Google’s AI software “Deep Q” can beat human gamers
Google acquired the London-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepMind for £400m last year. Since the acquisition there hasn't been a lot of information about...
Colossal black hole 12 billion times the Sun’s mass and 420 trillion times its...
An international team of scientists has discovered a supermassive black hole 12.8 billion light years from earth, with 12 billion times the mass of...
England home ownership plunges to 29-year low as young adults priced out
Home ownership in England is now at its lowest level since 1986, with 63% percent of households owning their property, according to the Government’s...
Alcoholic Russian bears to be moved to Romanian sanctuary by charity
In the Black Sea city of Sochi in Russia, two bears were kept in shocking conditions for over 20 years. They are both alcoholic...
Crocodiles ruled the Amazon thirteen million years ago
There were seven different species of crocodiles in pre-Amazonian northeastern Peru thirteen million years ago. In no time in Earth’s history have so many...
Coffee spills less with latte bubbles on top
Why does a latte spill less than a black coffee when you carry a drink full to the brim from your kitchen to the...
Watch spacewalk by two NASA astronauts live
Two NASA astronauts, Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts will do a 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the ISS (International Space Station)...
Bionic hand connects directly with the brain “nearly like the real thing”
An incredible bionic hand could give people who have lost limbs new hands “nearly like the real thing”, says a group of British scientists....
Eyelash length determines eye health by regulating evaporation rate
When eyelashes are one third the width of the eye, the rate of evaporation from the surface of the cornea is just right. Most...
Morrisons names former Tesco director David Potts as new chief executive
Morrisons, the UK's fourth largest supermarket chain, has named former Tesco director David Potts as its new chief executive.
Potts began working at Tesco when he...