Science & Technology

British Foreign Minister William Hague (L) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban pose for photographers on a balcony during their meeting at Orban's office in the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, October 4, 2012.

Britain Unveils Major Effort to Fight Global Online Crime

Speaking at international 'Budapest Conference on Cyberspace,' British F.M. Hague says Britain wants to lead global initiative against cyberspace attacks More

Dishes from the Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder are seen at Murchison, Western Australia, October 5, 2012.

Australian Scientists Unveil Super Telescope

New facility on Australia's remote west coast will be one of world’s most important radio telescopes probing origins of stars, galaxies More

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity cut a wheel scuff mark into a wind-formed ripple at the "Rocknest" site to give researchers a better opportunity to examine the particle-size distribution of the material forming the ripple. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Mars Rover Ready To Take First Sample

Curiosity's robotic arm to take several samples of Martian soil in coming days and process them More

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg gestures as he addresses students at the Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia, October 2, 2012.

Facebook Marks Milestone With One Billion Users

With mass adoption of product, social media experts examine how social networking has evolved More

Australian Institute of Marine Science image shows bleaching on a coral reef at Halfway Island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef which lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years, October 2, 2012.

Video Great Barrier Reef Shows New Damage

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Video Oil Giants Eye Arctic Reserves; Environmentalists Urge Moratorium

As oil giant Shell calls a temporary halt to its exploration activities in the Arctic over safety concerns, lawmakers in Britain are urging international governments to seek a moratorium on offshore drilling in the region. Environmentalists say an oil spill could cause catastrophic, irreversible damage. Henry Ridgwell reports for VOA that with global demand set to rise, though, some say it’s time to look at ‘unconventional resources’.