The world's cargo ships are getting big, really big. No surprise, perhaps, given the volume of goods produced in Asia and consumed in Europe and the US. But are these giant symbols of the world's trade imbalance growing beyond all reason? What is blue, a quarter of a mile long, and taller than London's Olympic stadium? The answer - this year's new class of container ship, the Triple E. When it goe
The Taliban have removed the bodies of eight militants killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan, the BBC has been told. Pakistani security officials say that four of the dead were German nationals. They were killed by two missiles fired at a house in North Waziristan. A number of people were said to have been wounded. Security sources have closely linked the area to a reported al-Qaeda plot to atta
Passionate relationships can leave you little time for anything else Falling in love comes at the cost of losing two close friends, a study says. We probably all know that a passionate new relationship can leave you little time for others, but now science has put some numbers on the observation. Oxford University researchers asked people about their inner core of friendships and how this number ch
Nearly 60 years ago, a French town was hit by a sudden outbreak of hallucinations, which left five people dead and many seriously ill. For years it was blamed on bread contaminated with a psychedelic fungus - but that theory is now being challenged. On 16 August 1951, postman Leon Armunier was doing his rounds in the southern French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit when he was suddenly overwhelmed by nau
The Tamil Tigers were surrounded and eventually defeated by government forces A commission set up to examine the last years of Sri Lanka's civil war has held its first sitting amid international claims that it lacks credibility. Human rights groups say government troops as well as the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels may have committed war crimes before the war ended last year. But they believe the pan
Police found blood on an earthen ramp and traces of petrol at the bottom, where victims may have been tortured. The Mexican authorities say they have recovered more than 50 bodies from a clandestine cemetery in the northern state of Nuevo Leon. The dead are thought to be victims of drugs gangs who have been fighting for control of smuggling routes into the United States. Investigators have been us
A senior police officer has said there will be "significant arrests" of those involved in rioting in Belfast. Up to six shots were fired at police during a third night of violence in north Belfast on Tuesday. Petrol bombs and a pipe bomb were also thrown by nationalist rioters in the Ardoyne area. About 100 officers used water cannon and baton rounds.
Leviathan was an aggressive 17m-long predator which may have preyed on other whales Researchers have discovered the fossilised remains of an ancient whale with huge, fearsome teeth. Writing in the journal Nature, the scientists have dubbed the 12 million-year-old creature "Leviathan". It is thought to have been more than 17m long, and might have engaged in fierce battles with other giant sea creat
Africa is witnessing the birth of a new ocean, according to scientists at the Royal Society. Geologists working in the remote Afar region of Ethiopia say the ocean will eventually split the African continent in two, though it will take about 10 million years. Lead researcher Tim Wright who is presenting the research at the Royal Society's Summer Exhibition, described the events as "truly incredibl
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