Global warming 2°C target won’t stop climate change’s worst impacts
The current international target to limit global warming to 2°C will not be enough to stop the worst impacts of climate change, say three...
Mars travel will give astronauts early dementia from cosmic ray bombardment
Galactic cosmic ray bombardment during the voyage to and from Mars would make the astronauts develop early dementia symptoms, with serious memory loss and cognition...
England climate hit hard by global warming, many record-hot years to come
Global warming is set to hit England particularly hard, with a record-breaking hot year thirteen times more likely today compared to one century ago,...
Bombardier beetle blasts exploding boiling spray from its bottom, scientists explain how
How does the bombardier beetle manage to produce an internal explosion which is expelled from its rear end as a jet of super-fast, boiling,...
New bird species, Sichuan Bush Warbler, discovered in China
A new bird species, called the Sichuan Bush Warbler, has been discovered in China by an international team of scientists from China, Sweden, the...
Fiat Chrysler sales in the US increased 6 percent in April
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles posted a 6 percent increase in US sales last month.
The company sold 189,027 vehicles in the US in the period, marking it...
Warp Drive may turn from science fiction to fact, says NASA
NASA believes it might eventually achieve Warp Drive, transforming a science fiction idea into fact. Warp Drive is a hypothetical FTL (faster-than-light) propulsion system,...
Microsoft acquires digital pen technology from N-Trig
Microsoft announced that it has acquired digital pen technology from Israeli stylus manufacturer N-Trig - the firm behind the Surface Pen.
According to The Wall Street Journal,...
Unity announces full support for Microsoft HoloLens
Unity Technologies announced their full support for Microsoft HoloLens, a self-contained holographic computer headset, enabled by Windows 10.
Unity Technologies is the developer of Unity,...
UK consumer borrowing surged by £1.2 billion
Between February and March consumer borrowing in the UK increased by £1.2 billion.
According to figures from the Bank of England, this is the largest increase...