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Since Yahoo!'s brilliant move Wednesday afternoon, outsourcing, at least for now, search ads to Google Adsense, there has been still further punch and counter-punch between Yahoo! and Microsoft - involving both News Corp. and AOL.

Sugar-powered cars could be the sweet solution to traffic pollution, say scientists. Researchers have found a way to generate hydrogen directly from plant sugar. They expect the breakthrough to provide a cheap and efficient source of green transport fuel.

Wednesday Yahoo! announced that it would be starting a limited trial of Google AdSense for Search service. This would deliver Google ads alongside Yahoo!'s search results, rather than Yahoo! ads. Yep, essentially Yahoo! is trying outsourcing Search Ads to Google.

At the end of my first column on the issue, I said I would post another piece discussing the actual science of male pregnancy. Is it really possible today? The answer, as I abstract from my 1997 book, Remaking Eden, is "almost certainly yes, but . . ."

Scientists in Texas say a new, inexpensive test requires only a single speck of gunshot residue (GSR) smaller than the period at the end of this sentence and it could boost the accuracy of results at crime scenes involving gunplay.

Hundreds of ancient coins unearthed last week close to Sweden's main international airport suggests the Vikings were bringing home foreign currency earlier than previously thought, archaeologists say.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder(ADHD) is a behavioral disorder, usually first diagnosed in childhood, that is characterized by inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity.

Children with ADHD appear likely to experience sleep problems, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Sleep problems in these children may be associated with poorer child psychosocial quality of life, child daily functioning, caregiver mental health and family functioning.

Yes, you read that right. In a brief filed by Universal Music Group (UMG) in federal court yesterday, UMG said that giving away or even throwing out a promotional CD is piracy.

Biological Psychiatry has a critical commentary highlighting the increasing problem of terrorist acts by individuals affiliated with groups such as the Animal Liberation Front against investigators conducting research in non-human primates in the United States.

Teleportation and forcefields could become scientific realities within decades, and time travel will also be possible in the future, according to one of the world's leading physicists.

Like most children her age, Jennifer Lloyd loves watching her favourite programmes on TV.

But when a scary bit is about to happen the ten-year-old has to leave the room quickly - because the sudden shock could kill her.

Other states have instituted Internet Safety curriculum in schools, but Virginia has taken a step that no other states have: made it mandatory.

SAN FRANCISCO--If you were at the Exploratorium here the other day, you might well have needed to be wary of flying objects.

That's because, way in the back of the world-class science exploration museum, senior scientist Paul Doherty was giving a primer on why the curveball--one of the most important pitches in baseball--curves.

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is the Graceland of molecular biology. Many of the 20th Century's greatest molecular biologists visited the Long Island lab to work or attend meetings, and the walls of the lab's buildings are hung with historical molecular biology photos paraphernalia, including a guitar signed by dozens of leading genome biologists and an enormous (and, to be honest, somewhat creepy) portrait of James Watson.

Age seems to be no obstacle when it comes to starting a business. That's the case with 14-year-old Anshul Samar, CEO of Alchemist Empire, Inc., who invented a trading card game, "Elementeo."

A man who received a heart transplant 12 years ago and later married the donor's widow died the same way the donor did, authorities said: of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

On Wednesday Adobe launched both Adobe Media Player 1.0 (AMP) as well as Adobe TV.

AMP is an offline Flash video player. It was originally released in beta form last September. The software, written with Adobe's Integrate Runtime (AIR), runs on Windows and MacOS (both Intel and PowerPC).

A bill intended to protect blind people and other pedestrians from the dangers posed by quiet cars will be introduced Wednesday in Congress.

Scientists at the centre hope the process will produce clear signs of the boson, dubbed the "God particle" by some, to the displeasure of Higgs, an atheist.

Google showcased HuddleChat , a real-time chat application, as one of many test applications to show off their new Google App Engine platform last night.

Some bloggers noted that the application was a rip off of Campfire, a 37Signals product. And 37Signals CEO Jason Fried used HuddleChat as a PR opportunity