The debut of the tiny $35 Raspberry Pi computer crashed its distributors' websites on the way to selling out within hours of launch.
This bizarre-looking concoction of glass, liquid and tubes could one day bring a whole new meaning to the idea of natural lighting.
A breakthrough in graphene research which could pave the way for new smaller, faster, more powerful computer chips has be made by UK researchers.
Prehistoric children as young as three were encouraged by adults to make cave art 13,000 years ago, new research shows.
Scientists have captured antimatter atoms for the first time, a breakthrough that could eventually help us to understand the nature and origins of the universe.
My kid would never be the bully.
A group of students, including a gay teen, talk to CNN's Anderson Cooper about life at the hands of bullies.
The "father of the test tube baby," Robert G. Edwards, won the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday, the awards committee announced.
A Georgia man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease says he wants to die by having his organs harvested rather than wait for his degenerative nerve ailment to kill him.
CNN's Don Lemon talks with a terminally-ill patient who wants to donate his organs while they are still healthy.
Britain's top legal official "misled" the government over the case for war in Iraq under pressure from then prime minister Tony Blair, a former Cabinet minister claimed Tuesday.
Coral reefs around the world are worth a staggering $172 billion dollars a year to the global economy. But the wealth of the oceans' reefs, and their amazing monetary value, is on the verge of being destroyed.
Under a canopy of elegant Italian pines, the foundations of a mini Roman Coliseum are at once unmistakable and exhilarating.
Archeologists have made an exciting discovery in Italy; ruins at the ancient Mediterranean port of Portus. CNN's Paula Newton reports.
New data released Thursday suggests that the Arctic Ocean will be "largely ice free" during summer within a decade.
A new report says Arctic sea ice will largely disappear in summer within a decade. CNN's Phil Black reports.
Here is some advice for keeping in-law relations sane and strife-free.
Researchers have found that rooks, a member of the crow family, are capable of using and making tools despite not doing so in the wild.
Researchers have found that birds are capable of making and using tools to get food.
Scientist and author Stephen Hawking is "very ill" and has been hospitalized, according to Cambridge University, where he is a professor.
In a recent interview, CNN's Becky Anderson spoke with scientist Stephen Hawking about his views of the world.
Distinguished scientist Stephen Hawking was said to be in a "comfortable" condition Tuesday after spending the night in hospital, Cambridge University said in a statement.
Bird migrations are likely to get longer according to a study of the potential impacts of climate change on the breeding and winter ranges of migrant birds.
So you want to be an entrepreneur? Today the first step is a solid business plan. Tomorrow it could be a bottle of pills. Cambridge University scientists made headlines last November by suggesting that an "entrepreneur drug" might someday replicate the brain chemistry seen in successful small business owners. Fortune Small Business checked in with Barbara Sahakian, Ph.D., who led the research, to hear her vision of the future.
The student protester who hurled a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as he was giving a speech at Cambridge University could face up to 6 months in prison or a £5,000 fine, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service told CNN Tuesday.
A human rights protester was in police custody Monday after throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a speech at Cambridge University.
Britain's top student body has urged protesters to abandon nationwide university sit-ins over Israel's military actions in Gaza as others voice concern over increasing hostility towards Jewish students.
There's a never a dull moment in London -- the only problem is trying to keep up with it all... Here are some annual events you won't want to miss.
The conviction of a terrorist doctor in the UK exposes how any section of society can become radicalized, a top police officer said Tuesday.
Cosmologist Stephen Hawking will retire from his prestigious post at Cambridge University next year, but intends to continue his exploration of time and space
CNN's Becky Anderson holds an exclusive interview with scientist Stephen Hawking on his views of the world.
New MS treatment
updated: Thu Oct 23 2008 09:41:00
Researchers say a drug offers hope for better treatment for MS patients. ITN's Lawrence McGinty reports.
Research into the mysterious green glow of a jellyfish earned three scientists this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry, the Nobel Foundation announced Wednesday.
Cosmologist, theoretical physicist and author, Stephen Hawking is possibly the world's greatest living scientist.
As a good postfeminist-era mom, I certainly didn't push my son toward trucks and my daughter toward tutus.
Three prizes worth $1 million apiece were awarded Wednesday to seven
scientists for their discoveries in neuroscience, astrophysics and the
study of vanishingly small structures
According to new research, the higher a trader's testosterone level, the more money he'll net before the close of business
Universities are always looking for cash from their alumni (or anyone else with a big enough checkbook). But sometimes colleges are offered donations of another variety. Here are stories of six rather unusual gifts given to universities across the world.
As a species, we've hit the bedtime barrier. You can eat at your desk, socialize in the break room, and answer text messages on a date, but sooner or later, you're going to have to sleep.
Dr. Ken Yeang is the world's leading architect in ecological and passive low energy design. He has delivered over 200 built projects and his 'bioclimatic' towers have had an impact around the world, fusing high-tech and organic principles.
One of Earth's largest-ever megafloods broke apart a strip of land connecting what is now Britain and France, permanently separating them, a new study says
It would be a dream come true for the airline industry: a plane that uses up to 30 percent less gas to reach its destination, compared with today's jets. That's the promise of the blended-wing, a r...
It would be a dream come true for the airline industry: A plane that uses up to 30 percent less gas to reach its destination, compared with today's jets.
A futuristic new jet hopes to be the biggest revolution in commercial aircraft design in fifty years.
A scientist awarded a prize for keeping elderly mice alive beyond their normal life spans believes his work could help slow human aging and unlock cures for diseases associated with old age, such as cancer and heart disease.
One outcome of global warming could be a dramatic cooling of Britain and northern Europe.
Astronomers have discovered an invisible galaxy that could be the first of many that will help unravel one of the universe's greatest mysteries.
The game of cricket might be centuries old, but modern tactics are increasingly being used to improve players' performances.
Business 2.0: A Less Precious Metalupdated: Thu Apr 01 2004 00:01:00
Cheap titanium would be worth a lot of money to the automotive industry. Cars made with the lightweight metal would consume significantly less gas than steel cars, spew fewer emissions, and never r...
Wolfram Schultz, a neurophysiologist at the University of Cambridge in England, is so fastidious that he turns his office teacups upside-down on a towel when he's not using them, lest they get dusty. Schultz has the right temperament for someone who explores the microstructure of the brain, monitoring the electrochemical activity of one neuron at a time.
You can't blame John Todd for seeming a little cranky these days. The University of Cambridge geneticist has spent years searching for the 20 or so genes thought to play a role in type 1 diabetes. ...
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"I knew nothing about Asia," says Laura Luckyn-Malone of her undergraduate days at Cambridge University, where she studied classics and law. What a difference two decades make: Now 42, she has beco...
Westerners eyeing business opportunities in Eastern Europe will find encouragement in Pope John Paul II's new 114-page encyclical. The Pope, once thought to have a slightly leftish political tilt, ...
Fortune: ON THE RISEupdated: Mon Nov 19 1990 00:01:00
SHELEME M. SENDABA, 41 NISSAN MOTOR CORP. Working for change has kept Sendaba on the move. In 1970 his anti-government reform efforts prompted him to leave his native Ethiopia. Exile led him to Chi...
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