Simon Mulvany of Save the Bees Australia updates us on his protracted legal dispute with honey giant Capilano. He expresses his awe and wonder at the little critters' ability to learn tool use, describes the heirarchy of the hive, how bees communicate with the waggle dance and comments on tensions between natural and commercial bee keeping.

Simon Mulvany of Save the Bees Australia updates us on his protracted legal dispute with honey giant Capilano. He expresses his awe and wonder at the little critters' ability to learn tool use, describes the heirarchy of the hive, how bees communicate with the waggle dance and comments on tensions between natural and commercial bee keeping.

Our weekly news round-up: Bees can play soccer and use tools; Limits of renewable energy; Optus rolls out 4.5G mobile service; When the NBN will be available at your home; Tesla will include maintenance and insurance in purchase price; Blackberry is back with KEYone; Unstoppable Bitcoin.

A major security breach has hit Cloudflare, provider of security and vital internet infrastructure to millions of websites, including Uber, OKCupid and Fitbit.

Our weekly news round-up: Bees can play soccer and use tools; Limits of renewable energy; Optus rolls out 4.5G mobile service; When the NBN will be available at your home; Tesla will include maintenance and insurance in purchase price; Blackberry is back with KEYone; Unstoppable Bitcoin.

A major security breach has hit Cloudflare, provider of security and vital internet infrastructure to millions of websites, including Uber, OKCupid and Fitbit.

NASA announces the discovery of a cluster of Earth-sized terrestrial planets a mere 40 light years, or 376 trillion kilometers, away from us. The Trappist-1 system includes three planets within the so-called Goldilocks zone, with conditions potentially favourable to life.

Our weekly news round-up: Bees can play soccer and use tools; Limits of renewable energy; Optus rolls out 4.5G mobile service; When the NBN will be available at your home; Tesla will include maintenance and insurance in purchase price; Blackberry is back with KEYone; Unstoppable Bitcoin.

Our weekly news round-up: Bees can play soccer and use tools; Limits of renewable energy; Optus rolls out 4.5G mobile service; When the NBN will be available at your home; Tesla will include maintenance and insurance in purchase price; Blackberry is back with KEYone; Unstoppable Bitcoin.

A major security breach has hit Cloudflare, provider of security and vital internet infrastructure to millions of websites, including Uber, OKCupid and Fitbit.