Solar superflare possible and could wreck our electricity supply
A solar superflare, which is thousands of times more powerful and devastating than normal flares from the Sun, could destroy our electricity supply, GPS...
Psychonauts sequel announced, studio launches crowdfunding campaign
Double Fine announced a sequel to the critical acclaimed platform video game Psychonauts at The Game Awards last night.
The company said that it has...
Prehistoric carvings depicted 13,800 year-old hunter-gatherer campsites
Scientists have discovered fascinating prehistoric rock carvings that depicted hunter-gatherer campsites 13,800 years ago. The archaeologists, from the University of the Basque Country and the...
Google ‘Cardboard Camera’ app lets users take virtual reality (VR) photos
Google has launched a new ‘Cardboard Camera’ app that allows users to take virtual reality (VR) photos with their smartphone.
The feature allows people to...
Facebook rolls out ‘Live Video’ feature to general public
Facebook is making its 'Live Video' broadcasting feature available for the general public.
Facebook said it is still testing the service, starting with a small percentage of...
Fast radio burst mystery perhaps finally solved, say scientists
The fast radio burst mystery which has baffled scientists for the past ten years may be finally solved, a team of astronomers and astrophysicists...
Strange three-horned giraffe-like animal named after Star Wars queen Amidala
A strange three-horned, giraffe-like animal with fangs, that lived in Europe 15 million years ago, has been named Xenokeryx amidalae, after Padmé Amidala who...
British astronaut Tim Peake to spend 1 month longer at ISS
Major Tim Peake, the British astronaut who blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) on 15th December, will spend one month longer in...
Sun superflare with 100 billion megaton bomb force could cause disaster on Earth
A Sun superflare with the energy equivalent of a 100 billion megaton bomb could cause disaster on Earth – it could severely disrupt our...
British birds one quarter under threat of extinction and placed on Red List
Over one quarter of the 244 species of British birds are today under threat of extinction and are now of ‘highest conservation concern’, says Birds...