Male and younger workers saw largest wage declines since the crisis, UK
Male and younger workers in the UK have experienced the steepest falls in pay since the financial crisis in 2008. Lower-paid workers’ wages have...
US blizzard storm development witnessed by satellite
Meteorologists at the National Weather Service have been monitoring a low pressure area that moved from the USA’s Midwest into the Atlantic Ocean and...
Asteroid that flew close to Earth has its own moon
The asteroid that zipped past Earth on January 26th has its own small moon, according to radar images taken from NASA’s 230-foot-wide Deep Space...
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft readying for huge Pluto photo shoot
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft finally nears its long-awaited encounter with Pluto, the first of many approach phases that will conclude with the first close-up...
Bombardier laying off 145 workers at Quebec railcar plant
Bombardier Inc. said on Friday that it would lay off 145 employees at its railcar factory in La Pocatière, Quebec. The Montreal-based aerospace and...
OnSight will help scientists work virtually on Mars, NASA and Microsoft team up
Microsoft and NASA have got together to develop a software that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars. Called OnSight, the software is...
Goldcorp acquires Probe Mines for C$526 million
Vancouver-based gold producer Goldcorp Inc. announced on Monday that it is to acquire all outstanding shares in Toronto-based precious metals explorer Probe Mines Limited...
Outdated anti-terror laws hamper the UK’s ability to stop attacks, says ex-MI5 chief
Sir Jonathan Evans, who was Director General of the UK’s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency MI5 from 2007 to 2013, says the country’s ability...
Liberal Democrats pledge to keep education budget and eradicate child illiteracy
Child illiteracy will be eradicated by 2025 and we will not cut the college, school and nursery budgets after the general election, the Liberal...
Polar bears moving northward because it’s getting too warm where they are
Polar bears are moving northward because where many of them live no longer have persistent year-round sea ice, a recent study led by the US...