Mind reading a reality but it would require your permission and the removal of the top of your skull.

A team of astronomers have found the biggest black holes known to exist 300-million light years away -- each one 10-billion times the size of our sun.

The discovery of a biological gatekeeper that prevents genetic code from fraying with age has won three American scientists this year's Nobel prize.

Researchers have sold over 1 000 solar stoves to rural families in Senegal to prove that the ovens can improve health and cut fuel consumption.

An internet fantasy universe teeming with faux worlds devoted to socialising and video games is expanding to include virtual classrooms and universities. A new trend in online education involves students acting through animated characters called "avatars" mingling in simulated school settings.

It has been a busy week for United States President George Bush. He has shuttled across the country, faced a barrage of questions from a hounding press pack and made some tough spending decisions. But the focus of the action was not a bold new policy initiative. Instead, the dramatic upsurge of media interest has been because of the wedding of his daughter.

Google believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo! because it would be "non-exclusive" and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google's thinking said on Friday. Yahoo! is exploring alternatives to Microsoft's $42,7-billion takeover offer, which the web pioneer has rejected for being too low.

Google believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo! because it would be "non-exclusive" and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google's thinking said on Friday. Yahoo! is exploring alternatives to Microsoft's $42,7-billion takeover offer, which the web pioneer has rejected for being too low.

It did not look like a political wake. Senator Hillary Clinton emerged into a basketball stadium in Houston wearing a bright red jacket, beaming broadly and waving at thousands of screaming supporters. Gene Green, a Texan congressman, introduced her with confident words predicting her return to the White House.

The United States Supreme Court will on Monday take up the thorny issue of lethal injections in a bid to determine if this method of executing death-row inmates conforms with the Constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment. The review comes after death-penalty opponents have demonstrated that lethal injection can in fact be painful.