Science & Technology

Barack Obama defends NSA’s PRISM data-mining program and phone spying

President Barack Obama delivered a passionate defense on Friday of National Security Agency (NSA) programs that secretly acquire information about…

11 years ago

James Clapper defends Prism and phone surveillance

James Clapper, director of US National Intelligence, has strongly defended government surveillance programmes after revelations of phone records being collected…

11 years ago

Cancer evidence in Neanderthal fossil

According to a fossil study, a Neanderthal living 120,000 years ago had a cancer that is common today. A fossilized…

11 years ago

FBI and Microsoft break up Citadel botnet responsible for stealing $500 million from bank accounts

The FBI and Microsoft have broken up Citadel botnet, a huge network of hijacked home computers responsible for stealing more…

11 years ago

World’s fastest lawnmower to be built by Honda

Honda engineers are racing to build the world's fastest lawnmower after being put up to the task by Top Gear…

11 years ago

French winemaking has Italian origin

A new research has found evidence of the earliest winemaking in France, which indicates it has an Italian origin. Shaped…

11 years ago

Ape-like feet found in one in thirteen people

About one in 13 people have flexible ape-like feet, US scientists have discovered. A team studied the feet of 398…

11 years ago

360Heros: 360-degree video camera that could revolutionize photography

A 3D-printed camera mount that can help photographers take fully interactive, 360-degree videos and photos, has been created by a…

11 years ago

How turtle got its shell: Eunotosaurus fossil reveals how turtle’s shell was developed

A new research sheds light on how turtles’ hard shells were formed. Scientists say the ancient fossil skeleton of extinct…

11 years ago

Water on Mars: Scientists have definitive proof that water existed on Red Planet

Scientists have found definitive proof that many of the landscapes seen on Mars were indeed cut by flowing water. The…

11 years ago