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US Justice Dept builds microwave heat-ray 'rifle'

Settings: Radar, pain-blaster or nudie perv scan

Science 10 Oct 12:34

US military: Electropulse bombs now from next year

Maryland state gov preps tinfoil windmill defences

Science 10 Oct 10:42

Radiation warning for low-energy lightbulbs

UV emissions could be danger

Biology 10 Oct 10:22

ATK shows off 'palletised, plug-in' robot cannon system

From the crate to reaping fleshies in 10 minutes

Science 10 Oct 09:25

Land Warrior soldier-puter to get hoverbot vid hookup

'Get that droid outta the girls' showers'

Science 9 Oct 11:07

US satellite returns first hi-res snap

GeoEye-1 pics destined for Google Earth

Space 9 Oct 10:12

Europe whacks industry, blesses capture caper

De-industrialisation: It's full speed ahead

Environment 8 Oct 12:08

Messenger delivers more Mercury postcards

Second fly-past runs on rails

Space 8 Oct 11:28

Judge Dredd smartshell shotguns to hit Iraq in '09

'XM-25' wireless airburst slugs hit round corners

Science 8 Oct 11:04

DARPA to begin mysterious 'Project GANDALF'

'And with you come evils worse than before'

Science 8 Oct 10:43

Green biz now 'bigger than software and biotech'

Bankers show off amazing motorised goalposts

Environment 8 Oct 09:27

US Army gets eco-conscious, preps mega solar plant

Get in da choppah, Mother Nature!!

Science 7 Oct 21:34

Fish snapped snacking at 4,200 fathoms

'Absolutely amazing footage' from the hadal depths

Biology 7 Oct 14:30

Indian Moon mission is go for 22 October

Hi-tech survey gig for Chandrayaan-1

Space 7 Oct 12:53

NASA's IBEX to sniff interstellar boundary

Looking beyond the termination shock

Space 7 Oct 10:07

New NASA nuclear Mars rover hits budget, time problems

Laser rock-crushing droid tank attack for '11?

Space 7 Oct 09:32

In-body electric eel tech to make 'leccy from body fat

mp3 charger name forecast: iSingTheBodyElectric™

Biology 6 Oct 13:19

Melamine, poisons and the misappliance of science

The takeaways from rogue Chinese food additives

Biology 6 Oct 11:49

Tri-corders, alpine oxy-pills: Acropocalypse at DARPA

NEW-HOTNESS to replace OLD&BUSTED

Science 3 Oct 13:48

Phoenix Lander listens to Mars murmurings

Crackly space earful imminent

Space 3 Oct 10:51

Google to save US from fossil fuels

'Let life imitate Mountain View'

Science 2 Oct 19:01

Messenger closes on Mercury for second fly-by

Cameras at the ready...

Space 2 Oct 14:46

Report: UK physics 'damaged' by budget blunder bloodbath

Not enough boffins at the top, says top boffin

Physics 2 Oct 10:11

DARPA seeks ultrasonic auto-scab tourniquets

'Deep Bleeder' sonar medicuff deal inked

Biology 2 Oct 07:02

Hawaiian anti-LHC lawsuit thrown out

Beak bins botanist's bid to bust boson-botherers

Physics 1 Oct 13:16

Virgin Galactic to save planet from climate change

Keeping up with the Googlers

Science 30 Sep 19:13

Phoenix sees snow above Mars, but it's not sticking

Boffins dreaming of white Xmas at Martian North Pole

Space 30 Sep 11:04

Hubble transmissions cease as computer fails

Backup a bit dusty

Space 30 Sep 10:05

Virgin Galactic spaceliner-piggyback craft delayed

Branson's economy-class rocketships not quite ready

Space 29 Sep 11:14

Elon Musk's Falcon 1 launches successfully

Fourth time's the charm

Space 29 Sep 08:56

Swiss strap-on jetplane ace flies Channel

Barmy backpack birdman does a Blériot

Science 26 Sep 13:40

Jumbo-jet sized 'SuperGigaFly' robo parachute tested

Pimp my parafoil

Science 26 Sep 11:10

Fire-breathing black cabs: Shock eyewitness photo

RoTM NRA operative survives TX4 ambush

Rise of the Machines 26 Sep 11:02

New hydrocarb X-51 scramjet ready for flight

DARPA, NASA chuffed to bits blown away cautiously pleased

Science 26 Sep 08:02

Britons face carbon spotchecks

It's the price of 'one planet living'

Environment 26 Sep 04:49

UN urged to prep for non-fiction Deep Impact

One day, the asteroids will come

Space 25 Sep 21:08

Atlantis launch knocked back four days

Hurricane Ike provokes Hubble mission delay

Space 25 Sep 14:06

China's Shenzhou VII is go

Third manned mission blasts off

Space 25 Sep 13:41

Obama weighs into Shuttle-v-Soyuz ISS brouhaha

'Pay extra for more shuttle flights or go with Russia'

Space 25 Sep 10:16

Mars Lander shows rock who's boss

For it's work all day for the sugar in your tay

Space 24 Sep 22:16

Sun's solar wind hits 50-year low

'Our protective shields are failing, captain'

Space 24 Sep 14:26

Boffin brews up 'Jurassic Park' beer

Extracts yeast from amber-clad ancient weevil

Biology 24 Sep 10:00

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