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Hawking Turns 70 with 'A Brief History of Mine'

The world's best known living scientist, Stephen Hawking, was too ill to attend his 70th birthday celebrations Sunday but in a recorded speech urged people to "look up at the stars" and be curious about the universe.

Android Phones Controlled With Your Eyeballs (VIDEO)

As you think about what the new year will bring in 2012, try to imagine a whole new way to interact with your mobile devices. It was only 2007 when Apple brought us the touchscreen smartphone, and now, a program called Senseye will enable people to control their devices with their eyes.

Scientists Home in on Missing Link of Physics

International scientists said on Tuesday they had found signs of the Higgs boson, an elementary sub-atomic particle believed to have played a vital role in the creation of the universe after the Big Bang.

CERN Set to Report Probable Higgs Sighting This Week

Scientists predicted this weekend that sighting of the first strong signs of a particle vital to support Einstein's ideas on the working of the universe will be reported Tuesday by the CERN physics research center.

Mayan Filmmaker Claims Photographic Proof of Alien Life

There may be aliens among us. The filmmakers behind the movie Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond have released what they believe to be photographic evidence of a pre-Mayan, ancient alien civilization to TheWrap. Producer Raul Julia-Levy submitted a photograph to TheWrap of a giant carved head in a jungle in southern Guatemala. The photograph was taken in the 1930s.

'Aliens will be found by 2031'

Human civilization may come in contact with the extraterrestrial civilizations within the next two decades, according to a top Russian astronomer.

Digital genome safeguards dying data formats

SAANEN, Switzerland (Reuters Life!) - In a secret bunker deep in the Swiss Alps, European researchers have deposited a digital genome that will provide the blueprint for future generations to read data stored using defunct technology.

Virgin sees space tourism as just the beginning

Long-haul trips could be made in spaceships instead of planes in 20 years' time if Virgin's efforts to commercialize space travel succeed, the president of Virgin Galactic told Reuters in an interview.

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