You can watch transit of Mercury with the Royal Astronomical Society
You are invited to watch the transit of Mercury with the Royal Astronomical Society, Piccadilly, London, when our solar system’s smallest planet passes directly...
Wonga TV ad banned for not mentioning 5,853% interest rate
A Wonga TV ad has been banned by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after a charity complained it does not mention that the...
UK and Europe hottest summers in thousands of years
UK and European summers are the hottest in thousands of years – in fact, nearly two thousand years – says an international team of...
Earth hour, when the world switches off its lights for one hour, March 28
Those wanting to focus attention on climate change will switch off their lights worldwide for one hour on Saturday, March 28th, 2015, from 20:30...
Bill Gross leaves Pimco to join Janus Capital Group
American bond investor and author Bill Gross leaves Pimco, the firm he co-founded in 1971, to join Janus Capital Group Inc., where he will...
Samsung Galaxy S5 sales are not meeting expectations, S4 still selling more
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is not selling as well as expected. Samsung sold 40 percent fewer of its Galaxy S5 smartphones in the first three...
Mushrooms glow in the dark to attract insects and spread spores
For over 2,000 years, since Aristotle posed the question, we have been wondering why some mushrooms glow in the dark. Researchers from Brazil's Instituto...
New Jaguar Land Rover vehicles to be electric or hybrid from 2020
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced that all new vehicles from 2020 will either be electric or hybrid.
A hybrid car uses both gasoline and electricity...
GM could face hefty criminal charges because of faulty switches
General Motors could face hefty criminal charges after because of identified criminal wrongdoing after a federal investigation looked into a defect linked to at...
US default could trigger global recession, warns IMF
A US default could cause a global recession, said Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
Lagarde said it would result in "massive...