FTSE 100 one of the worst performing global markets in 2015, down 4.9%
The UK’s FTSE 100 index was one of the worst performing global markets in 2015 as plunging commodity prices triggered slumps in the value...
BBC websites suffered cyber attack and not technical issues
Nearly all BBC websites suffered a cyber attack on the last day of the year - the problem was not caused by technical issues, which the...
Google robot BigDog too noisy and Spot no good either says US military
The Google-owned Boston Dynamics' robot called BigDog, that the US military had intended to deploy, is too noisy. The smaller version - Spot -...
Comet Catalina giving you last chance to see it
Comet Catalina, known technically as nC/2013 US10, will be visible for just a few days in the Northern Hemisphere as it passes Earth by,...
800 year old mobile phone has everybody talking about aliens
If you came across an 800 year old mobile phone fossil you might wonder whether intelligent aliens visited us in the past, or somebody...
Fossils galore at Charmouth on Jurassic Coast after cliff fall
It’s fossils galore at Charmouth, a West Dorset village on the Jurassic Coast, after a major cliff fall, which keen collectors know means the...
Irish come from all over the place ancient genomes show
The Irish people come from all over the place, as far afield as the Middle East, Southern Europe and Eurasia, according to the ancient...
Oculus Rift VR headset will come with a free game when it launches
When the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset goes on sale next year it will come with a free adventure game called ‘Lucky’s Tale’.
The game...
Apple to pay Italian tax authorities 318 million euros over tax fraud
Apple has to pay a reported 318 million euros ($348 million) to settle a tax dispute with Italian tax authorities.
The California-based tech giant...
Deadly extreme weather event over USA viewed by NASA satellite
A deadly extreme weather event over the USA was viewed and analyzed by NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission core satellite. The extreme weather...