Sunniest winter on record, following last year’s wettest, UK
This winter is set to become the sunniest since records began in 1929, in contrast to last year’s, which was the wettest ever, according...
Eclipse of the Sun has European solar power producers worried
Hundreds of millions of Europeans will experience a solar eclipse ranging from 40% to 97% obscuration on March 20th. Iceland will have a total...
Russia’s not on path to democracy, let’s not kid ourselves, says ex-MI6 chief
Sir John Sawers, who recently retired as head of MI6, Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, said we should not deceive ourselves that Russia is on...
Methane levels spiked in Mars, raising prospect of life on the Red Planet
The Curiosity robot’s tunable laser spectrometer in the SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) has unequivocally detected an episodic spike in methane concentrations in the...
UK sliding into “permanently divided nation” with too many social mobility cold spots
There are too many “social mobility cold spots” in the UK, neighbourhoods where young adults and children have little opportunity to climb the socioeconomic...
EE showcased ultrafast 400Mbps 4G LTE trials at Wembley Stadium
British mobile network operator EE showcased ultrafast 400Mbps 4G LTE trials at Wembley Stadium. In this context, the word 'trial' means a test to...
Global warming will speed up after cool Pacific Ocean warms up again
The Pacific Ocean is coming to the end of its cooler period, which gave global warming a “false pause” of more than a decade,...
Apple Watch will replace car keys, says CEO Tim Cook
Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook envisions a world where people don't just use watches to tell the time, but also use them to replace...
Mystery bowhead whale spotted off British coast for the first time ever
Bowhead whales had never been seen off the British coast, that is until professional diver Anna Cawthray saw a young one off the Isles...
Google submits plan to expand its corporate headquarters
Google submitted plans to the City Council in Mountain View, California, to expand its corporate headquarters.
The expansion will add space for an additional 10,000 employees....