Instagram introduces carousel ads
Instagram has created a new advertising feature called "carousel ads", which allows advertisers to promote their products by posting a series of photos that...
SFO launches criminal investigation into Bank of England
The Serious Fraud Office is carrying out an unprecedented criminal investigation into the Bank of England over money-market auctions during the credit crisis, which...
Fossil find places origin of humans at 2.8 million years ago
The human genus Homo existed 2.8 million years ago, about 400,000 years earlier than previously thought, after a fossil of a lower jaw with...
Mars Curiosity rover short circuits and will be inactive for several days, says NASA
The Mars Curiosity rover had a short circuit on February 27th. According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the vehicle followed its programmed response by...
Stop starving Kew Gardens and give it more autonomy, say MPs
The Government should treat Kew Gardens, the world’s major botanical research and education institution, like it does the Natural History Museum, and stop playing...
Standard Chartered has no plans for a capital raise, despite drop in profit
Standard Chartered announced that it has "no plans for a capital raise" through selling new shares, despite a 25 percent drop in annual pretax...
Farage says UK needs to stop unskilled immigrants and welcome skilled ones
Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP, the anti-EU party, said the United Kingdom must regain control of its borders with a “common sense” immigration policy...
Kew Gardens let down by Government, unlike Natural History Museum, say MPs
Kew Gardens has been let down by the Government, due to cuts and interference, unlike the Natural History Museum, say MPs on the Science...
City of the Monkey God discovered in Honduras, National Geographic reports
A team of Honduran and American archaeologists, aided by a group of former British SAS soldiers, have discovered the legendary “City of the Monkey...
‘Sophie’ Stegosaurus weighed 1.6 tonnes, says Natural History Museum
A 150-million-year-old Stegosaurus weighed about 1.6 tones (1,600 kg, 3,527 lbs) when it was alive, the Natural History Museum in London announced on Wednesday,...