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Hands-free on the road?

It looks like the route to driverless cars is clear. Google is to start building its own self-driving cars, rather than modifying vehicles built by other manufacturers. It'll have a stop-go button but no controls...
Jul 13,2015

Children aid malaria vaccine hunt

A group of children in Africa who are naturally immune to malaria are helping scientists to develop a new vaccine. The US team published the results of their research in the journal Science...
Jul 13,2015

'Biggest dinosaur ever' discovered

Fossilised bones of a dinosaur believed to be the largest creature ever to walk the Earth have been found in Argentina, palaeontologists say. Based on its huge thigh bones, it measured 40m long and 20m tall...
Jul 13,2015

Galapagos environmental emergency

The government in Ecuador has declared an emergency in the Galapagos islands. A ship carrying petrol which got stuck on the rocks last week may still carry a threat to the island group's plants and animals...
Jul 13,2015

Electronics 'affect bird navigation'

Electrical devices may disrupt the migration of some birds, a study suggests. A German team has found that electromagnetic fields produced by equipment and AM radio signals affect the animals' navigational systems. The study is published in the journal Nature...
Jul 13,2015

UN: World must end 'dirty' fuel use

A long-awaited UN report on how to curb climate change says the world must rapidly move away from carbon-intensive fuels. There must be a "massive shift" to renewable energy, says the study released in Berlin by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). ..
Jul 13,2015

Flies move 'like fighter jets'

New research shows that when a threat comes into view, fruit flies make extremely fast turns similar to those made by fighter jets. The study explains why flies are hard to catch, according to the team...
Jul 13,2015

Travel company tells Danes to have sex on holiday

A Danish travel company claims that sending more couples to romantic cities like Paris could help them have more children. A new advertising campaign says that while a recent UN survey said Denmark was the happiest nation on Earth, it's not the sexiest. ..
Jul 13,2015

Protecting shipwrecks

A group of historians are worried Britain's underwater heritage is being threatened by treasure hunters. They are asking the British government to sign up to a UN convention to help protect shipwrecks...
Jul 13,2015

Paris smog

Motorists in Paris face an unusual day of restrictions as the government tries to reduce high levels of pollution in the city. Today only cars with odd-numbered registration plates are allowed to drive. Tomorrow, if the restrictions remain in place, it'll be even-numbered cars that can be driven. ..
Jul 13,2015