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BBC The trial of six Italian scientists and a former government official for manslaughter over the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila has opened in the city. The 6.3 magnitude quake devastated the city and killed 309 people. Prosecutors allege the defendants gave a falsely reassuring statement...

Two interesting news reports (well I think so LOL :p) Dwarf galaxies suggest dark matter theory may be wrong Scientists' predictions about the mysterious dark matter purported to make up most of the mass of the Universe may have to be revised. Research on dwarf galaxies suggests...

BBC A five tonne, 20-year-old satellite has fallen out of orbit and is expected to crash somewhere on Earth on or around 24 September, according to Nasa. Nasa says the risk to life from the UARS - Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite - is just 1 in 3,200. Hurtling at 5m (8km) per second...

BBC A planet orbiting two suns - the first confirmed alien world of its kind - has been found by Nasa's Kepler telescope, the US space agency announced. It may resemble the planet Tatooine from the film Star Wars, but scientists say Luke Skywalker, or anyone at all, is unlikely to be...

BBC Mark Mardell North American Editor You might think President Obama has enough on his plate without worrying about the European crisis. But you'd be wrong. The White House may not really care too much about the fate of the euro itself, but it does care about European banks and the...

BBC Researchers have determined that dolphins found in southeastern Australia represent a previously unknown species. Around 150 of the dolphins live around the Melbourne area and had until now been assumed to be one of the known bottlenose dolphins. But detailed DNA studies and...

BBC Russia's World Cup debut ended in defeat as they were outplayed by the USA in New Plymouth. In horrendous weather conditions, the Eagles had too much muscle and too much pace for their inexperienced opponents. USA scrum-half Mike Petri scored the game's only try but not before Yury...

BBC Dutch woman 'called boyfriend 65,000 times'A Dutch woman who called a man 65,000 times in the past year - an average of 178 calls a day - is to face charges of stalking. The man told police he had been bombarded with calls, texts and emails from the woman. Lawyers say the...

BBC A homeowner in southern Sweden got a shock when he found a drunken elk stuck in his neighbour's apple tree. The moose was apparently on the hunt for fermenting apples when she lost her balance and became trapped in the tree. Per Johansson, from Saro near Gothenburg, found the elk...

Discovery If you think stinging insects in your garden are big, consider Dalara garuda, a newly identified wasp that's five times bigger than most other wasps, according to a recent Natural History Museum, Berlin, press release. The huge wasp was named after "Garuda," a mythical "winged...

BBC By Jane O'Brien BBC News, Washington Tucked away in the western corner of Massachusetts, the rolling hills of Berkshire County seem an unlikely front line in the battle against globalisation. But that was before the financial collapse of 2008, the current European debt crisis and...

BBC A gunman has opened fire on diners at a pancake restaurant in the Nevada state capital of Carson City, wounding at least seven people. The attack took place at a branch of the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) restaurant chain at 09:00 (16:00 GMT), said police. Carson City...

BBC A giant saltwater crocodile weighing more than a tonne has been captured in a remote southern Philippine village following a series of attacks on humans and animals, officials said. Measuring 6.4m (21ft) and weighing 1,075kg (2,370lb), it is the biggest to be caught alive in the...

BBC Researchers have created the smallest electric motor ever devised. The motor, made from a single molecule just a billionth of a metre across, is reported in Nature Nanotechnology. The minuscule motor could have applications in both nanotechnology and in medicine, where tiny amounts...

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BBC As many as 750,000 people could die as Somalia's drought worsens in the coming months, the UN has warned, declaring a famine in a new area. The UN says tens of thousands of people have died after what is said to be East Africa's worst drought for 60 years. Bay becomes the sixth area...

BBC A few reports today on BBC on cloning .... Endangered species set for stem cell rescue BBC News - Endangered species set for stem cell rescue Dolly scientist working on cloning Scottish wildcats BBC News - Dolly scientist working on cloning Scottish wildcats And this report...

BBC Wikileaks' media partners have strongly criticised the whistleblower group's decision to release its entire archive of US cables uncensored. Wikileaks says all 251,287 of the leaked diplomatic cables are now online in a searchable format. It comes amid a row between Wikileaks and...

BBC Scientists in the US have warned Nasa that the amount of so-called space junk orbiting Earth is at tipping point. A report by the National Research Council says the number of leftover boosters, old satellites and clouds of minuscule fragments orbiting the Earth could cause fatal leaks...

BBC A federal judge in Texas has ruled key parts of a new state law which requires women seeking an abortion to undergo a sonogram are unconstitutional. Judge Sam Sparks upheld the requirement of the law, due to take effect on Thursday, that sonograms be performed. But he struck down...