Stephen Hawking plus 150 scientists warn of Brexit disaster for UK science
Eminent theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, along with 150 scientists, today warn that Brexit would be a total disaster for UK science. The scientists,...
Australian spider breathes under water eats fish frogs toads and tadpoles
An Australian spider that breathes under water and eats fish, frogs, toads and tadpoles - Dolomedes briangreenei - has been named in honour of...
Skype is ending support for its apps on Smart TVs
Skype announced that it is ending support for its apps on smart TVs.
The Microsoft-owned video calling service has decided to stop supporting its smart...
InSight Mars lander launch delayed till May 2018 due to leaks
NASA is rescheduling its Insight Mars lander launch until May 2018 – twenty-six months later than the March 2016 sendoff that had originally been...
Flying saucer transported by HGV truck in Arizona
What is this HGV truck transporting in Arizona coming out of Area 51 – doesn’t it look eerily like a flying saucer? The image,...
Number of UK workers on zero-hour contracts increased to 801,000
Zero-hour contracts are becoming more common in the UK. The number of workers on zero-hour contracts increased by 104,000 over the past year to...
The world will end when the Sun dies like this says Hubble Telescope
The world will end when the Sun dies, just like this, the Hubble Space Telescope informed via a colourful image of a dying star,...
Stephen Hawking says teacher transformed him from lazy pupil to lover of maths
World-famous theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking says that an inspirational teacher transformed him from a lazy pupil into a keen lover of maths who...
Laser on a silicon chip Holy Grail of incredibly fast communications
The Holy Grail of incredibly fast communications – a laser on a silicon chip – has been achieved in an incredible breakthrough by a...
Mars soil good for growing ten different crop species gardening experiment
Mars soil is good for growing ten different crop species, say surprised scientists from Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) in The Netherlands, after...