"The sea was driven back, and its waters flowed away to such an extent that the deep sea bed was laid bare and many kinds of sea creatures could be seen," wrote Roman historian Ammianus Marcellus, awed at a tsunami that struck the then-thriving port of Al

Radio waves accelerate electrons within Jupiter ’s magnetic field in the same way as they do on Earth. The discovery overturns a theory that has held sway for more than a generation and has important implications for protecting Earth-orbiting satellites

Paramount Pictures will become the first major studio to make clips from thousands of its movies available for use on the Internet.

The technique involves the creation in a lab of sperm grown from embryonic cells taken from the would-be parent. Although the science is in its infancy, it could ultimately help people rendered infertile by cancer treatment, or fortysomething women who ca

Astronomers have measured the distribution of mass inside a dark filament in a molecular cloud with an amazing level of detail and to great depth.

The campaign to broadcast the first ever advert into space is launched today (Friday March 7). The competition is being run by Doritos.

NASA released this week five years of data collected by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe that refines our understanding of the universe and its development. It is a treasure trove of information, including at least three major findings.

Microsoft warned that it will release four "critical" security updates next week to patch every supported version of the company's Office business suite. Microsoft's Slate will patch Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003, Office 2007, Office 2004 for Mac an

A basic version of the lunar ark would contain hard discs holding information such as DNA sequences and instructions for metal smelting or planting crops. It would be buried in a vault just under the lunar surface and transmitters would send the data to h