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New research reveals that birds use light rather than magnetic fields to aide their migration.

The Facebook game FarmVille is making agriculture sexy again. But are online farms warping our view of how food is made?

Sex could be ruled out of baby making if new artificial egg and sperm technology takes off.

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” comic Larry David is under fire from critics over a fictional incident where he urinates on a painting of Christ.

Google takes on iTunes with its new music search platform integrated with sister firms MySpace and LaLa.

Is the shady figure in a new video released by Al Qaeda the most wanted man on Earth, Osama Bin Laden?

Britain’s drug chief says ecstasy, LSD and cannabis are less harmful than cigarettes and alcohol.

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