Uber launches “Ride Request” button for third-party apps
Uber is launching a new 'Ride Request' button which third-party developers can add to their apps for free.
The “Uber Ride Request Button”, which is...
Colossal dinosaurs existed in Scotland 170 million years ago
Colossal dinosaurs existed in Scotland about 170 million years ago, scientists at the University of Edinburgh announced after discovering huge footprints and handprints of...
Taller humans have shorter lifespans because DNA changes with body size
Taller humans have shorter lifespans than shorter people because DNA that is linked to ageing and lifespan changes as body size gets bigger, say...
Londoners gloomiest selfie takers out of six cities across the world
Londoners are the gloomiest selfie takers out of six cities across the world, a ‘selfiecity’ study concluded, i.e. Londoners have the unhappiest or least...
Toast lands butter-side up, not down, clever junior scientists show
Toast lands butter-side up if you drop it – 69% of the times – and not butter-side down, a team including three very junior...
Samsung launches virtual reality browser for Gear VR
Samsung has launched a new web browser for those with the Samsung Gear VR headset. The move represents a promising step forward in the application...
Massive whale stranding on Chile beach, 337 found so far
A massive whale stranding has created a graveyard on a southern Chile beach, where so far 337 sei whales have been counted. According to...
Zuckerberg pledged to give away 99% of Facebook shares worth $45 billion
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife pledged to give 99 percent of their Facebook shares, currently worth about $45 billion, to their latest...
Morrissey wins bad sex writing prize for a Eliza and Ezra scene
Steven Patrick Morrissey, commonly known by his last name, Morrissey, has won the 23rd annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award. The English...
UK astronaut Tim Peake to spend extra month in space
UK astronaut, Major Tim Peake, is to spend an extra month in space – extending his stay on board the International Space Station to...