GUATEMALA CITY - THOUSANDS of Maya are preparing for the year 5125, which according to the ancient culture's solar calendar begins on Sunday.

'Today (Saturday) the spiritual guides will help us look at our behavior, our errors and make resolutions for the new year,' Maya priest Tzunun Balam told journalists.

WASHINGTON - NO, the lost city of Atlantis has not been found.

Google Earth images showing what appeared to be a grid of streets on the ocean floor off the coast of Africa were actually tracks left by boat sonar.

CHICAGO - TWO US teams have developed new materials that may pave the way for ever smaller, faster and more powerful electronics as current semiconductor technology begins to reach the limits of miniaturisation.

One team has made tiny transistors - the building block of computer processors - a fraction of the size of those used on advanced silicon chips.