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28.07.2009, 13:51

Moldovan accused of murdering 1800-year-old

The involvement of archeologists has saved a Moldovan man from imprisonment for murdering a woman, who was around 1800 years old.

27.11.2009, 20:28 13 comments

UK let autistic hacker be extradited to US

The UK has refused to block the extradition of one of its citizens for allegedly hacking into US government computers.

21.10.2009, 22:58 7 comments

Israeli spies busy in the US – journalist

The U.S. air force and Department of Energy are being targeted by the Israeli intelligence service, according to investigative journalist Wayne Madsen. He says the Mossad is busy at work in Nevada.

23.07.2009, 14:21 3 comments

DNA database: who’s watching your genes?

The National DNA database in the UK currently holds information on five percent of the population, proportionally ten times bigger than its US equivalent, and there are no signs of it being discontinued any time soon.

Photo by Bernarda (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zakonslike/) 22.06.2009, 22:59 25 comments

Colliding cultures

Take a Russian city girl. Immerse her in American culture marked by fast food and late nights. Then tell her to study in bonnie Scotland.

18.10.2010, 20:36 4 comments

Russian police probe Wikipedia for extremism

Moscow police have received a complaint saying that the international collaborative project Wikipedia contains extremist materials, and are currently working to check it.

Shot taken from a helicopter in the Krasnodar region, June 2009 (Photo from kosmopoisk.org) 29.06.2009, 10:52 29 comments

Mysterious circles shock locals in Russia’s South

Mysterious pictograms consisting of several circles have appeared on a wheat field in Southern Russia’s Krasnodar region. Was it someone’s joke or did aliens visit us?

30.06.2009, 10:52 8 comments

UK fears “Cybergeddon”

Terrorists are planning a deadly new attack: this time online – that’s the fear of the UK government, which has announced the creation of a national cyber army to counter web assaults on the country’s infrastructure.

10.08.2010, 07:28 7 comments

Britain looks into in-flight surveillance cameras

Human rights campaigners are alarmed in Britain over EU plans to install surveillance cameras on airplanes.

20.11.2009, 17:40 16 comments

Cannibals survived brain disease epidemic thanks to a mutation

Survivors of the deadly epidemic of prion disease kuru, which was transmitted through cannibalistic rituals, share a particular genetic mutation. Researchers call it a striking example of human evolution in action.

Spiderman beware: Here comes the X-Net!

Published: 18 February, 2009, 11:59


It may sound like a nail-biting car chase scene from a Hollywood movie, but at least two British police forces are exploiting a new “web-like” device.

 
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