China is super-sizing science. From building the biggest experiments the world has ever seen to rolling out the latest medical advances on a massive scale and pushing the boundaries of exploration from the deepest ocean to outer space - China’s scientific ambitions are immense. Just a few decades ago the nation barely featured in the world science rankings. Now, in terms of research spending and t
Interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from daily news stories and the Magazine picks out such snippets for its weekly feature, 10 things we didn't know last week. Here's an almanac of the best of 2013. 1. It would have taken 2.5 million seagulls to lift James's giant peach into the air, not the 501 that Roald Dahl suggested. Find out more (Guardian), external 2. Hot drinks taste different ac
The NSA's actions were revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden Some of the web's biggest names have backed mass protests over internet surveillance carried out by the US National Security Agency (NSA). The Restore the Fourth movement - referring to the US constitution's fourth amendment - said it wants to end "unconstitutional surveillance". Reddit, Mozilla and Wordpress are among the big web nam
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov: "He did not cross the Russian border" Russia says it has had no involvement in the travel plans of fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. His whereabouts are unclear after he flew from Hong Kong to Moscow on Sunday. His passport has been revoked. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted Mr Snowden had not crossed the border and rejected what he terme
Protesters gathered outside the National Congress building in Brasilia and climbed on the roof
Secret life of the cat: What do our feline companions get up to? Ever wondered what your cat spends its time doing when you're not around? Where do our purring pets go when they disappear through the cat flap? Armed with GPS tracking devices and micro-cameras, a team from BBC Two's Horizon programme in collaboration with the Royal Veterinary College set off to a Surrey village to find out. Discove
Beijing correspondent Damian Grammaticus says China would not want to deal with any extradition of Snowden to the US An ex-CIA employee who leaked details of US top-secret phone and internet surveillance has disappeared from his hotel in Hong Kong. Edward Snowden, 29, checked out from his hotel on Monday and his whereabouts are unknown, but he is believed to be still in Hong Kong. Earlier, he said
As the police manhunt stepped up - some members of the public flocked to sites like Reddit to try and find their own clues Internet users tried for days to piece together clues about the culprits of the Boston bombings. The result? They got it wrong - and left innocent people fearing for their safety. Many are now asking: should "crowd-sourced investigations" be stopped? Thousands have been tirele
Japan's electronic giants once ruled the world. Sony, Panasonic, Sharp were household names. Now those same companies are in deep trouble, losing billions of dollars a year. How have the mighty Japanese companies fallen so low? The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo looks at what went wrong. If you want to get an idea of what's gone wrong with Japan's electronics industry go for a ride on the T
More than 30 people were killed in Pakistan where dozens more were injured Iran has been struck by its most powerful earthquake for more than 50 years, with tremors felt across Pakistan, India and the Middle East. The epicentre of the 7.8-magnitude quake was near the south-eastern city of Khash, close to Pakistan. The quake struck deep and in a remote region, apparently limiting casualties. Irania
The unveiling of the reconstruction was attended by Michael Ibsen, Richard's 17th generation nephew, who also provided DNA for tests on the bones A facial reconstruction based on the skull of Richard III has revealed how the English king may have looked. The king's skeleton was found under a car park in Leicester during an archaeological dig. The reconstructed face has a slightly arched nose and p
Richard Buckley, lead archaeologist, Leicester University: "Beyond reasonable doubt, the individual exhumed is Richard III" A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park has been confirmed as that of English king Richard III. Experts from the University of Leicester, external said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch's family. Lead archaeologist Richard Buckley, from the U
Japan has a conviction rate of more than 99%. But in recent months there has been a public outcry over a number of wrongful arrests where innocent people confessed to crimes. It started with a threat posted on the city of Yokohama's website in late June: "I'll attack a primary school and kill all the children before the summer." In the months that followed, there were a number of similar threats p
A look back at the life of the Thunderbirds creator. Footage courtesy Thunderbirds/ITC and Century 21 Television Gerry Anderson, the creator of hit TV shows including Thunderbirds, Stingray and Joe 90, has died at the age of 83. He also created Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and his puppet superheroes fired the imaginations of millions of young viewers in the 1960s and '70s. Thunderbirds, a sci
We are used to reading and sending tweets and status updates on smartphones and tablets - but will we soon be doing this on people's clothes? This is the future trend that fashion house CuteCircuit are banking on. The business, set up by Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz in 2004, specialises in wearable technology. It currently makes electronic clothes for the catwalk, and is now adapting its techno
An artist's impression shows the five-planet system; from there, our Sun appears in the constellation Bootes Our nearest single Sun-like star hosts five planets - one of which is in the "habitable zone" where liquid water can exist, astronomers say. Tau Ceti's planetary quintet - reported in an online paper, external that will appear in Astronomy and Astrophysics - was found in existing planet-hun
Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar has died in a hospital in the US, aged 92. His family said he had been admitted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego last week, but had failed to recover fully from surgery. Shankar gained widespread international recognition through his association with The Beatles. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described him as a "national treasure and global amb
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