SpaceX launches two all-electric satellites on Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX launched two all-electric satellites on its Falcon 9 rocket, which launched successfully on Saturday. The huge booster lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air...
Homer Simpson wrote Higgs Boson equation 14 years before scientists did
Fictional character Homer Simpson was super close to predicting the Higgs boson (Higgs particle), an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics,...
Svalbard Doomsday Vault receiving thousands of seeds this week
The first delivery of forest tree species seeds have been accepted by the Svalbard Doomsday Vault, a secure seed bank on the island of...
Body found at Richard III excavation was an elderly woman
Within the mysterious lead coffin at the former hastily-dug grave of King Richard III was an elderly woman, probably of high socioeconomic or religious...
British manufacturing growth will continue into 2015, says industry report
Manufacturers in the UK have had an upbeat start to 2015, according to a survey published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF and law firm DLA...
Dogs helped modern humans beat Neanderthals 40000 years ago
Dogs bred from wolves helped modern humans vanquish local Neanderthals 40,000 years ago from Europe, says Professor Pat Shipman, an anthropologist from Penn State,...
Brown calling for public sector investment to save the North Sea oil industry
Gordon Brown will be calling for the public and private sector to save the North Sea oil industry in one of his last major...
Samsung launching Samsung Pay mobile payments system to compete with Apple Pay
Samsung is launching a service during the second half of 2015 to let users pay for goods using their smartphone.
The service, called "Samsung Pay",...
Ikea launching furniture with wireless phone charging
Ikea, the Swedish retailer that sells ready-to-assemble furniture, announced that it will be launching a range of products (from desks to lamps) capable of...
Emperor penguins survived last ice age in the Ross Sea
In the last ice age, only three populations of emperor penguins are thought to have survived, one of them in the Ross Sea in...