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A university in the U.K. said Thursday it would investigate whether researchers at the Climatic Research Unit suppressed data that didn't support climate change. Thousands of private emails of British and U.S. scientists were stolen from the unit's server at...

The National Zoo has scheduled a press briefing for Friday morning, where officials seem likely to announce that Washington's beloved teenaged Giant Panda, Tai Shan, is leaving his place of birth and being sent to China. The zoo said last...

Unfortunately, people who never never had the chance to see what life was like before the internet don’t realize just how much things have changed. Thirty years ago computers were starting to “come along”, but the internet was still in...

Electronic instruments have been a staple of the record industry since the 1970s, when the first synthesisers revolutionised the way music was made. But a group of students will be putting a new spin on the idea next week, when...

Swine flu infections continue to wane, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups...In late October, 48 states were reporting widespread cases of swine flu. But...

Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 4, 2009; 12:11 PM The Federal Communications Commission sent a letter to Verizon Wireless Friday morning asking the company to explain why it has more than doubled its penalties for customers switching carriers. The...

Many other top Democrats share Durbin's determination to meet this deadline. But it's almost certainly not going to happen, for three reasons: the calendar, the Senate's other business and, most important, growing public opposition to the health bill itself.

The beta version of Microsoft’s Bing search engine maps feature could well give Google Maps a run for its money, Jason Kincaid writes for TechCrunch. The new feature challenges Google on every front: Streetside, the answer to Street View, functions...

Rampant rhino poaching is thwarting efforts to protect the animal around the world, according to a report from a group of conservationists. The organization blamed a decline in effective law enforcement for a surge in poaching in South Africa and...