Exotic grains from cosmos identified BBC News
Scientists may have identified the first known dust particles from outside our Solar System, in samples returned to Earth by a Nasa space mission. A team of scientists, with the help of more than 30,000 worldwide citizens, has identified seven exotic grains.
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Scientists may have identified the first known dust particles from outside our Solar System, in samples returned to Earth by a Nasa space mission. A team of scientists, with the help of more than 30,000 worldwide citizens, has identified seven exotic grains.
Will death of Robin Williams herald spike in suicides? New Scientist
Copycat deaths are likely in the wake of the suicide of Robin Williams. More restrained reporting could help, says Steven Stack. When US actor Robin Williams killed himself, a flood of media coverage followed. Some of it has been criticised for glamorising his ...
Copycat deaths are likely in the wake of the suicide of Robin Williams. More restrained reporting could help, says Steven Stack. When US actor Robin Williams killed himself, a flood of media coverage followed. Some of it has been criticised for glamorising his ...
Half of voters happy to pay more tax to fund NHS – poll The Guardian
The ICU at the Royal Berkshire hospital. A poll has found increased willingness to pay extra tax to help the NHS. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian. Almost half of voters say they would be happy to pay more income tax as long as the money went ...
The ICU at the Royal Berkshire hospital. A poll has found increased willingness to pay extra tax to help the NHS. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian. Almost half of voters say they would be happy to pay more income tax as long as the money went ...
Joseph Safra, banker seeking a slice of the banana business Financial Times
Some Brazilian billionaires are known for their lavish yachts, others for their silicon-enhanced young wives and extravagant lifestyles. Joseph Safra's trademark has always been his silence. The 75-year-old Sephardi Jew, who arrived in Brazil as a migrant ...
Some Brazilian billionaires are known for their lavish yachts, others for their silicon-enhanced young wives and extravagant lifestyles. Joseph Safra's trademark has always been his silence. The 75-year-old Sephardi Jew, who arrived in Brazil as a migrant ...
Have Scottish Nationalists taken over the Edinburgh Fringe? Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
If the Scottish referendum were a show at the Edinburgh Fringe, the result would be a resounding Yes. As this paper's reviewer Charlotte Runcie wrote on Friday, the debate from the perspective of indy-themed plays has been distinctly one-sided.
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If the Scottish referendum were a show at the Edinburgh Fringe, the result would be a resounding Yes. As this paper's reviewer Charlotte Runcie wrote on Friday, the debate from the perspective of indy-themed plays has been distinctly one-sided.
Row as horsemeat file shelved The Guardian
A laboratory worker extracts beef from a frozen lasagne for DNA testing after news that meals were contaminated with horsemeat. Photograph: Pascal Lauener/Reuters. The official report into the causes of the horsemeat scandal has been shelved until at least ...
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A laboratory worker extracts beef from a frozen lasagne for DNA testing after news that meals were contaminated with horsemeat. Photograph: Pascal Lauener/Reuters. The official report into the causes of the horsemeat scandal has been shelved until at least ...
World's first 'smartphone' celebrates 20 years BBC News
Never judge a phone by its cover. This chunky, black box was in fact the world's first 'smartphone'. The IBM Simon went on sale to the public on 16 August 1994 and combined mobile phone technology with a wide range of computing features. To mark the ...
Never judge a phone by its cover. This chunky, black box was in fact the world's first 'smartphone'. The IBM Simon went on sale to the public on 16 August 1994 and combined mobile phone technology with a wide range of computing features. To mark the ...
Travelodge removes the Bibles from its rooms on grounds of 'diversity'. Were ... Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
If you're staying in a Travelodge and you get a hankering to save your mortal soul, don't bother. The management has decided to pull every single Gideon Bible from bedside tables in their hotels, on the grounds of "diversity" and not wanting to cause offence.
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If you're staying in a Travelodge and you get a hankering to save your mortal soul, don't bother. The management has decided to pull every single Gideon Bible from bedside tables in their hotels, on the grounds of "diversity" and not wanting to cause offence.
Raising the minimum wage is the wrong way to deal with low pay Financial Times
It was a euphemistic boast, which perhaps explains why politicians of all stripes unblushingly repeated it for more than three decades: that Britain's labour market was among the most flexible in the world. “There are significant differences between the ...
It was a euphemistic boast, which perhaps explains why politicians of all stripes unblushingly repeated it for more than three decades: that Britain's labour market was among the most flexible in the world. “There are significant differences between the ...
Tesco Hudl and other Android devices face data reset flaw BBC News
Hiding data by using a factory reset option does little to delete potentially sensitive information, suggest researchers. Three separate investigations of Android's data deleting systems found it was possible to recover information. In some cases, a reset just ...
Hiding data by using a factory reset option does little to delete potentially sensitive information, suggest researchers. Three separate investigations of Android's data deleting systems found it was possible to recover information. In some cases, a reset just ...
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