High Court bid by biotech firm Biotech company Aventis confirms it is going to the High Court to try to stop the UK Government forcing it to disclose the risks of GM crop trials. An offensive e-mail message could land a city law firm with unlimited damages for racial and sexual discrimination. Vodafone fails 3G test The world's biggest mobile phone operator says its 3G handsets will be too slow to offer video and will fall short of international standards. Net body grapples with people power How to make the way the internet works more democratic is being debated at a meeting of the group which oversees the net. Intel stands by sales forecasts The world's biggest chip maker says it will hit third quarter sales targets, bringing some relief to the hard-pressed tech sector.
Astronomers find perhaps the best proof yet of a super-massive black hole at our galaxy's core.
The Universe may be in a state where matter could disintegrate at any moment, a scientist has warned. Russian space station a 'real possibility' Investors investigate the feasibility of a new, smaller, commercial, Russian space platform. Rapid Antarctic warming puzzle Scientists do not know why parts of the Antarctic are warming far faster than most of the rest of the planet. Warming effect on UK wildlife Climate warming is changing the face of the British countryside, scientists said on Wednesday. An agreement to help save Britain's disappearing coastal wetlands is due to be signed on Thursday Iceland seeks waste-disposal crocs A small Icelandic town plans to import crocodiles to eat their way through waste from the fishing industry.