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Sometimes, history's turning points come in blood and gunfire, and sometimes in pen and ink...Its members, dedicated to discovery through observation and experiment, form a roll-call of scientific fame: Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking.

Johnston Press is introducing "paywalls" on the websites of six of its titles including the Northumberland Gazette and the Worksop Guardian . Readers will be asked to pay £5 for a three-month subscription or to buy the newspapers, which also...

The casing of the iPhone 3GS Supreme is made from 22-carat solid gold. The front bezel has 136 diamonds, while the Apple logo is made from 53 of the same jewels and the front button has a diamond of more...

Geneva scored a world record on Monday by accelerating beams to the highest energy ever achieved in a particle collider, the research center announced. European Organization for Nuclear Research, said the achievement marked a major milestone on the way to...

Nokia marketing head Anssi Vanjoki told the German magazine Wirtschaftswoche that he would not rule out a sale of its core handset manufacturing business in the long term, sparking rumours of possible divestments. Hon Hai, Taiwan's biggest electronics part maker,...

Skoda has released more details of the UK line-up for its keenly awaited big Superb estate. The range will broadly mirror that for the existing hatchback model in terms of engines and trim levels; the exception is that there is...

Swinging into action, government on Monday sought a report from the Convener of Common Admission Test (CAT) Satish Deodhar on the ongoing disruption of the computer-based entrance test for admission into IIMs. The HRD Ministry today shot off a letter...

The server repeatedly hung on them, their login was rejected at the Garden City College of Science and Management Studies leading to cancellation of two sessions while at another centre candidates had to abandon their attempt due to slow computers....

This is an extended extract of a phone interview with biologist, author and conservation campaigner EO Wilson . The problem of biodiversity loss has been "eased off centre stage" as the spotlight has focused on climate change , according to...