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Brazilian giant's comeback shows preservation and development of Amazon is possible 14 May 2019 - 09:31 pm
A fisherman removing a large Pirarucus (Arapaima gigas) fish from the water at the Amana Sustainable Develpment Reserve, in Amazonas State, northern Brazil on November 27, 2018.  AFP/Mamiraua Institute of Sustainable Development/Bernardo Oliveira
When science is no match for a California lawyer 14 May 2019 - 08:31 pm
A protestor stands with a bee smoker and a placard reading
WhatsApp urges users to upgrade app after report of spyware attack 14 May 2019 - 12:22 pm
(FILES) This file photograph taken on February 20, 2014, shows the logo of WhatsApp, the popular messaging service, seen on a smartphone in New York. AFP / Stan Honda
Google's privacy push gets a mixed reception 13 May 2019 - 11:45 pm
Sundar Pichai delivers his keynote address during the Google IO developers conference in San Francisco on May 28, 2015. Reuters/Robert Galbraith
Trash found littering ocean floor in deepest-ever sub dive 13 May 2019 - 11:44 pm
Undersea explorer Victor Vescovo pilots the submarine DSV Limiting Factor in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench in an undated still image from video released by the Discovery Channel May 13, 2019
Facebook auto-generates terror content: Whistleblower 11 May 2019 - 12:01 pm
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From mall to hall, Big Brother is watching you 10 May 2019 - 12:09 am
CCTV cameras are seen at Wandsworth prison in southwest London on April 12, 2019. AFP/Niklas Hallen
Cyprus's emblematic wild sheep lock horns with mountain farmers 09 May 2019 - 09:45 pm
Cypriot mouflons (Ovis orientalis orientalis ophion) inside the buffer zone that slices between the internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish-occupied north, near Variseia, some 70 kilometers west of the capital Nicosia on February 13,
Iceland turns carbon dioxide to rock for cleaner air 08 May 2019 - 11:30 pm
The Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Plant is the site of the original CarbFix project, which injected approximately 200 tons of CO2 into the subsurface and fixed it as stable carbonate minerals. (Sigrg/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0)
Amazon hit by extensive fraud with hackers siphoning merchant funds 08 May 2019 - 08:10 pm
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What to expect from this year's Google I/O developer’s conference 07 May 2019 - 06:46 pm
Small toy figures are seen in front of Google logo in this illustration picture, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration -/File Photo
UN report: Humans accelerating extinction of species 06 May 2019 - 07:37 pm
Birds are seen on a tree partially submerged in water during sunset at the Mamiraua Sustainable Development Reserve in Amazonas State, Brazil on June 27, 2018. AFP / Mauro Pimentel
Solar tracking bracelets protect nomadic Kenyan mothers and babies 02 May 2019 - 09:55 pm
Alima Hossain, wearing a beaded solar-powered GPS bracelet, waits for her turn for health check-up in Yaballo Godha, Moyale, Kenya, April 8, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Munyaradzi Makoni
Facebook's Zuckerberg preaches privacy, but evidence is elusive 01 May 2019 - 11:14 pm
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the opening keynote introducing new Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram privacy features at the Facebook F8 Conference at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California on April 30, 2019.  AFP / Amy Osborn
In revamp, Facebook bets on small-scale connections, romance 01 May 2019 - 11:14 pm
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the opening keynote introducing new Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram privacy features at the Facebook F8 Conference at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California on April 30, 2019.  AFP / Amy Osborn
Chinese fossil sheds light on mysterious Neanderthal kin 01 May 2019 - 09:53 pm
Male and female Neanderthals in the Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann, Germany (montage: background rock from original different location). Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
In parched South Africa, water-storing football fields give drought the boot 01 May 2019 - 09:11 pm
Students play football on a GreenSource field in South Africa which filters 17 million litres of clean water per year. Photo taken on 22 April 2019. Handout photo courtesy of GreenSource
Do 'mechanical trees' offer the cure for climate change? 30 Apr 2019 - 11:47 pm
A prototype device of the