England lost their
last six wickets for 31 runs as they collapsed to a 75-run defeat in the
first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.
Chasing a record 340, England seemed well set as Jonathan Tr...Read more »
The ATV approaches the rear of the ISS
Europe's sophisticated ATV space freighter has docked with the International Space Station (ISS).
The unmanned robotic craft attached itse...Read more »
Small businesses find it harder to get loans from large state-owned banks
China has announced a trial reform package for the city of Wenzhou, where businesses have been hit hard...Read more »
Cells from a cancer line known as HeLa
The
first volume of a "book of cancer knowledge" has been published, which
scientists say will speed up...Read more »
Leaders of Brics met in India to discuss closer trade links and a new bank
The
main emerging economies have met in the Indian capital, Delhi, to look
at ways of strengthening the...Read more »
Bo Xilai has disappeared from public view since his sacking last month
A
politician at the heart of China's biggest political scandal in years is
the vic...Read more »
Earth sits just in the galactic plane
which appears as a very dense but very long strip of stars arcing across
the sky. The galactic centre and the surrounding bu...Read more »
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he has located the long-submerged F-1 engines that blasted the Apollo 11 Moon mission into space.
In a blog post, Mr Bezos said the five...Read more »
Scuffles broke out between protesters and police as workers from Spain's largest unions picketed the capital's bus depot
Spanish
unions are holding a general strike to protest ag...Read more »
Smoke billowed above Baghdad after a blast near the secure Green Zone
Arab
leaders have begun talks on a UN-backed peace plan for Syria at the
first major international summit to ...Read more »
The original idea called for cloud-whitening ships - but it could be done from land
An
eminent UK engineer is suggesting building cloud-whitening towers i...Read more »
Doodles made by Ronald Reagan at the 1981 Ottawa G7 summit, and then kept by Margaret Thatcher, have been released.
The US president's scribblings, which include a man's torso
and an eye, are among...Read more »
Thursday's jump enabled Felix Baumgartner to test all his equipment before going even higher
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner is well on the way to sett...Read more »