Prehistoric butchery tools drove human communication and teaching
Butchery tools used as early as 1.8 million years ago drove early human communication and teaching, an international team of researchers has found.
Scientists from...
Minimum wage not paid by 37 firms in “name and shame” list, UK
The British Government has issued a “name and shame” list of a further 37 employers who did not pay their employees the National Minimum...
What is a comet? Characteristics of a comet
Comets are cosmic balls composed of frozen gases, rock and dust. They are characterized by their coma and a tail that stretches millions of...
Facebook At Work, aimed at the office, hitting app stores
Facebook At Work, a new application aimed at businesses, will be available at some app stores on Wednesday, the online social networking giant announced. Opinions...
Huge asteroid to hurtle near Earth on January 26th
A huge asteroid, about one third of a mile (0.5km) wide, will hurtle near earth on January 26th. Although it will be relatively near,...
Suncor to cut 1,000 jobs and slash $1bn from capital spending program
Calgary-based Suncor Energy Inc. announced on Tuesday that it planned to slash 1,000 jobs and reduce its capital spending program by $1 billion in...
Recovering fingerprints from feathers and eggs more successfully, new study
Forensic scientists at Abertay University in Scotland say they have identified the best way to recover fingerprints from eggs and feathers of birds of...
World Bank lowers global economic growth forecast
The World Bank forecasts the global economy will grow by 3% and 3.3% in 2015 and 2016 respectively, which is less than 3.4% and...
Osborne calms Brits’ low inflation fears, and urges ECB to take action
While attempting to calm fears that low inflation will damage the UK’s economic prospects, Chancellor George Osborne will urge the European Central Bank (ECB)...
What is an asteroid? Characteristics of an asteroid
Asteroids are irregularly shaped small rocky objects in the Solar System (smaller than a planet) that move around the Sun. In ancient Greek the word...