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Facebook milestone: Now one BILLION people use the site every month

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., gestures while speaking at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in Cannes

Facebook

He said that the past few months had not been easy since the firm’s lacklustre float on the stock market in May

He wore pyjamas to meeting, only eats animals he's killed himself ... Inside the fascinating world of Facebook's founder
Facebook foul-ups: 12 social network users who dropped themselves right in it with their updates

New smallpox virus could 'cure' breast cancer, studies reveal

Breast cancer

Smallpox virus particle — Tests show more than 90% of aggressive breast-cancer cells in mice injected with the virus were destroyed within four days.

Who's NOT a pretty boy, then? Parrot-faced dwarf dinosaur had vampire-like fangs

Dinosaurs

The parrot-faced dwarf dinosaur Pegomastax which bore a strange mixture of features including quills and fang — Pegomastax africanus, which measured less than two feet, lived in southern Africa some 200 million years ago.

Science

Smallpox virus particle

New smallpox virus could 'cure' breast cancer, studies reveal

Breast cancer

Tests show more than 90% of aggressive breast-cancer cells in mice injected with the virus were destroyed within four days.

Who's NOT a pretty boy, then? Parrot-faced dwarf dinosaur had vampire-like fangs

Dinosaurs

The parrot-faced dwarf dinosaur Pegomastax which bore a strange mixture of features including quills and fang — Pegomastax africanus, which measured less than two feet, lived in southern Africa some 200 million years ago.

'Tan tax' call after study links sunbeds to increased skin cancer risks

Cancer

Woman on sunbed — Indoor tanning increases the risks of developing skin cancer, particularly among under 25s, said the University of California study

Insomniacs 'risking their health' by taking sleeping pills without getting medical advice

Insomnia

Health: Troubles with insomniac — The study of 2,000 people also found that in 80% of cases there were underlying health problems that needed to be dealt with immediately.

Common anxiety drug increases the risk of dementia, research discovers

Alzheimer's disease

Brain maps showing the progress from mild to severe Alzheimer's disease — Over-65s who start taking benzodiazepines increase their chances of developing dementia within 15 years by 50%, the study shows

To boulderly go: NASA's rover Curiosity has a close encounter... with a rock

Mars Curiosity rover

Mission chiefs back on Earth decided the 16in lump would be perfect for trying out the machine’s contact instruments

Mistletoe injections save former England cricketer who is battling leukaemia

Leukaemia

Former international cricketer John Edrich — He was so weakened by the rare condition, Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia, that he felt on the verge of death

Technology

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., gestures while speaking at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in Cannes

Facebook milestone: Now one BILLION people use the site every month

Facebook

He said that the past few months had not been easy since the firm’s lacklustre float on the stock market in May

Ringing the changes: Phone networks agree deal to roll out 4G technology across the country

Maria Miller

Maria Miller — The latest technology will allow mobile phone users to connect to the internet more than five times faster than now

Apple's new baby? Mini iPad 'to go on sale in UK on November 2'

Apple

A model poses with a third generation iPad — Apple has refused to comment on the rumours but one analyst described the idea as “the competitors’ worst nightmare”

CEO Tim Cook says sorry after biggest app disaster in the world hits iPhone5

Apple Maps — Leading tech company breaks with tradition by grovelling over error-ridden iPhone5 feature

Myspace returns: But is the new look too little too late to challenge Facebook and Twitter?

New Myspace advert — The slick redesign with touches of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Spotify could become THE destination for music fans again

Last chance to win £10,000 for your digital community project

Talk Talk - Digital Heroes Awards 2012 — The closing date for TalkTalk's annual search for community-minded digital projects is Sunday 30th September - enter now for your chance to win some of the £70,000 prize fund

iPhone 5 UK release live! Reviews, pictures, video and reaction as Apple's new baby goes on sale

iPhone 5

James (centre-L) and Tamsyn Vohradsky (centre-R) hold up their iPhone 5 after becoming the first buyer of Apple's new iPhone 5 from their flagship store in Sydney — Nine days after the special event to launch the iPhone 5, Apple's newest handset is hitting the shops