Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs had help from volcanoes, study says
Scientists have long blamed a single culprit in the sudden and violent mass extinction that took out the dinosaurs ...
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Electricity from the air – Drayson’s big idea
Free energy from the air.
Twitter looking beyond 140 characters with new product: Re/code
Micro-blogging website operator Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is working on a product that will allow users to share content longer than 140 characters,
Water flows on Mars, raising possibility that planet could support life: scientists
Briny water flows during the summer months on Mars, raising the possibility that the planet long thought to be arid could support life today,
‘Supermoon’ set to coincide with lunar eclipse
Astronomers are gearing up to spot a rare phenomenon, as a lunar eclipse coincides with a so-called "supermoon".
Black holes heading for ‘massive collision,’ says astronomer
A really, really big bang not due for a hundred millennia may help astronomers test one of the central theories of physics, according to one of the authors of a new paper.
Skype service taken offline by network problems
A problem with Skype's status system has meant many people are currently unable to use the service.
Intelligent Machines: AI art is taking on the experts
In a world where machines can do many things as well as humans, one would like to hope there remain enclaves of human endeavour to which they simply cannot aspire.
U.S. startups aim to help seniors ‘age in place’
Shari Cayle, 75, called "Miracle Mama" by her family ever since she beat back advanced colon cancer seven years ago, is still undergoing treatment and living alone.
Now you see it, now you don’t: invisibility cloak nears reality
A cloak of invisibility may be common in science fiction but it is not so easy in the real world.
