Tor 'deep web' servers go offline as Irish man is held over child abuse images
Man alleged to be behind Freedom Hosting, service provider for many hidden sites, battles FBI request for extradition to USFreedom Hosting, linked by the FBI to child abuse images, has gone offline, as...
View ArticleSharing economy drives into trouble with ride-sharing arrests
San Francisco airport citing Uber and Lyft drivers for unlawful trespassing as 'grassroots' organisation Peers launches to lobby for startupsThis year's LeWeb '13 London conference was themed around...
View ArticleNeonicotinoids are the new DDT killing the natural world | George Monbiot
UK is collaborating in peddling the corporate line that neonicotinoid pesticides are safe to use – they are anything butIt's the new DDT: a class of poisons licensed for widespread use before they had...
View ArticleChannel 4 documentary to be broadcast despite ITV's legal threat
I'm looking forward to tonight's screening of a Dispatches special: Celebs, brands and fake fans, not least because ITV threatened to sue Channel 4 should it be broadcast.ITV was upset that some...
View ArticleTurkish court returns verdicts over Ergenekon plot against government
Security forces fire teargas in fields near court building as defendants' supporters protest against five-year trialA Turkish court has begun returning verdicts on nearly 300 defendants accused of...
View ArticleGoogle's Sergey Brin bankrolled world's first synthetic beef hamburger
The billionaire co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin, said he invested €250,000 in the technology for animal welfare reasonsThe man who has bankrolled the production of the world's first lab-grown...
View ArticleGoogle burger: Sergey Brin explains why he funded world's first lab-grown...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin explains why he bankrolled a €250,000 project to produce the world's first synthetic hamburger
View ArticleMy year on Mars as a member of the Curiosity rover team | Bethany List Ehlmann
Mars gets more interesting the closer we look. Why did this planet's history diverge so starkly from our own?"EUL?" "Go""SOWG chair?" "Go" "I am the TUL, I am Go" "Mission Manager?" "Go." The familiar...
View ArticleYoung harp seals in the North Atlantic at risk from melting sea ice
Declining winter ice fails to create safe ice platforms for females to give birth and nurse pups, researchers sayShrinking sea ice is bad news for the baby harp seal, according to researchers from Duke...
View ArticleTalking Japanese robot prepared for journey to space - video
Kirobo, the world's first talking humanoid space robot, is packaged carefully before being shipped to the International Space Station
View ArticleShark Week: 2013's best shark stories - video
A close encounter with a great white, a two-headed curiosity and a brave Welsh tourist feature in some of 2013 best shark storiesDiscovery Channel's Shark Week, a staple of American cable television...
View ArticleGibraltar squabble: centuries of pain for Spain
Row over British overseas territory is not new, for years the Rock has proved a bone of contention between Madrid and LondonThree hundred years after the tiny enclave of Gibraltar was handed to Britain...
View ArticleWhich countries eat the most meat?
If the UK starts producing synthetic meat to satisfy growing demands, which other countries are likely to follow suit? Is there any correlation between meat consumption and CO2 emissions? What about...
View ArticleRelocation of Alaska's sinking Newtok village halted
Setback for tribal communities threatened by climate change as government freezes funding over local political disputeAn Alaskan village's quest to move to higher ground and avoid being drowned by...
View ArticleTheatre prop sparks bomb scare in New York City
Discarded 'bomb' made from calculator, clay and Gameboy wires prompts city-wide emergency responseA playwright behind a one-man show about a suicide bomber sparked a major bomb scare in Manhattan after...
View ArticleGibraltar: David Cameron says UK will not compromise with Spain
Downing Street says prime minister is seriously concerned by growing tension over British overseas territoryDiplomatic relations between Britain and Spain have come under further strain after Downing...
View ArticleBarcelona visit Israel and Palestine for 'Peace Tour' – video
Thousands of fans turn out in Israel and Palestine to watch Barcelona during their 'Peace Tour' of the region
View ArticlePicture desk live: the best news pictures of the day
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching images
View ArticleEurozone private sector recovers, as UK service sector surges to six-year...
Britain's recovery picks up pace as dominant services sector enjoys best month since before the financial crisis, as Europe's private sector finally returns to growthGraeme Wearden
View ArticleWanted: a standard model of HIV and Aids diagnostics for Africa
A standardised protocol on diagnosis and tests will streamline drug development and distribution, and provide faster treatmentsOn 13 July, the joint United Nations programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids)...
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