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HELSINKI (AP) — For Nokia, it comes down to this: Is Microsoft's new phone software going to get it back in the smartphone race, or is it going to be too late? After being the top seller of cellphones in the world for 14 years, Nokia failed to meet the challenge when Apple in 2007 introduced the...
/CC BY 2.0 Ash trees make up almost one third of Britain's tree stock--there are 80M of them--and they are under threat from a deadly disease which is sweeping the forests. After much obfuscation from the government, it now appears that a staggering 100,000 trees have already been destroyed in an...
Paris - Scientists in Britain say they have developed a super-sensitive test using nano-particles to spot markers for cancer or the Aids virus in human blood serum using the naked eye. As it does not need sophisticated equipment, the test-tube technique should be cheap and simple, making it a a boon...
Durban - More than 5 000 Durban residents have given the thumbs-down to the city’s controversial toilet-to-tap water recycling proposal. Most of the objections, which include a large number of signatures from Muslim residents, are contained in a petition sent to the city as part of the...
Sydney - Scientists announced on Monday the discovery of a new species of lizard fighting to survive among the sand dunes outside Perth in Western Australia. They fear it is only a matter of time before the six-centimetre long Ctenotus ora, or the coastal plains skink, will be extinct with urban...
Washington - The last of four unmanned experimental US military aircraft designed to fly at six times the speed of sound is expected to be tested next year, the program manager said, months after its predecessor broke up during a trial. The third test flight of the craft, known as the Waverider or...
Wellington: Calling someone bird-brained can be disparaging, but certain bird species are indeed smarter than we think. Crows, for example, solve problems instinctively, although other animals rarely do it spontaneously, according to a new research. Crows are able to rapidly access food hung...
