Science & Technology
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner ready to set a new world record for the highest free-fall jump
Austrian skydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner is more than halfway toward his goal of setting a world record for the highest free-fall jump. Felix Baumgartner, 42,...
St. Patrick’s Day: the patron saint left Roman Britain to avoid becoming a tax collector, say experts
The legend says that St. Patrick came to Ireland in the fifth century to spread the word of Christ and banish snakes from its...
Neutrinos do not exceed light speed, found a new ICARUS experiment
A new experiment repeating the test of the speed of neutrinos has found that the subatomic particles do not travel faster than light. Results announced...
How multituberculates, the longest lived mammalian order, survived during dinosaur extinction
Multituberculates, a group of rodent-like mammals that existed for approximately 120 million years, survived after dinosaur extinction because they were adapted to eating flowering...
The New iPad: thousands of fans spent hours in line outside Apple’s flaship store across the world to get the tablet
More than 750 gadget fans spent hours of waiting in line outside Apple's flagship store in New York to get their hands on the...
Male Fruit Flies Rejected by Females Drink More Alcohol, Say Scientists
Scientists have discovered that male fruit flies that have been rejected by females drink significantly more alcohol than those that...
Google Semantic Search will soon answer questions instead of hunting words
In a drastic makeover for the search engine, Google search will soon “answer questions” instead of just hunting words. Google searches will no longer throw...
Damage to the retina linked to cognitive decline
US researchers have found that the examination of the back of the eye may offer an insight into the health of someone's brain. A small...
Fossils from a previously unknown human species discovered in China
The remains of at least five individuals from a previously unknown human species have been identified in southern China. The bones have been dated to...
New type of frog found living in New York City
A new species of frog has been found living in Staten Island, New York City, say US scientists. While new species are usually discovered in...
Bear Grylls from Man vs. Wild fired after he refused to participate in two Discovery Channel’s projects
Man vs. Wild’s Bear Grylls has been fired by Discovery Channel after he reportedly refused to work on two upcoming channel’s projects. A Discovery Channel...
Unidentified planet-sized space object captured by NASA telescope as it refuels at the surface of the sun
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a dark, planet-sized Death Star-like object flying close to the sun on Monday. The black Jupiter-sized orb is briefly engulfed...
ARM Holdings unveiled Flycatcher, the world’s most energy-efficient microprocessor
ARM Holdings, one of the leaders in microprocessor Intellectual Property, has unveiled what it describes as the "world's most energy-efficient microprocessor" design. ARM Holdings says...
Sultan Kosen, the world’s tallest man, has stopped growing at 8 ft 3 in after a new treatment
Sultan Kosen, the world's tallest man, may have finally stopped growing at a towering 8ft 3ins (251.4 cm) thanks to a pioneering new treatment. Turkish farmer...
3D-nanoprinting world speed record set by Vienna University of Technology
A new world speed record for creation of a 3D-printed nano-object has been claimed by researchers at Vienna University of Technology in Austria. The Austrian team...
How your moniker can shape your life from school to career path
A handful of studies found that a name not only reveals clues about a person's class, education and ethnic origin, it can also influence...
Red meat shorten life expectancy by increasing the risk of death from cancer and heart problems
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have found that a diet high in red meat can shorten life expectancy. The study of more than 120,000 people...
Yahoo filed intellectual property lawsuit against Facebook
Yahoo has decided to file an intellectual property lawsuit against Facebook claiming that the social network has infringed 10 of its patents including systems...
Shimon Peres launched his new Facebook page with a MTV-style video calling for peace
Israeli President Shimon Peres launched his new Facebook page with a MTV-style video that sets his call to “be my friend, share peace” after...
Charles Darwin cleared of stealing ideas for theory of evolution from Alfred Russel Wallace
Charles Darwin has finally been cleared of stealing ideas that helped shape his theory of evolution from fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace more than...
Angry Birds Space, the newest game from Rovio developed in cooperation with NASA
Finland-based Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the Angry Birds franchise, has announced its newest game ”Angry Birds Space”, which was developed in cooperation with...
Startram maglev space train could deliver 4 million people a year into orbit by 2032
Startram is a proposed “space train” that could make cheaper journeys beyond Earth's atmosphere and will allow 4 million people a year to travel to space...
Google launches smaller and cheaper Android rival to iPad in May
Google is set to launch a smaller, cheaper Android rival to Apple's iPad as early as May. Made in partnership with tablet-maker Asus, Google’s tablet...
The New iPad preorders are completely sold out
Apple released a statement saying the supplies of the new iPad, which had been set aside for preorders, have already completely sold out. The demand...
Venus and Jupiter conjunction will reach its closest point in the coming days
The conjunction of Venus and Jupiter in the sky will reach its closest point in the coming days. Despite being vastly far from one another...
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