Martian helicopter drone will scout ahead of ground-bound rover
NASA believes a helicopter drone flying around as a scout for the ground-bound rover would help the six-wheeled vehicle work more effectively. According to...
Manchester United and Swissquote announce global partnership
Manchester United has announced a multi-year global sponsorship deal with Geneva-based online forex trading company Swissquote. Neither party gave details on the value for...
Pinterest tries to attract men with more manly search results
Pinterest, where 71% of its users are women, is now trying to attract men by adding new more manly search results in a new...
Online voting should be here by 2020, says Digital Democracy Commission, UK
In the 2020 general election, British people should be able to choose to vote online, the Digital Democracy Commission (Commission) proposes. There should also be...
Aer Lingus considering IAG’s improved acquisition offer of €1.36bn
Irish national flag carrier Aer Lingus plc said it was considering IAG’s improved offer of €2.55 per share, which values the company at €1.36...
Asteroid that killed off dinosaurs did not cause vast global firestorms
The asteroid that created the Chicxulubt crater in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and is believed to have led to the extinction of dinosaurs...
SSE to reduce domestic gas prices by 4.1% from April 30
SSE plc announced it would be reducing domestic gas prices by 4.1% from April 30th, thus cutting average bills by £28 annually. The Perth-based...
UK December car production hits ten-year high, driven by Jaguar Land Rover
The UK produced 109,000 vehicles in December 2014, its best December in ten years. Production was 27% higher than in the same month in 2013.
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NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft readying for huge Pluto photo shoot
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft finally nears its long-awaited encounter with Pluto, the first of many approach phases that will conclude with the first close-up...
Our earliest primate ancestor lived in trees and looked like shrews
When we think of our earliest primate ancestors we do not think of tree-dwelling creatures that looked like squirrels or shrews and weighed less...