Thomas Cook suffers as holidaymakers fear terrorist incidents
Thomas Cook is suffering the consequences of a devalued pound, terrorist attacks in Europe, plus political instability in Turkey, as holidaymakers either choose destinations in...
Positive online customer reviews can harm retail profits
Seeing lots of positive online customer reviews brightens every retailer's day as they watch sales ramp up. But then, gloom sets in as product...
Graphene makes rubber amazingly strong flexible and stretchy
Graphene added to thin rubber films makes them amazingly strong, flexible and stretchy, say members of a scientific team whose research started when they...
Swiss cheese dates back to first millennium BC the Iron Age
Swiss cheese has been around for a very long time – scientists say Alpine cheese-making dates back to the first millennium BC, i.e. the...
Graphene added to thin rubber makes it stronger and more rubbery
If you add graphene to thin rubber films they become more rubbery, stretchier and stronger, say scientists from the University of Manchester. Graphene -...
Mars surface in astonishing detail using new stacking and matching technique
We can now see the surface of Mars in astonishing detail thanks to a team of British researchers who used a revolutionary image stacking...
Climate change bringing nice weather happier people but also complacency
Climate change has brought milder weather, more pleasant temperatures and an overall year-round environment that makes us happier – so happy, however, that we...
Ban on microbeads if firms do not clean up their act MPs warn
There could soon be a ban on microbeads, British MPs have warned, especially if cosmetic firms fail to ‘clean up their act’. The cross-party...
Timber skyscraper 80 floors high called The Toothpick proposed for London
A timber skyscraper 80 floors high - called The Toothpick - has been proposed for London. The 300-metre tall building would be integrated within...
Belief in God involves suppressing analytical part of brain and boosting empathy
Belief in God occurs when we suppress the analytical part of our brain and engage the empathic network, but when we focus on the...