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Victim awarded £22,000 over libellous profile A businessman whose personal life was detailed in a fake profile on the social networking website Facebook has been awarded £22,000 in a libel case he brought against an old school friend who had launched an online vendetta against him.
The killer oceans: What really wiped out the dinosaurs?
They were the most successful animals on the planet – and the most ferocious. They ruled the world for 100 million years. Some grew to a gigantic size: stegosaurus, diplodocus, Tyrannosaurus rex. Others became fearsome underwater predators, like icthyosaurus and plesiosaurus, while pteradons, with their vast wing-spans, dominated the skies. And then they died and left the way clear for shrew-like mammals to evolve into lions, lemurs and lemmings.
Experiments on animals rose to 3.2m last year More than 3.2 million experiments on animals, including dogs, cats and monkeys, were carried out last year – the highest total since the early 1990s.
Drummers 'need same stamina as footballers'
Drumming in a rock concert puts the performer through a workout as gruelling
as a Premier League footballer endures during a match, exercise scientists
revealed today.
What's the best way to keep a secret? Tell the world the details on your website Finally, confirmation of what bloggers have always feared: that the best way to keep something completely secret is to write about it on the internet.
Women's brains are different from men's – and here's scientific proof
Men and women show differences in behaviour because their brains are physically distinct organs, new research suggests. Male and female brains appear to be constructed from markedly different genetic blueprints.
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