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Watch: rare Mercury-Sun alignment Shortly after 1pm Mercury, the Sun, and Earth will fall into line, something that only happens a few times a century. Full story                     Want more? Follow us on Twitter and Facebook     TOP STORIES

Log in with your face With new facial recognition security your password could be written on your face. Full story

South African wasp named after Brad Pitt Scientist Dr Buntika Butcher and colleagues decided that a fitting name for a tiny new wasp from SA would be Conobregma bradpitti. Full story

Cracking the real Da Vinci code Scientists are hoping to find the real remains of Leonardo da Vinci and crack his DNA code. Full story

Ice Age Game of Thrones New studies into DNA now show that Ice Age Europe was a hotbed of change. Full story

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TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Log in with your face With new facial recognition security your password could be written on your face. Full story     Russian hackers steal millions of email details Facebook loses round one of biometric battle Play with Megan Fox, Stormfall warrior Elon Musk's gym for robots

SCIENCE NEWS

Watch: rare Mercury-Sun alignment Shortly after 1pm Mercury, the Sun, and Earth will fall into line, something that only happens a few times a century. Full story   South African wasp named after Brad Pitt Cracking the real Da Vinci code Ice Age Game of Thrones The spy in your fizzy drink

TELECOMS

Nepal earthquake's tech heroes An international telecoms firm assembled a quick-reaction team to assist organisations with recue efforts in Nepal. Full story   Huawei bets on Leica for success Women spend more time on the phone - study Google unveils landline phone service We're all undercover reporters now

SECURITY

Log in with your face With new facial recognition security your password could be written on your face. Full story   Russian hackers steal millions of email details Smart homes leave door open for hackers The Instagram hacker who is too young to use it FBI one step closer to full hacking power

SOFTWARE

Google's Chrome is tops Search engine's web browser now crowned as the most widely used browser on the net. Full story   Google's antitrust issues linger on Quick ending for Apple's QuickTime Man deletes company with line of code N Korea jamming GPS signals - report

BUSINESS

Apple loses exclusive rights to iPhone in China Company loses control of the iPhone trademark in China opening the door for other companies to use the brand. Full story   Apple needs a big bite of something new Hands up if you're a happy Apple worker! Facebook's new banking system Row over Twitter's new Greater China MD

HARDWARE

Acer takes a bite of the Big Apple Acer's new product rollout had a number of highlights, says Alan Cooper. Full story   Wait! Build your new PC after mid-June Video: Apple's refreshed MacBook Up, up and Huawei Galaxy S7 Edge: a beaut

GAMING

Play with Megan Fox, Stormfall warrior The actress is the new face of mobile game 'Stormfall: Rise of Balur', as "mentor and guide" to players. Full story   Wait! Build your new PC after mid-June Real life horror Game over for Xbox 360 The rise of professional gamers in SA

INTERNET

Radiohead tries to erase itself from internet Fans on Sunday started noticing that pieces of the band's online presence were disappearing Full story   Govts want more info - Facebook Are beautiful people the unfairest of all? YouTube's bumper ads Prince of the Internet - and not

GADGETS

Elon Musk's gym for robots Musk's artificial intelligence research group opens 'gym' to test robots. Full story   Apple needs a big bite of something new Real life horror Academy bounces into future with Chromebooks New Buddhist monk is a robot

SPACE

Watch: rare Mercury-Sun alignment Shortly after 1pm Mercury, the Sun, and Earth will fall into line, something that only happens a few times a century. Full story   China targets moon landing Glitch in space launch for Russia A Boeing experience for astronauts Satellite to test Einstein's theory

DISCOVERY

Ice Age Game of Thrones New studies into DNA now show that Ice Age Europe was a hotbed of change. Full story   Next-level data storage: DNA Do lizards dream of insects? Worms key to cut spread of HIV? Can "forgetful" flowers have memories?

ENVIRONMENT

Hope the rhino gets pioneering surgery Shoelaces on steroids: that's the groundbreaking procedure used on the world's most famous rhino, Hope. Full story   Climate change affecting the poor A call for action to protect elephants Clampdown on illegal loggers in Peru Danes to charge cattle tax to save climate

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