Ocean acidification caused mass extinction of life 252 million years ago, study finds
Ocean acidification wiped out over 90% of marine life 252 million years ago. The volcanic activity at the time also destroyed more than two-thirds...
Chinese inflation remained flat in March at 1.4 percent
Chinese consumer inflation remained flat March, while wholesale prices remained in deflation territory, according to official data released on Friday.
China's annual consumer inflation rate (CPI) rose...
UK has ‘significant’ oil reserves near Gatwick airport
The UK could see a significant boost in oil production after geologists discovered reservers near Gatwick Airport that could be as much as 100 billion...
Bank of England holds rate at 0.5 per cent in last meeting before UK...
The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold at 0.5 per cent on Thursday in its last Monetary Policy Committee meeting before the...
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...