Extinct elephant fossil on display at Dinosaur Isle on Isle of Wight
An extinct elephant fossil is on display at the Dinosaur Isle museum in Sandown, Isle of Wight. The shoulder bone of the Palaeoloxodon antiquus,...
Prince Philip sees engineers solving global problems again
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, says he sees engineers solving global problems again, something they have often managed to do throughout history. Problems...
Google robot BigDog too noisy and Spot no good either says US military
The Google-owned Boston Dynamics' robot called BigDog, that the US military had intended to deploy, is too noisy. The smaller version - Spot -...
Comet Catalina giving you last chance to see it
Comet Catalina, known technically as nC/2013 US10, will be visible for just a few days in the Northern Hemisphere as it passes Earth by,...
800 year old mobile phone has everybody talking about aliens
If you came across an 800 year old mobile phone fossil you might wonder whether intelligent aliens visited us in the past, or somebody...
Fossils galore at Charmouth on Jurassic Coast after cliff fall
It’s fossils galore at Charmouth, a West Dorset village on the Jurassic Coast, after a major cliff fall, which keen collectors know means the...
Irish come from all over the place ancient genomes show
The Irish people come from all over the place, as far afield as the Middle East, Southern Europe and Eurasia, according to the ancient...
Deadly extreme weather event over USA viewed by NASA satellite
A deadly extreme weather event over the USA was viewed and analyzed by NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission core satellite. The extreme weather...
Amazing four legged robot for rescue operations and industry
Scientists in Italy have developed a four legged robot for rescue operations and uses in industry that you cannot knock down – not for...
Russian space programme to get less funding as economy falters
The Russian space programme is in for some serious funding cuts as the national economy falters as a result of crashing crude oil prices,...