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Novartis's bone drug Zometa extended survival in older breast cancer patients but failed to improve disease-free survival among younger women patients in a large-scale clinical trial, researchers said on Sunday.

With the recent discovery that one subatomic particle moves faster than light, our century-old understanding about the pillars of physics will soon be falling.

Wildcard selection Tiger Woods will come in for a heap of criticism if he fails to perform at the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne in November, according to Australian great Peter Thomson.

South-Korea's Samsung is taking the offensive against Apple, pushing for product injunctions and stepping up rhetoric against long-time consumer electronics rival.

A 100-year-old Aborigine lock of hair is leading scientists to rewrite the history of human migration out of Africa as we know it.

NASA breaking down its suspense on Friday said that it's possible that the huge six and a half ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) which is expected to fall on Earth is down by now.

In the 1920s, an Aboriginal man from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia gave a lock of hair to a British anthropologist. Now, after over a century, scientists have obtained a genomic sequence from that 100-year-old lock of hair, which showed that Aboriginal Australians are descendants of an early human dispersal into eastern Asia, possibly 62,000 to 75,000 years ago.

NASA's huge six and a half ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite(UARS) continues to plummet towards the Earth and is expected to fall to the Earth sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning. The 20-year-old satellite was expected to fall to Earth sometime on Friday afternoon.

A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countries by taxing financial transactions, tobacco, and shipping and aviation fuels, according to details of a G20 report obtained by Reuters.

A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countries by taxing financial transactions, tobacco, and shipping and aviation fuels, according to details of a G20 report obtained by Reuters.

Scientists from 16 countries will converge in the Indian Ocean next month and pool their resources to conduct a six-month field study on how tropical weather developed in that ocean affects weather patterns in other parts of the world.

When an Aboriginal man from Western Australia gave a lock of his hair to a British anthropologist in the early 20th century, it opened up a way for researchers to piece together his genome.

Australia ran riot over the United States of America, in the Rugby World Cup 2011, putting their tournament back on track after last week's 15-6 loss to Ireland.

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A 100-year-old lock of hair is telling scientists a new story of humanity's early migration, indicating that our ancestors moved from Africa to the rest of the world in two separate waves -- one through southern Asia to Australia, the other to Europe.

Gold prices fell about 3 percent Friday, setting up the third weekly decline for what has recently been touted as the pre-eminent safe haven.

An open beta for EA’s most-awaited FPS (First Person Shooter) game, “Battlefield 3,” is set to arrive on Sept. 29 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

With Presidents Cup aspirations looming large among other major incentives this week, John Senden put himself under extra pressure by making an erratic start to the Tour Championship on Thursday.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is writing a memoir about his rise to fame and unlikely transition from Austrian-born champion bodybuilder to Hollywood action star to California governor, his publisher said on Thursday.

A genetic study done by an international team of scientists reveals Aboriginal Australians are descended from the boldest early humans who left Africa almost 75,000 years to strike out across Asia and finally settle down in Australia.

Two significant speeches from senior Reserve Bank officials in the past day or so have added to the arguments and view the central bank has about the current state and direction of the Australian economy, which appeared in this week's minutes of the September 6 RBA board meeting.