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last updated: 22/10/2009Innovation and Technology News in Science
That subdued roar is the sound of the massive earthquake that caused the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.
Experts trained to match faces in criminal investigations have been put to the test for the first time.</
Scientists have created the first 'avatar' of a new millipede species that shows off its features such as genitals in remarkable detail.
Researchers have found a possible genetic link between low vitamin D levels and multiple sclerosis; something that has long been suspected, but difficult to prove.
This robot doesn't just play jazz standards, it improvises.
Golden jackals look alike, act alike and long have been considered to be the same species, but it turns out that appearances can be deceiving.
Two new DNA studies shed light on the migration of ancient people into the Americas, including 'surprising' links to present day Australo-Melanesians.
The discovery of a genetically distinct group of eastern grey kangaroos sheds light on how they survived aeons of climate-induced expansion and contraction of their grassland habitat, say researchers.
Mobile phones are a risk to public health, an Australian study has found. But it has nothing to do with electromagnetic fields and tumours.
An exhaustive genetic analysis of woolly mammoths and their living cousins, Asian and African elephants, has revealed a slew of genetic adaptations that enabled the Ice Age giants to survive adverse conditions.
Tweaks to a single gene turned a pathogen that causes a mild gastrointestinal infection into the bacterium that causes the plague.
A faster and vaster internet is a step closer with the discovery of a way to push more light further along optical fibre networks.
Heat-tolerant genes from corals close to the equator could provide a lifeline to corals suffering elsewhere from the effects of global warming, new research suggests.
People who use cochlear implants may one day be able to better understand speech against a noisy background thanks to a new Australian discovery.
A gene that controls whether germ cells eventually become sperm or eggs has been identified by scientists.