UK ideal wine country but with cold snaps downpours and sharp frosts
The UK is becoming an ideal wine country that is beginning to compete as an equal with French, Italian, Californian, Australian and Chilean wine...
Google removes ‘mic drop’ April Fools Day joke after backlash
Google has removed the ‘mic drop’ April Fools Day joke on Gmail after angering users and getting people in trouble at work.
The ‘mic drop’...
Oxygen rich white dwarf star discovered astrophysicists fascinated
Astrophysicists have discovered an oxygen-rich white dwarf star, something nobody has ever seen before, even though its existence had been theorized.
The discovery could challenge...
First temperature map of super Earth planet 55 Cancri e an ultra hot world
Scientists have created the first temperature map of a super Earth planet called 55 Cancri e, which is an ultra-hot world with what appears...
Bird populations in Europe and North America affected by climate change
Bird populations across Europe and North America are changing because of climate change, with some species experiencing increases while others decline, and many types...
UK current account deficit rose to £96.2bn in 2015
The UK’s current account deficit rose to a record high of £32.7 billion in the three months to December 2015, according to the Office...
Search for intelligent aliens to include signals from 20000 red dwarf stars
The SETI Institute says it has expanded its search for intelligent aliens to include checking for signals from about 20,000 red dwarf stars, which...
Robocar the amazing autonomous racing car has been revealed
The Robocar is an amazing autonomous racing car, an incredible futuristic creation that is unlike anything we have ever seen on a race track...
Small garden bird numbers up thanks to mild weather says RSPB
Small garden bird numbers are up significantly thanks to the mild weather during the months leading up to January 2016, says the RSPB (Royal...
Super sensitive gravity detector using smartphone system created by scientists
By adapting a smartphone system, scientists have managed to make a super sensitive gravity detector – a gravimeter – that can measure tiny changes...