Scientists in the United States have announced they have developed the world’s first synthetic living cell. Led by Dr Craig Venter, the Maryland-based research team says it is the first time synthetic DNA has been in complete control of a cell. Dr Venter says the first self-replicating synthetic bacterial cell could unlock countless possibilities to [...]

A BOSTON man appeared in court today charged with trying to download the code of a soon-to-be released video game at a tech convention. Justin May, 20, of Delaware, was attending the March PAX East 2010 in Boston where he allegedly used his laptop to hack into an Xbox 360 Test Kit that was demonstrating [...]

Anti-government protest leaders have surrendered at police headquarters in Bangkok after a deadly military offensive to end long-running demonstrations. Bangkok police said at least five people were killed and more than 50 injured as the Thai military cracked down on a protest camp in the city’s centre. The army says it has halted its operation [...]

A MAN has died in bed after being overcome by the heat from cannabis farms set up inside his British home. The Sun said Luke Holmes, 28, set up three foil-lined tents each containing marijuana plants cultivated under a battery of halogen lamps. The powerful lights sent the temperature in his home soaring to more [...]

THE shuttle Atlantis was preparing to swerve past “a piece of debris” en route to the International Space Station after its liftoff, NASA said. A NASA official said the debris, one of an estimated 13,000 pieces of space junk orbiting Earth, was possibly in the path of the shuttle, which blasted off with six astronauts [...]

A CANADIAN tourist suffered heart inflammation after he was bitten on the penis by a venomous spider while swimming nude in New Zealand. The New Zealand Herald reports today the 22-year-old man fell asleep naked on the sand dunes after skinny dipping in Northland, Wellington – then “woke to find his penis swollen and painful [...]