Super telescope starts being built in Chile
A super telescope is being built in northern Chile on top of a mountain in the Atacama desert. The super telescope – called the...
Incredible camera that sees around corners created by Scottish science team
A incredible camera that sees around corners, detecting moving objects even when they are completely obscured from view, has been created by a team...
Virgin offers automatic refunds for passengers on delayed trains
Virgin is the first train company in the UK to have an automatic process that compensates passengers if trains are delayed.
Travellers using the company’s...
Home value growth slowed in January, US
Home value growth eased to 0.2% in the United States, the smallest monthly rise since May 2012.
The Zillow Home Value Index stood at $169,600...
Banning fishing in high seas would benefit Canada plus several other nations
Canada along with several other countries would be better off if fishing in the high seas were banned, a study led by researchers from...
40% of Americans can’t cover emergency expense of $400, Fed report reveals
A survey by the US Federal Reserve revealed that 40% of Americans cannot cover an emergency expense of $400.
The Fed’s “Report on the Economic...
Michael Kors founder selling entire stake
Michael Kors founding shareholder, Sportswear Ltd, is to sell its entire stake in the designer clothing and handbags retail business for about $890 million,...
GM buying back $5 billion in shares by the end of 2016
General Motors announced that it will be buying back $5 billion in shares by the end of 2016.
In return, activist investor Harry J. Wilson...
China trials world’s longest elevated cycleway
In a bid to promote green transport, China has opened the world's longest elevated cycleway in the centre of Xiamen, a coastal city of...
Great tits in love prefer to starve than be separated
Great tits in love have a bond that would be the envy of most human couples. They prefer to go without food rather than...