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| Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:39 GMT Microsoft unveils Xbox One console Microsoft unveils the third generation of its video games console in an event at its headquarters at Redmond, Washington. |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 12:31:30 GMT Flickr revamp revealed by Yahoo Yahoo revamps its Flickr photo-sharing service, offering users up to 1TB of storage if they accept adverts. |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 11:35:14 GMT Wi-fi shut down in Guantanamo alert The US military's wireless internet service inside Guantanamo Bay has been shut down following threats by Anonymous hackers |
| Mon, 20 May 2013 16:08:18 GMT Ex-Nokia team makes rival smartphone A smartphone created by former Nokia employees is unveiled ahead of its release later this year. |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 10:06:13 GMT Pirate movie sites blocked in UK Big UK net firms have begun blocking access to two movie streaming sites accused of flouting copyright laws. |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 06:49:23 GMT Ant abilities could aid robot design A study showing how ants tunnel their way through confined spaces could aid the design of search and rescue robots, say scientists. |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 17:40:09 GMT Apple's Tim Cook defends tax claim Apple boss Tim Cook defends its tax strategy at a Senate hearing, after the tech giant is accused of being among America's largest tax avoiders. |
| Wed, 22 May 2013 11:53:11 GMT Solar plane sets off again across US The Solar Impulse plane, which holds records including the longest manned zero-fuel flight, sets of for the second leg of a bid to cross the US. |
| Wed, 22 May 2013 07:23:06 GMT 'Worrying declines' for UK species A stocktake of UK nature suggests 60% of animal and plant species studied have declined in the past 50 years. |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 23:07:52 GMT 2013 cold start may mean fruit boom UK fruit growers could enjoy a much better harvest of apples and pears this year, following the dismal crop in 2012, experts believe. |
| Wed, 22 May 2013 10:14:43 GMT Green light for 'biggest' wave farm Plans for the world's largest commercial wave farm off the Western Isles move forward after minister give full consent for the project. |
| Wed, 22 May 2013 06:53:03 GMT Iodine lack 'may lower UK baby IQs' Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK, say researchers who studied 1,000 families. |
| Wed, 22 May 2013 09:29:15 GMT Fifty-five beaches meet new rules Fifty five beaches in England meet tough new EU standards on water quality to achieve Blue Flag awards. |
| Wed, 22 May 2013 09:58:41 GMT Vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB Vitamin C can kill multidrug-resistant TB in the lab, scientists reveal. |
| Wed, 22 May 2013 12:30:00 GMT As MERS spreads, frustration at lack of info grows The new coronavirus that emerged in the Arabian Peninsula last year is spreading among people that have had no contact with a known infected case |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:00 GMT Climate change will push up New York's heatwave deaths There will be more deaths in summer and fewer in winter as climate change begins to bite in New York City. The net effect is not good news |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 GMT Today on New Scientist All the latest stories on newscientist.com: rebuilding the LHC, killer army robots, Oklahoma tornado, sniping the easy way, and more |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 16:20:00 GMT Timing made Oklahoma tornado toll worse The tornado that struck Oklahoma City in the US on Monday was unusually large and powerful, and it came down at a bad time of day |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 15:37:00 GMT 3D printer shows surgeons secrets of strange hearts The first 3D-printed copies of real human hearts will help surgeons prepare to work on the problems of the originals |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT A million minutes to rebuild the Large Hadron Collider The race is on to revamp the accelerator that found the Higgs boson, doubling its energy by February 2015. Michael Brooks samples the action at CERN (full text available to subscribers) |
| Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT Tracing the roots of human morality in animals The Bonobo and the Atheist and How Animals Grieve show that we must be careful when studying animals to learn about the origins of human traits and behaviours |