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^Prime suspect^ in bee colony deaths is found - a parasitic mite that spreads viruses while feeding on the insects^ ^blood^ - 2012-06-12 18:28:28 |
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| University of Sheffield scientists studied the impact of a parasitic mite arriving in a new territory - Hawaii - and think it is responsible for the worldwide collapse of bee colonies. The finding cou - Read More... |
Psychologists from the University of Kansas found that the style, value, colour and condition of the footwear can paint a picture of the owner's emotional, political and other vital personality traits - Read More... |
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The ultra-slim ^laptop^ that^s powered by your iPhone or Android - 2012-06-12 18:28:28 |
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| The Clambook laptop-cum-case will be on sale by year end 2012, offering widescreen video, phone charging while in use, and cooler temperatures than most laptops. - Read More... |
The project is supported by 15 members of the European Union and has the catchy name 'European Extremely Large Telescope'... even if it will be built in Chile, to avoid light pollution. - Read More... |
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Feeling blue? Scientists suggest setting your alarm clock earlier as study finds morning people are happier than night owls - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| For all those who already wake up in the morning feeling grumpy and out of sorts, scientists have more bad news - a new study has just found that those difficult early starts can affect your whole lif - Read More... |
Spanish firm OHEA has unveiled its Smart Bed, which makes itself in just 50 seconds using two mechanical arms, one on each side and each equipped with a roller. - Read More... |
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Scientists discover evidence that meteorite storm hit the Earth 13,000 years ago and killed off a prehistoric civilisation - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Evidence of the meteorite’s intense heat was found on two continents. The researchers believe the huge cosmic impact triggered a cold snap, which caused widespread destruction. - Read More... |
Andromeda - flying towards us at more than 250,000 miles an hour - is already a bit of a galactic warrior, having already bumped up against the Triangulum Galaxy (otherwise known as M33). - Read More... |
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How many? The pimply face of Mars has 635,000 impact craters (and counting) on its surface - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| A University of Colorado Boulder research team has been counting, outlining and cataloging a staggering 635,000 impact craters on Mars that are roughly a kilometer or more in diameter. - Read More... |
Steve Jobs once became so exasperated with senior Apple employee Andy Grignon (pictured) he called him a 'f***chop' - and the executive put it on his business card. - Read More... |
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How to tell a good sole: You really can judge a person by their shoes....and you do not need to look at anything else - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Psychologists from the University of Kansas found that the style, value, colour and condition of the footwear can paint a picture of the owner's emotional, political and other vital personality traits - Read More... |
The robot - a design project in Rhode Island, America - starts gently rubbing your arm and then, with a metallic voice, says: 'You are not alone, you are with me.' - Read More... |
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Europe votes to build world^s biggest telescope to explore distant rocky planets (but we will build it in Chile where it^s darker) - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| The project is supported by 15 members of the European Union and has the catchy name 'European Extremely Large Telescope'... even if it will be built in Chile, to avoid light pollution. - Read More... |
Scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden studied the mobile phone and computer use of 4,100 adults aged between 20 and 24. - Read More... |
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Smart Bed that makes itself: How lazy can modern life get? - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Spanish firm OHEA has unveiled its Smart Bed, which makes itself in just 50 seconds using two mechanical arms, one on each side and each equipped with a roller. - Read More... |
The two distant moons - S/2010 J 1 (circled) and S/2010 J 2 - were discovered during routine tracking observations of already known satellites in September 2010. - Read More... |
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Andromeda is out of control! Galaxy which will crash into the Milky Way in four billion years has already had one near-miss - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Andromeda - flying towards us at more than 250,000 miles an hour - is already a bit of a galactic warrior, having already bumped up against the Triangulum Galaxy (otherwise known as M33). - Read More... |
OLO, currently an 'Editor's Pick' in the iTunes store, was originally a browser-based game and a nominee at the 2012 Webby Awards. The London-based team has now released the app for iPhone. - Read More... |
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How Apple manager was so impressed by Steve Jobs^ four-letter insult he put it on his BUSINESS CARD - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Steve Jobs once became so exasperated with senior Apple employee Andy Grignon (pictured) he called him a 'f***chop' - and the executive put it on his business card. - Read More... |
Apple has introduced a mapping app that will provide turn-by-turn directions, live traffic updates and Siri - for all your questions. Facebook is also getting a big boost by Apple, going deep into the - Read More... |
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Last Moment Robot designed to offer soothing words of comfort to dying patients - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| The robot - a design project in Rhode Island, America - starts gently rubbing your arm and then, with a metallic voice, says: 'You are not alone, you are with me.' - Read More... |
A sophisticated new tracking tool developed by computer scientists could make those hours spent searching for lost wallets and phones a thing of the past. - Read More... |
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Constant Internet access ^causes sleep disorders and depression with late night users most likely to suffer^ - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden studied the mobile phone and computer use of 4,100 adults aged between 20 and 24. - Read More... |
A team led by an Australian university professor found the quirky cosmic phenomenon within a group of 250 galaxies. - Read More... |
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Two new Jupiter moons discovered bringing total number of satellites orbiting the planet to 67 - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| The two distant moons - S/2010 J 1 (circled) and S/2010 J 2 - were discovered during routine tracking observations of already known satellites in September 2010. - Read More... |
The new technique would allow bones to be custom made to shape outside the body using the patients own stem cells. - Read More... |
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Internet craze OLO, ^the skeeball for the 21st century^ game, gets released for iPad and iPhone - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| OLO, currently an 'Editor's Pick' in the iTunes store, was originally a browser-based game and a nominee at the 2012 Webby Awards. The London-based team has now released the app for iPhone. - Read More... |
Professor Roger Penrose from Oxford University says concentric circles discovered in the universe's cosmic microwave background display evidence of events that took place before the universe came into - Read More... |
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Apple WWDC 2012: New app takes on Google maps and Facebook to be integrated into iPhones and iPads - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Apple has introduced a mapping app that will provide turn-by-turn directions, live traffic updates and Siri - for all your questions. Facebook is also getting a big boost by Apple, going deep into the - Read More... |
New research suggests plants not only respond to sound but communicate with each other with ‘clicking’ noises. - Read More... |
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Lost your remote control? Don^t panic - just use your Xbox games console to find it for you - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| A sophisticated new tracking tool developed by computer scientists could make those hours spent searching for lost wallets and phones a thing of the past. - Read More... |
A century on from history's most doomed South Pole expedition, the real horror experienced by Dr George Murray Levick has emerged - in the unlikely form of notes he took on the sexual habits of pengui - Read More... |
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Is this proof that aliens are a bunch of squares? The galaxy 70million light years away that^s distinctly rectangular shaped - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| A team led by an Australian university professor found the quirky cosmic phenomenon within a group of 250 galaxies. - Read More... |
The fungal disease called ash dieback was found in a consignment of trees imported from Holland in November last year. - Read More... |
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Scientists grow living bone out of stem cells in bid to treat arthritis, osteoperosis and shattered limbs - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| The new technique would allow bones to be custom made to shape outside the body using the patients own stem cells. - Read More... |
The find, by the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter, has lent weight to the idea that Mars was once very different to the dead orb we see now. - Read More... |
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Is the secret of the ^previous^ universe hidden in the microwaves? Scientist ^spots^ ghost from before the Big Bang - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Professor Roger Penrose from Oxford University says concentric circles discovered in the universe's cosmic microwave background display evidence of events that took place before the universe came into - Read More... |
Dogs nuzzle and lick humans they think are in distress - behaving in a submissive manner designed to offer comfort, say Goldsmiths, University of London researchers. - Read More... |
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Maybe Prince Charles was right after all: British scientists reveal plants really do talk - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| New research suggests plants not only respond to sound but communicate with each other with ‘clicking’ noises. - Read More... |
New York photographer Henry Hargreaves dipped a host of Apple products in a deep fat fryer as part of an art project. Luckily, no technology was harmed during the creation of these images. - Read More... |
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Sexual depravity of penguins that Polar explorer discovered a century ago revealed for the first time... because they were too shocking to print - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| A century on from history's most doomed South Pole expedition, the real horror experienced by Dr George Murray Levick has emerged - in the unlikely form of notes he took on the sexual habits of pengui - Read More... |
The infant 'southern white whale' is an albino, standing out in the glorious South Africa sunlight with a body that is almost entirely white, with just a few speckles of black skin. - Read More... |
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The disease threatening UK^s 80m ash trees after nursery imported infected saplings - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| The fungal disease called ash dieback was found in a consignment of trees imported from Holland in November last year. - Read More... |
Edd Brooks of the Bahamas Cape Eleuthera Institute took a closer look at the cables and found that the teeth marks looked like a huge crustacean had gnawed on them. - Read More... |
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Meteor that carved 30-mile crater on Mars reveals buried layers carved by ancient water flows - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| The find, by the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter, has lent weight to the idea that Mars was once very different to the dead orb we see now. - Read More... |
Just anticipating a specific outcome plants a suggestion in your mind that can gear your thoughts towards making it happen, say researchers at Victoria University in New Zealand. - Read More... |
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Dogs really do feel what you feel - animals nuzzle and lick people when they cry, but ignore them when they hum - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Dogs nuzzle and lick humans they think are in distress - behaving in a submissive manner designed to offer comfort, say Goldsmiths, University of London researchers. - Read More... |
Cambridge University computer scientist Joseph Bonneau analysed the passwords of 70million Yahoo! users, and found that too many users were using words found in the typical dictionary. - Read More... |
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We^re afraid your iPad^s fried! Photographer dips all the latest gadgets in batter in the name of art (but luckily they^re all replicas) - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| New York photographer Henry Hargreaves dipped a host of Apple products in a deep fat fryer as part of an art project. Luckily, no technology was harmed during the creation of these images. - Read More... |
When humans see a cockroach skitter away from the light and seem to 'disappear', the creatures are actually employing one of nature's smartest disappearing acts, say UC Berkeley - Read More... |
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White by the coastline, an albino whale calf follows its mother on their annual migration - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| The infant 'southern white whale' is an albino, standing out in the glorious South Africa sunlight with a body that is almost entirely white, with just a few speckles of black skin. - Read More... |
The version available on the Nook reader - the second most-popular bookreader in the US and arch-rival of Amazon's Kindle - lacks any use of the verb to 'kindle', thanks to a lazy 'find and replace' b - Read More... |
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Bahamas shark station comes under attack - but the monster isn^t Jaws, it^s a foot-long woodlouse from 8,500ft down - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Edd Brooks of the Bahamas Cape Eleuthera Institute took a closer look at the cables and found that the teeth marks looked like a huge crustacean had gnawed on them. - Read More... |
The store - available on PC, iPhone and Android - will offer Facebook's first paid-for apps. It launches today in the U.S. with 600 apps on offer. - Read More... |
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Why optimists usually win: Simply thinking positive thoughts can lead people to overcome tough challenges - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Just anticipating a specific outcome plants a suggestion in your mind that can gear your thoughts towards making it happen, say researchers at Victoria University in New Zealand. - Read More... |
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LinkedIn passwords leaked: Nearly 10% of UK internet users still use common dictionary terms - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| Cambridge University computer scientist Joseph Bonneau analysed the passwords of 70million Yahoo! users, and found that too many users were using words found in the typical dictionary. - Read More... |
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Secrets of cockroaches ^disappearing act^ revealed - creatures swing underneath ledges when we see them ^vanish^ - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| When humans see a cockroach skitter away from the light and seem to 'disappear', the creatures are actually employing one of nature's smartest disappearing acts, say UC Berkeley - Read More... |
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Publisher replaces all instances of ^Kindle^ with the name of rival e-book reader ^Nook^ - and ends up destroying War and Peace - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| The version available on the Nook reader - the second most-popular bookreader in the US and arch-rival of Amazon's Kindle - lacks any use of the verb to 'kindle', thanks to a lazy 'find and replace' b - Read More... |
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Facebook launches app store to take on Apple and Google - 2012-06-12 18:28:27 |
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| The store - available on PC, iPhone and Android - will offer Facebook's first paid-for apps. It launches today in the U.S. with 600 apps on offer. - Read More... |
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