Until recently, scientists were uncertain about how much and where in the world terrestrial carbon is being stored. In the July 14 issue of Science Express, scientists report that, between 1... Read more
Smoke belching from Asia’s rapidly growing economies is largely responsible for a halt in global warming in the decade after 1998 because of sulphur’s cooling effect, even though... Read more
Google Inc is introducing a credit card for its advertising customers, offering its clients a credit line to try and drum up business as competition in the online ad market heats up. Google... Read more
Millions of people are set to get cheaper internet access after BT was told to slash its wholesale charges to rural areas. Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, has instructed BT to cut annual p... Read more
Fourteen people have been arrested for allegedly mounting a cyber attack on the PayPal website after it suspended the accounts of WikiLeaks. Separately, FBI agents executed more than 35 sear... Read more
Facebook is launching a mobile application Tuesday designed to offer a fast and rich Facebook experience to users anywhere in the world on more than 2,500 Java-enabled mobile devices. The ne... Read more
“C.I.A. John,” the AP-profiled analyst-of-mystery responsible for tracking Osama bin Laden for more than a decade, has been spotted in a photo posted to the White House’s Flickr account. The... Read more
Fast-moving developments in cyber-security are making life difficult for intelligence agencies tracking international terrorists, amid fears militant groups may soon try to convert users of... Read more
After getting a little free time, the last space shuttle crew was woken up to deal with a second computer failure on Atlantis. The astronauts switched to another of the shuttle’s five... Read more