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House bill: 'Hey NASA, that asteroid retrieval plan? Fuggedaboutit'

Republican-led committee also swings budget axe at climate science

Science 19 Jun 01:14

Latest NASA ASTRONAUT class is HALF FEMALE

Newbie 'nauts include lady Marine fighter pilot, male doctor

Science 18 Jun 12:05

Spin doctors brazenly fiddle with tiny bits in front of the neighbours

Quantum computer address bus just nanometres wide

Science 18 Jun 10:17

Australian unis to test quantum-comms-over-fibre

Tests to see if entangled photons can survive real-world networks

Science 18 Jun 01:03

New material enables 1,000-meter super-skyscrapers

Before you read on, see if you can guess how the new stuff will be used

Science 18 Jun 00:29

Boffins build headless robo-kitties

Video Soft kitty, warm kitty, cuddly little ball of wire kitty

Science 17 Jun 23:29

Boffins find evidence Atlantic Ocean has started closing

'Embryonic subduction zone' that flattened Lisbon headed for Blighty

Science 17 Jun 06:43

Google launches broadband balloons, radio astronomy frets

A careless Loon could blind the square kilometre array

Science 17 Jun 05:57

Nearly-transparent screen adds solar charge to phones

French startup hopes to market in 2014

Science 17 Jun 00:05

Hubble spies unlikely planet being born in hostile neighborhood

Hoovering a cloud of sand 7.5 billion miles from a tiny star

Science 14 Jun 22:28

Jaguar to open new car-making factory in Blighty (virtually)

Britain still makes stuff, it's just not real any more...

Science 14 Jun 14:04

Boffins fire up old dish to send interstellar SMS

LO aliens of Gliese 526, DIS iz erth. How R u?

Science 13 Jun 05:59

Boffins read memory bits with light

Non-destructive reads for FRAM

Science 13 Jun 05:29

Young blokes blinded by video-game addiction: THE FACTS

DARPA-funded eggheads' amazing discovery

Science 13 Jun 05:03

Scientists investigate 'dark lightning' threat to aircraft passengers

One stormy flight could give lifetime radiation dose

Science 12 Jun 23:11

You've seen the Large Hadron Collider. Now comes the HUGE Hadron Collider

International Linear Collider ready to rock and roll

Science 12 Jun 14:34

Wanna be a ROBOT OVERLORD? Boffins pave way with mind-controlled cursor

Electrodes planted inside epileptics' brains

Science 12 Jun 12:58

Planetary Resources may upgrade crowdfunded satellite into alien-finder

'Just give us another million dollars'

Science 12 Jun 00:15

China's second woman 'naut blasts off for coupling in HEAVEN

Wang and pals test the cosmic waters for Chinese space station

Science 11 Jun 15:59

Boffins hide cute kitty behind invisibility shield

Vid No polarisation or microwaves needed, yet the cat and fish disappear

Science 11 Jun 06:06

Singing astronaut Chris Hadfield resigns from Canadian Space Agency

Time to hang up the ol' helmet

Science 10 Jun 23:49

Chinese 'nauts prep for next coupling in Heaven, clear way for new station

Second woman taikonaut and pals test tech for China's own orbiting platform

Science 10 Jun 11:45

Headbangers have a gas, gas, gas in mosh pits

Boffins say heavy metal crowds behave like The Vapours

Science 9 Jun 21:03

'Time cloak' can hide data - but not the fact there's something to hide

There's no subhead here, nothing to see. Tum-te-tum

Science 7 Jun 11:56

Reg readers tumesce as they get their tongues round 'podule'

'Podule, podule, podule. Oooh, now I feel dirty'

SPB 7 Jun 05:03

Albert Einstein brings cheese and clean pyjamas to space station

'Nauts' peanut butter also in heaviest ATV load yet

Science 6 Jun 12:24

Gourmet chemists sniff out ultimate cheese on toast

Recipes needed for the perfect Brit grilled snack

SPB 6 Jun 11:58

Who wants a 'robot companion'? Look no further than Intel Labs

Interview Sci-fi predicts the future, says Chipzilla CTO

Science 6 Jun 07:28

Brit adventurer Nick Hancock postpones Rockall holiday to 2014

Maybe El Reg can offer some tips?

SPB 6 Jun 05:05

Boffins develop 'practically free' sulphur-powered batteries

Scientists suck batteries dry

Science 6 Jun 03:54

Curiosity prepares for year-long road trip to Mount Sharp

Some interesting stops planned along the way

Science 6 Jun 00:44

MIND CONTROL HAT makes CHOPPER do what BRAIN says

'An aperture! Go into it' - can students think anything else?

Science 5 Jun 13:06

Boffins build gesture recognition using WiFi

'HELP! Every time I move, the lights go out!'

Science 5 Jun 05:30

Hitchhikers' Guide was WRONG, Earth is not in a galactic backwater

Quite a fashionable neighbourhood, new star map suggests

Science 4 Jun 13:24

LOHAN team regroups for second pop at SPEARS

English Channel not invited to ballocket control board balloon mission

SPB 4 Jun 10:04

Mars Express' 10th birthday celebrated with Martian atlas

Jury-rigged and underfunded, ESA veteran still has it where it counts

Science 3 Jun 19:49

Graphene QUILT: A good trampoline for elephants in stiletto heels

Wonder stuff's real-world weakness not for real - boffins

Science 3 Jun 11:59

Quantum boffins send data ACROSS TIME AND SPACE

Destroyed photon communicates with another that didn't exist at the time

Science 3 Jun 05:56

Finally – mind-controlled limbs without brain surgery

Neural-interface tech gives wounded soldier a hand (and arm)

Science 1 Jun 00:25

Kinky? You're mentally healthier than 'vanilla' bonkers

Study: Whips + clips + cuffs + collars = wholesome 'recreational leisure'

Science 31 May 23:26

Sacred islet Rockall defeats Brit adventurer

Back to Scotland for Nick Hancock and his survival podule

SPB 31 May 21:30

Sacred islet Rockall repels Brit adventurer's first assault

Attempt to land life podule for lengthy stay thwarted

SPB 31 May 13:27

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