2009-11-14 14:18
Deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia blooms the world's biggest flower - a massive fleshy orb designed by nature to attract insects by mimicking the colour and stench of rotting meat.
2009-11-14 23:09
In a clinic in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, Ratib Samur makes his way from one patient to the next armed with a small box filled with enraged bees.
2009-11-14 11:40
The moon, which is once again the focus of an international space race, could hold the key to the birth of our planet some 4.5 billion years ago.
2009-11-14 11:40
The Iranian police have created a special unit to monitor internet crime, particularly political offences, a senior police officer said.
2009-11-13 22:19
A plant that converts cow dung into energy for homes has opened in the Netherlands, and will power more than a thousand homes.
2009-11-13 19:08
Brazil has experienced the smallest loss of its sprawling Amazon rainforest over the past year in more than two decades.
2009-11-13 07:51
Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda has announced that cellphone rates will be reduced by 36c from early next year.
2009-11-13 18:14
There is little to show for it apart from small acacia shrubs, but Senegal's leader believes in a Great Green Wall that will stem desertification across Africa from coast to coast.
2009-11-13 07:44
YouTube says it will begin supporting snippets shot in formats as graphics rich as 1080 pixels, a resolution level used in high-definition televisions.
2009-11-13 13:06
A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.