The psychologists used avatars to pinpoint the killer moves that can make men great dancers The enduring mystery of why men rarely flatter themselves when they take to the dancefloor may finally have been solved. A team of psychologists used video footage of men strutting their stuff to pinpoint the killer moves that separate good dancers from bad. Men who were judged to be good dancers had a...

Piracy and the policing thereof is a messy business, often without clear answers. Today marked a huge crackdown on top-level pirates, with several of the largest and most popular BitTorrent sites either down or offering only spotty access. It's hard to say exactly what happened, but here's what we know so far. TorrentFreak reports that police in 14 countries across Europe launched a coordinated...

Obama administration weighs in against proposed burning, which state department calls 'un-American' Hillary Clinton has called an American church's threat to burn copies of the Qur'an to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks a "disrespectful, disgraceful act". Others in the Obama administration joined the US secretary of state to weigh in against the proposed burning, including...

• Ross Hall transcribed hacked voicemail for other journalists • Police likely to interview Andy Coulson, says Met officer • New inquiry launched by home affairs select committee A key witness from inside the News of World newsroom says he will testify on the phone-hacking affair, both to police and an inquiry begun by parliament. Ross Hall, a former employee who until now has been silent, told...

US college knocked off top spot for first time in seven years, while UK institutions 'struggle to compete on funding' Both of them have earned fistfuls of Nobel prizes, have educated enough statesmen to table a string of international summits, and inspired eminent scientists, philosophers and poets. But Harvard today forfeits first place to Cambridge in a league table of the world's top...

Solar power is inefficient. Whenever those plains of panels are laid out, the sunlight they convert into stored energy also degrades their effectiveness. With each day the panels spend smoldering under the sun, they become more unreliable in harvesting the rays. For many new systems, designed for lower cost and flexibility, degradation is a huge issue: In just 60 hours, efficiency can sometimes...

Cambridge is now the world's top university, according to a new report, which knocks Harvard from the top spot. See how it compares with the world's top 100 universities here • Get the data Harvard today forfeits first place to the University of Cambridge in a league table of the world's top institutions, the first time in the list's seven year history that the Ivy League university has been...

Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary will seek permission from aviation authorities to have just one pilot on shorter flights Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary wants to use just one pilot per flight as part of his ongoing drive to save costs at the budget airline. O'Leary said he intends to write to aviation authorities for permission to use only one pilot per flight because he believes co-pilots are...

Matt Smith has won the award for TV Personality Of The Year at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards . Smith appeared from within the TARDIS to accept the award presented by artist Tracey Emin , at the ceremony which took place Tuesday evening at London's Royal Opera House. Smith who was filming the 2011 series of Doctor Who in Cardiff earlier in the day, attended the event with model Daisy Lowe. The...

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Last week we looked at part one of our two part series on designing better presentations. We learned practical tips on using photography, typography, color and more to create stunning results. Today we’ll wrap things up with tips six through ten and teach you how simplifying your designs can lead to drastically improved results. Let’s [...]

Habitat loss could cause a dramatic fall in dwarf seahorse populations, warn conservationists One of the world's smallest seahorses faces extinction because of the BP oil spill , conservationists have warned. The minute creatures, barely 2cm tall, were elusive even before the spill, found only among the seagrass in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Now conservationists from the Zoological...

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The graphs, diagrams and match reports on Zonal Marking are pored over by thousands of football fans the world over and have helped push tactical analysis towards the centre of mainstream football debate in the United Kingdom. Set up in January this year, the phenomenally successful website received an average of 210,000 visitors per week [...]

Google's logo shifts this week – a swirl of balls, then a grey emblem that colours as you type – are something more mysterious than the usual doodle fun After teasing millions on Tuesday by turning its logo into a swirl of balls that would avoid their mouse, Google on Wednesday seemed to go the other way - offering a plain grey logo which only changes colour to the normal blue, red, yellow, blue,...

As web designers we can only do so much for you the client. You can have the best website in the world, but if your customer service stinks users won't come back.

GT Magazine has once again chosen Matt Smith to adorn their cover (see above). The October issue, on sale from Friday, has a fantastic feature on his new BBC production, Christopher and His Kind and an interview with Matt's co~star, Lindsay Duncan (Adelaide Brooke in The Waters Of Mars). The magazine also features an interview with Tom Ellis (Tom Milligan in Last of the Time Lords ) and a review...

Billionaire's biggest single grant to an American organisation will allow HRW to expand its reach into developing nations The billionaire financier George Soros is giving $100 million (£65 million) to America's leading human rights organisation in a move that will enable the group to massively expand its operations around the world. Human Rights Watch (HRW) will increase its staff of 300 by about...

One of these posters will be selected as the official Season 7 Promotional Poster. Thanks to Amy for the heads up. Which is your favourite? You can vote for your choice at Facebook.

It's another coup for Carey Mulligan!