Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking nominated Luddite of the Year for AI comments
Elon Musk, CEO of private space transport firm SpaceX and electric automaker Tesla, and Stephen Hawking, a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of...
California ripe for mega earthquake needs early warning system say lawmakers
California is ripe for a mega earthquake and it desperately needs an early warning system, say Members of the US Congress who are urging...
Large asteroid celebrates Christmas with a close flyby
A large asteroid will be whizzing past Earth fairly closely – astronomically speaking – on Christmas eve. There is no need for alarm, however,...
Santa sleigh in sky on Xmas Eve is International Space Station
Children will see the Santa sleigh tonight in the sky over Britain. In fact, it will be the International Space Station orbiting 250 miles...
Giant comet that could wipe us out hits Earth every 40000 years
A giant comet that could wipe us out hits the Earth once every 40,000 to 100,000 years, says a group of British scientists. The...
Lioness Mmamoriri has a mane and roars like a male to survive
A lioness called Mmamoriri has a mane like her male counterparts, and roars and acts just like the king of the jungle in order to...
Diesel drops to less than £1 a litre for the first time in years
The price of diesel has dropped to less than £1 a litre across certain fuel stations in the UK for the first time since the...
Two new systems help driverless cars ‘see’ their surroundings
Cambridge researchers have developed two new systems which use deep learning techniques to help autonomous vehicles recognise their location and surroundings.
The first system, called SegNet,...
UK economic growth revised down for second and third quarters
The UK economy expanded by only 0.4% in the third quarter of 2015, down from an initial estimate of 0.5%, according to data released...
Chinese Moon rover finds rocks unlike anything seen before
The Chinese Moon rover – Yutu – has been analyzing moon rocks unlike anything seen before in previous lunar missions, including those from the...