Northern Europeans initially rejected farming during the New Stone Age
Northern Europeans initially rejected the practice of farming while the rest of the continent was embracing the transition from foraging during the Neolithic period (New...
Mars has giant frozen water glaciers under its surface of dust
Below the thick layer of dust on Mars there are glaciers of frozen water, enough to cover the whole planet in over one meter...
Tyrannosaurs had fights and ate each other
A new international study found that tyrannosaurs inflicted injuries on each other and were cannibalistic, with skull evidence of a genus of tyrannosaur called...
Electromagnetism breakthrough may lead to computer chip antennas
A breakthrough in the understanding of electromagnetism may lead to antennas so small that they would fit on computer chips, which scientists from the...
Complex organic molecules found in distant star system
Complex organic molecules vital for the eventual creation of living organisms have been detected in a young star’s protoplanetary disk, just like the ones...
Alcoa shares plunge despite “strong first quarter 2015 profits”
Alcoa shares dropped by over 3% in after-hours trading despite posting a 7 percent increase in revenue on a year-over-year basis and reporting “strong...
Google to launch ad-free YouTube subscription service
There have been rumours circulating about YouTube implementing an option to watch videos on the site without ads popping up for a while. Well,...
The Moon formed after Mars-sized body struck and merged with Earth
A huge body about the size of Mars struck and merged with Earth, hurling a massive cloud of rock and debris into space, which...
Mortgage demand down sharply in first quarter, third quarterly decline in a row
Mortgage demand declined steeply in the UK in the first quarter of 2015, according to the Bank of England’s Credit Conditions Survey, making it...
Aldi is now the UK’s sixth-largest supermarket, beating Waitrose
Discount retailer Aldi continues to gain market share in the UK and has now overtaken Waitrose as the country's sixth-largest supermarket chain.
The British supermarket landscape is changing,...