UK: Senior editor at The Sun charged over payoffs
The deputy editor at The Sun tabloid in Britain has been charged with authorizing thousands of pounds in illegal payoffs to government officials, ...
Researchers publish improved Neanderthal genome
Researchers in Germany said Tuesday they have completed the first high-quality sequencing of a Neanderthal genome and are making it freely available ...

Politicians strike deal over UK press regulation
British politicians struck a last-minute deal on press regulation Monday, unveiling new rules that aim to curb the worst abuses of the country's ...
British climber, son fall to death in French Alps
Police say a British climber and his 12-year-old son have been found dead after plunging several hundred yards down a mountain in the French Alps.
BP sues to block Gulf spill settlement payments
BP sued Friday to block what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the worst ...
Ex-tabloid editor quizzed in phone hacking probe
The former editor of Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid was questioned on Friday by police investigating phone hacking, British media reported. The Press ...

Social media editor charged in hacking conspiracy
A deputy social media editor for Reuters vowed that Friday would be "business as usual" despite charges of conspiring with the notorious hacking group ...
Reuters journalist charged with hacking conspiracy
A journalist has been charged by federal authorities with conspiring with the notorious hacking group "Anonymous" to deface a story on the Los Angeles ...

Physicists say they have found a Higgs boson
It helps solve one of the most fundamental riddles of the universe: how the Big Bang created something out of nothing 13.7 billion years ago. In what ...

A closer look at the Higgs boson
Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced they are confident that the new subatomic particle discovered last ...
UK phone hacking arrests at new media: Mirror
British police made four arrests for suspected phone hacking Thursday, the first time that top editors and journalists at the Mirror group have been ...
UN: Sharks risk extinction
A U.N. agency says shark populations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea "have dropped dramatically" over the past two centuries because of overfishing
ESA, Roscosmos sign deal on Mars exploration
The European Space Agency says it has signed an agreement with its Russian counterpart to work together toward two missions to Mars. The partnership ...
Shark wrestler's heroics land him in hot water
A 62-year-old British man who became an Internet sensation after wrestling with a shark on an Australian beach says he was fired after his employer ...
Worker: Rig was bustling before BP well blowout
A worker who survived the deadly explosion on the Deepwater Horizon testified Wednesday that a flurry of activity on the drilling rig hindered his ...
Researchers find German-made spyware across globe
The discovery of a group of servers linked to an elusive espionage campaign is providing new details about a high-tech piece of spy software that some ...
Europe gets 1st fix from its own satnav system
The European Space Agency says it has received the first location fix from its own satellite navigation system. The Galileo system is seen as Europe's ...

Mysterious bacterium found in Antarctic lake
A new form of microbial life has been found in water samples taken from a giant freshwater lake hidden under kilometers of Antarctic ice, Russian ...
Flights from NY airport fueled by cooking oil
A Dutch airliner is flying from New York to Amsterdam on a fuel mix that includes leftover oil from frying Louisiana's Cajun food. The KLM flights ...
Poland aims to pave way for 2015 climate deal
Hoping to win over EU critics of Poland's recent stance on climate change, the environment minister said Friday that the coal-powered nation will make ...
Greek archaeological sites shut due to strike
Archaeological sites and museums across Greece have shut down for 24 hours due to a strike by Culture Ministry employees protesting planned reforms ...
Hackers target websites of Czech phone operators
Hackers targeted the websites of telephone operators in the Czech Republic on Thursday after similar attacks this week affected major banks and ...
Climber: no chance for Poles missing in Himalayas
There is no more hope of finding alive two men who went missing after scaling a Himalayan peak of more than 26,000 feet (8,000 meters), the head of ...
Physicists on Higgs hunt: Nearly there but not yet
Physicists in Italy said Wednesday they are achingly close to concluding that what they found last year was the Higgs boson, the elusive "God particle

Ferrari and McLaren unveil hybrid supercars
Hybrids aren't just for fuel economy any more. Ferrari and McLaren both on Tuesday unveiled sleek hybrid supercars sculpted from carbon fiber at the ...