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Martin Rees introduces the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, the most powerful experiment ever to probe the greatest of questions in physics: what is the universe made of and how did it all begin?

Star Wars may well be the smash hit of 1977, and certainly is the best movie of the year. Star Wars is a combination of Flash Gordon, The Wizard of Oz, the Errol Flynn swashbucklers of the '30s and '40s and almost every western ever screened.

New details have emerged about the history of water on Mars, gleaned from the 2008 NASA Phoenix Mars Mission. "Evolution is a powerful force. If life ever started on Mars, there are niches where still it could survive."

Hawking speaks of the development of life in the universe, focusing on intelligent life, and it's possible future.

The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft sends back its first images since reaching the Moon.

Several Australian writers from shows characterised by the focus on relationships and emotional landscapes, have been approached by Star Wars producer Rick McCallum for their inclusion and work on the upcoming live action TV series; set between Ep 3 and 4

By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - Boy wizard Harry Potter is back in cinemas later this month with the sixth installment of the movie franchise, and another box office bonanza looks assured for the Warner Bros. studio. ''Harry Potter and the...

In what appears to be a direct response to Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 and ABC’s upcoming V remake, Sci Fi Channel have unveiled plans for a remake of another Kenneth Johnson TV series: Alien Nation...

Car designer Harsha Vardhan suggests that this two-wheeler concept is the car of the future. a single-seater electric vehicle that uses magnetic fields for driving the car. The two gianormous wheels, suspended over a superconducting fluid

The discovery of two massive plant-eating titanosaurs, and a velociraptor-like predator, promises to put Australia on the global dinosaur map at last.

The weird-looking sewer creature spotted in a YouTube video is nothing more than a colony of tubifex worms. The worms live in sewage and pond sediment.

The aggressive insects were first native to South America but humans have since spread them to the four corners of the globe by mistake. The ants have quickly become nuisance pests and attacked crops and even native animals.

Most black holes are tiny or tremendous. New observations now suggest that the object known as HLX-1 may be the first intermediate mass black hole that we have ever observed.

The role of the bad guy with likable charm isn’t a new one, though, there’s been plenty in cinematic history. Here’s a look at 10 Charismatic Bad Guys in Film...

Georgia Tech engineer develops 'ethical governor' to help military robots decide when and who to shoot.