reveal nearly as much as it’s been hyping up the OnePlus 2 itself. “The more you share, the more invites you get”, OnePlus has said.

Well, after lodging the complaint, the Hamburg data protection authority ruled that Facebook couldn’t unilaterally change users’ usernames to their real names nor demand to see an official ID-deeming both violations of privacy-thus, ordering the tech conglomerate to...

This time though, instead of the straight-up first-person shooter of the old title, the new “Doom” will incorporate a full multiplayer mode and content creation tool called SnapMap. You create a level experience, and then to create a campaign-type thing you would link...

In the most recent video, astronaut Terry Virts shows off the weird and complex way that fluids move in space, creating a mesmerising ball of water which contains an effervescent tablet.