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A new British Museum exhibition does not flinch from revealing the extraordinary sexual liberation of Pompeii wiped out by Mount Vesuvius's erution in 79 AD.
- Sin City: It's the most moving exhibition of the year, capturing the moment entire families were burnt alive in Pompeii. But it also reveals how utterly depraved the Romans were
- Stonehenge to get virtual 360-degree cinema to allow visitors to step inside the ancient circle again
- Don't get mad... get even angrier: People who leave aggressive messages on websites tend to feel even more frustrated
- The colourful alien creatures living at the bottom of the sea: The underwater slugs which use their bright body armour to fend off predators
- Are you a wannabe Wes Anderson or a lazy artist? What your Instagram filter says about you...
- Have we now found Alfred the Great? Archaeologists exhume unmarked grave in what could be one of the most significant finds ever
- Nine secret crypts discovered hidden beneath Coventry's bombed cathedral
- Relief for NASA as Curiosity rover gets up and running again on Mars after a week of computer glitches
- The clean energy that's produced by grime: Batteries which use bacteria to make electricity will be on sale 'in ten years'
- Just in time for hay fever season: Scientists create a cedar tree that does not have pollen
- Two spacecraft being built at a cost of £225million... so they can be CRASHED into an asteroid to look inside it
- Brain scans can predict whether a criminal is likely to reoffend
- How gang members behave like animals... and maths experts are now predicting where they will fight rivals with 99% accuracy
- Alan Turing's Universal Machine is named greatest British innovation of the 20th Century
- Mesmerizing NASA photographs capture the twinkling lights of cities around the world from 240 miles high
- The mystery of the Prince Rupert’s Drop revealed: Fascinating 130,000-frame-per-second video of glass that can withstand hammer blow at one end… but EXPLODES if you scratch the other
- Violent images in movies, TV or computer games CAN act as triggers for aggression, says new report
- Hollywood director James Cameron donates his submarine to science
- Dead wrong: 2,400-year-old theories on how Egyptians created mummies are incorrect, say researchers
- Too much choice makes people take riskier decisions because they can't think of the dangers while making their mind up
- Have we now found Alfred the Great? Archaeologists exhume unmarked grave in what could be one of the most significant finds ever
- Nine secret crypts discovered hidden beneath Coventry's bombed cathedral
- Are you a wannabe Wes Anderson or a lazy artist? What your Instagram filter says about you...
- Relief for NASA as Curiosity rover gets up and running again on Mars after a week of computer glitches
- Just when you thought it was safe to get in the water... Jaws Two! Fisherman discovers first ever two-headed bull shark
- Two spacecraft being built at a cost of £225million... so they can be CRASHED into an asteroid to look inside it
- Hollywood director James Cameron donates his submarine to science
- How gang members behave like animals... and maths experts are now predicting where they will fight rivals with 99% accuracy
- Alan Turing's Universal Machine is named greatest British innovation of the 20th Century
- The clean energy that's produced by grime: Batteries which use bacteria to make electricity will be on sale 'in ten years'
- The mystery of the Prince Rupert’s Drop revealed: Fascinating 130,000-frame-per-second video of glass that can withstand hammer blow at one end… but EXPLODES if you scratch the other
- Scientists want to bring 24 animals back from extinction (Dodos make the list... but dinosaur DNA is so old, Jurassic Park isn't an option)
- Invisibility cloaks are almost a reality after scientists invent ultra-thin material that hides objects from microwaves
- Add another string to your bow: Electronic gadget that turns you into an expert violinist
- Dead wrong: 2,400-year-old theories on how Egyptians created mummies are incorrect, say researchers
- Brain scans can predict whether a criminal is likely to reoffend
- Too much choice makes people take riskier decisions because they can't think of the dangers while making their mind up
- The blob of virtual goo that can calculate the quickest travel routes… and could help your online deliveries arrive faster
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Hollywood director James Cameron donates his record-breaking submarine to science to promote marine research
Cameron last year became the first to descend the 10.9km down into the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, for 50 years - and the only person to have ever done it alone. But he is now donating the submarine he used to achieve the incredible feat as he says cuts to funding for deep sea exploration is jeopardising research.
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SMARTPHONES? IT'S YOUR CALL
The ultimate non-iPhone smartphone guide...
Talk time: 9.5hr (7hr playback, 55hr music)
Spec: 3.7in (800x480 pixels) AMOLED screen, 16GB, 1.4GHz Windows Mango, 8MP camera, 720p HD video
Verdict: This combination works wonderfully. It's a pleasure to use and Nokia's Drive GPS app is impressive. We've rated these iPhone alternatives from Ace down to Five - and the Nokia is at the head of the pack.
Talk time: 8.5hr
Spec: Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 4.65in (720x1,280) AMOLED screen, 5MP camera, 1080p video, 16GB memory
Verdict: It's got a beautiful screen, intuitive operating system and cool features like face-recognition security, but battery life doesn't quite match the hype.
Talk time: 6hr 50min
Spec: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, 1.5GHz, 4.7in (480x800) screen, 16GB, 8MP camera, 720p HD video
Verdict: The Titan is slim, light and has the largest screen on any Windows device. Shame they didn't give it better screen resolution.
Talk time: 4hr
Spec: Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 1 GHz, 4.3in (800x480) screen, 8MP camera, 1080p HD video, 8GB memory
Verdict: The sharp lines and thin bezel give a professional look while the monochrome interface screams class. One for the fashionistas.
Talk time: 5hr 20min
Spec: BlackBerry 7 OS, 1 GHz, 2.45in (480x360) screen, 5MP camera, VGA video, 8GB memory
Verdict: Beautifully made and with a battery life most handsets would kill for, but the OS is limiting and even with its touch screen it can't compete.
Talk time: 7hr 35min
Spec: Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, 1.4GHz, 4.2in (854x480) screen, 1GB internal, 8GB MicroSD memory (included), 8.1MP camera, 720p HD video
Verdict: Motorola take note, this is how you do slim and sexy. The camera is let down by a poor menu and awful shutter button, but Sony's social media widget 'Timescale' is a time-saving stroke of genius.
Talk time: 10hr
Spec: Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 4.3in Super AMOLED (540x960) screen, 8MP camera, Full HD video, 16GB
Verdict: Light and impossibly thin, but even with its rigid Kevlar frame it feels limp and lopsided in the hand. Shame, as the screen is exceptional and the interface is bursting with neat tricks including the ability to resize the icons you use most.
Talk time: 4hr 30min
Spec: Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 800MHz processor, 3.5in (800x480) screen, 5MP camera, 512 MB internal memory, 2GB microSD card (included)
Verdict: Never going to induce envy but if you want smartphone functionality without budget busting it's hard to fault. Navigation is intuitive; battery life excellent.
Talk time: 4hr
Spec: Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, 3.5in (800x480) screen, 5MP camera, 800MHz processor, 512MB memory, 2GB microUSB card, GPS
Verdict: The Vivacity is essentially the San Francisco II with iPhone looks, and while it lacks the fluidity of its more expensive cousins, you can get app-happy on a budget.
Talk time: 4hr 30min
Spec: Android 2.2 Froyo, 2.8in (240x320) screen, 2MP camera, 130MB memory, 2GB microSD card
Verdict: It might be cheap, small and pocketable but as a smartphone it's cramped, slow and the minuscule memory limits the number of apps.
More attractive birds mother healthier chicks... even if they are rearing another animal's offspring
All around the world... and beyond
British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.
Scientists want to bring 24 animals back from extinction (Dodos make the list... but dinosaur DNA is so old, Jurassic Park isn't an option)
The so called 'de-extinction' of a number of species was discussed at a TEDx conference in Washington DC sponsored by National Geographic. They included (clockwise from top left) the dodo bird, the woolly mammoth, the Quagga zebra, the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and the Great Auk.