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Plasma engine passes initial test

Police deactivate network of 100,000 'zombie' PCs

Plans for Euro-Russian spaceplane

Science and the seance The world's most eminent scientists are not usually associated with the dim-lit surroundings of a clairvoyant's parlour. But some of the science's biggest names have not only dabbled in, but been entirely convinced by the world of the seance. Guglielmo Marconi...

Feeling low? Then why not visit this place? Suicide theme park proposed for Hong Kong island

Should Britain fund astronauts? If only we had the cash eh!

Scientists have identified a faulty gene that causes epilepsy in dogs. The finding has allowed the researchers to develop a test that could soon help owners breed out the disease. But the discovery should also aid the quest to understand the more severe human form of the condition...

2004: The year in space and astronomy Astronomers think nothing of peering billions of light-years into the distance. But in 2004, many of the most important discoveries came from observations much closer to home. Nearby Mars grabbed the most dramatic headlines. After landing on opposite...

The US is poised to push Japan off the top of the supercomputing chart with IBM's prototype Blue Gene/L machine. It is being assembled for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, a US Department of Energy lab (DOE). DOE test results show that Blue Gene/L has managed speeds of 70.72...

Focused beams of plasma could rocket astronauts to Mars and back in just 90 days, say space researchers developing the concept for NASA. The idea could mean faster space travel around the solar system. Firing a magnetised plasma beam of charged particles - or ions - at a spacecraft equipped...