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NASA sued over alien life on Mars

NASA is being sued by a self-described scientist for failing to investigate "alien life" on the planet Mars after a rock mysteriously appeared.

Is this a secret moonbase?

TAKE note: 22° 42'38.46N and 142° 34'44.52E. Has Google just proven there really is a secret base on the surface of the Moon?

Moon rover hit by 'abnormality'

APTOPIX China Space

CHINA'S Jade Rabbit moon rover has experienced a "mechanical control abnormality", in a setback for the landmark mission.

Hawking: There are no black holes

Hawking: There are no black holes

A RADICAL new paper has the scientific community rethinking everything it knows about black holes (if you can understand it).

NASA launches new satellite

NASA Satellite Launch

NASA's super-high-flying fleet of communication satellites just got bigger.

Be afraid: this super leech can survive at -196 degrees

NOW that's cool! We thought cockroaches we're nature's hardest but this 'super leech' has the extraordinary ability to survive extreme cold.

Gorilla raised by humans is thriving

A BABY gorilla initially raised by humans acting as surrogate parents is thriving as she reaches her first birthday.

Turkey skin 'could be toxin alarm'

Turkeys

THE flappy skin on the turkey's face and throat could help save human lives in a terror attack or a chemical spill - or maybe even from cancer.

Piranha-like fish injure 10 swimmers

Argentina Fish Attack

A SCHOOL of piranha-like fish has injured at least 10 people bathing in an Argentine river, including children who lost parts of their toes.

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Your racist family may just be feeling left out

YOU know that grandmother you have that seems to just be racist for no reason? Well, a new study has revealed it's most likely because she feels left out.

3 questions about technology we should be asking now

The future is arriving fast, with so many exciting, frightening and just plain interesting things coming up. Here's what you should be thinking about.

We're more Neanderthal than we think

Neanderthal man reconstruction

NEXT time you call someone a Neanderthal, look in a mirror. Many of the genes for most people's skin and hair are more Neanderthal than not.

Why do we itch? The science behind the scratch

Why do we itch? The science behind the scratch

THE reason behind why we have the unbearable need to scratch an itch has been explained and why pain might be the answer to the urge.

Ancient tablet reveals 'Ark before Noah'

Ancient tablet reveals 'Ark befo...

IT'S a few notches on a 4000-year-old clay tablet. But what it reveals about the ancient biblical story of Noah's ark has scholars crowing the world over.

Why a pyramid was vandalised

Why a pyramid was vandalised

EXACTLY what drove two men to hack away at an inscription inside the Great Pyramid? Atlantis. It's a tale of cranks, conspiracies and an ancient cartouche.

Sands of time expose lost Pharaoh

Sands of time expose lost Pharaoh

FOR more than 3800 years the final resting place of Pharaoh Sobekhotep I has been lost to history. Now, his tomb has emerged from Egypt's sands.