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Thousands of microscopic worms took to the skies as part of a space mission, a university said today. The worms were on board when the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from Cape Canaveral last night. The unexpected astronauts will help experts...

Japan had complained to the Netherlands after several violent confrontations between the Steve Irwin and Japanese whalers in February in which both sides reportedly rammed the other's ships. Research by the shipping inspectorate showed both sides had broken international sea...

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK said Tuesday it will build its first full-scale solar power generation plant in Niigata Prefecture and begin power generation there in September 2010. The oil wholesaler will build a plant capable of generating 1,000 kilowatts of...

But these articles prompt a reminder of an all too common logical fallacy: "Albert Einstein got bad grades in school...The current widely accepted theory of plate tectonics was once widely dismissed, but this cannot be used to argue that another...

In a nation that takes its humanoids seriously, the International Robot Exhibition kicked off this week, showing off the latest whirring and buzzing inventions from 192 companies and 64 organisations from at home and abroad. Many of the cutting-edge machines...