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On August 13, 1415, the 27-year-old English king Henry V led his army into France. Within two months dysentery had killed perhaps a quarter of his men, while a French army four times its size blocked escape to Calais and across the English Channel. Winter approached; food grew scarce

How did I miss this until now? This clip has apparently been making the rounds of the Interwebs for years, but I couldn’t resist posting it after I saw it on Facebook this morning. [More]

This year has had its share of cybersecurity bombshells. Cybersecurity vendor McAfee revealed widespread theft of government data over the past five years . Now the hacker group Anonymous has threatened to take down the New York Stock Exchange's computers .

By Ron Cowen of Nature magazine The European Space Agency (ESA) will forge ahead with ExoMars, an ambitious two-part robotic mission that would look for signs of life on the Red Planet, even though NASA has reneged on its promise to provide a launch rocket for the first stage of the mission. During a 12-13 October ESA council meeting in Paris, the agency decided to begin negotiations with Russia for a rocket that would launch the first stage of ExoMars, in 2016, in exchange for Russian participation in the mission

Friday’s release of the new iPhone 4S , with its more sophisticated phone camera, faster processor and iCloud access, has Apple fans licking their chops in anticipation of the boosted services. This latest addition to the iPhone family is likely, however, to have the service providers that support the new handset holding their collective breath with its promise of even more traffic to their already groaning wireless networks.

A new system that combines solar power, a smart use-anticipating hub, and DC power transmission is a cleaner and cheaper way to charge that increasing pile of mobile gadgets we're all collecting.

Men were up to 35 percent more likely to die of cancer if they never married, study showed

By Lance Whitney The iOS 5 update initially bricked my iPod Touch. [More]

AP Photo/Andrew Burton In the staring contest between the Occupy Wall Street protesters and New York City, Mayor Bloomberg blinked first , deciding that the occupiers didn’t represent the kind of safety crisis Brookfield Office Properties, the owners of

Plants mastered chemistry a long time before humans, billions of years actually . In fact, we humans and most of the rest of the life on Earth can thank tiny cyanobacteria for mastering/evolving the molecule known as chlorophyll. Chlorophyll--a pigment that absorbs blue light--is the key to photosynthesis, and photosynthesis is the key to turning sunlight into food.

CHENGDU, China -- A convoy of white vans barreled down a dusty road three hours south of this provincial capital in late September. Lush valleys were drying out after another long and turbulent rainy season. U.S.

By Jo Marchant of Nature magazine A DNA analysis of ancient storage jars suggests that Greek sailors traded a wide range of foods--not just wine, as many historians have assumed. [More]

English researchers report that almost half of patients who undergo surgery remain seizure-free after 10 years.

An event organized by a British city to school its older residents in the arts of safe sex has been cancelled due to lack of interest.

The wind tosses Gaby Nava's hair as the small fishing boat skims across the glassy water just off the port of Veracruz, Mexico. She smiles at the shallow bay and the Gulf of Mexico sprawling across the horizon. "We are very lucky today.