UK second quarter growth could be as low as 1%
UK economic growth in the second quarter could be as low as just 0.1%, research firm Markit said on Thursday.
Markit said its Purchasing Managers'...
Super intelligent robots may destroy humans warn scientists
Super intelligent robots may destroy humans, a group of scientists from the University of Oxford warns. They also see nuclear war, climate change, a...
Three planets in habitable zone near tiny dwarf star discovered
Three Earth-sized planets have been discovered orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star in the habitable zone, also called the Goldilocks zone, by a team of...
British garden birds making a comeback but not starlings
British garden birds, specifically small insect-eating birds, have made a comeback thanks to the milder weather, says the Royal Society for the Protection of...
Universal facial expression of negative emotion is called the Not Face
There is a universal facial expression that speakers of many languages across the world use to express a negative emotion – it is called...
Centuries old mathematical mystery solved by Oxford Professor who wins half million pounds
A centuries old mathematical mystery – Fermat’s Last Theorem – was solved by Sir Andrew Wiles, an Oxford University Professor, in 1993. This week,...
TalkTalk launches biometric voice authentication as part of an effort to increase security
TalkTalk announced that it is using biometric technology - allowing customers to access their account over the phone by just using their voice.
The company...
Giant redwood trees planted in Cornwall to make forest
Forty giant coast redwood trees from California have been planted on Monday at the Eden Project in Cornwall, south-west England – it is the...
Kryptonite synthesis now possible say scientists Superman beware
Kryptonite synthesis – making kryptonite – is now possible, say Polish scientists, who have found how to manufacture the first binary compound of oxygen...
Major food brands buying fish from fragile Arctic regions
Major supermarkets and food brands in Britain are buying fish from controversial giant bottom trawlers that are venturing further north in the fragile Arctic...