Lufthansa first quarter results better than expected
Lufthansa posted an improvement in first-quarter earnings on Tuesday.
Lower fuel costs offset the effects of a weak euro.
However, the German airline said that further...
Himalayas were formed when a continent collided with Eurasia at high speed
Researchers can now explain how and when the Himalayas were formed, and why India drifted at such high speed. It all started about 120 years...
US factory orders increased in March, first rise in eight months
US factory orders increased in March after seven consecutive months of declines, according to the US Commerce Department.
The rebound was boosted by demand for...
Italian astronaut has first Espresso coffee brewed in space, while wearing Star Trek outfit
Wearing a Star Trek uniform for the occasion, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti became the first human to consume a coffee espresso in space. On...
Giant exoplanet orbiting small star challenges ideas about planet formation
Researchers have discovered a huge exoplanet, about the size of Jupiter (317.8 Earth mass), orbiting super-close to a small cool star approximately 500 light...
Comcast now has more Internet subscribers than cable customers
Comcast announced that it now has more Internet subscribers than cable subscribers.
The country’s largest cable provider’s $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable collapsed....
Euro zone sentiment slides in May, but investors positive
Euro zone sentiment slid slightly in May, according to the Sentix research group's index that tracks morale, from 20.0 in April to 19.6 in...
Gentoo penguins practice crowd-pooping which melts snow before nesting
Gentoo penguins gather in large groups before they breed and drop huge amounts of poop, known officially as guano. This darkens the snow, making it...
Make good on $10.2 billion pledges to Green Climate Fund, rich nations told
Rich nations should make good on their pledges to deliver $10.2 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), said Federal Minister for Climate Change,...
China’s major infrastructure projects threatened by climate change, says top meteorologist
Some of China’s major infrastructure projects are threatened by climate change, says head of the Meteorological Administration Zheng Guoguang, who added that his country’s...