Extinct squirrel-like creatures from China suggest the earliest mammals originated more than 200 million years ago, much earlier than often previously thought, researchers say. The fossils were discovered in the last three years by private collectors and amateur paleontologists in a Liaoning province cornfield in northeastern China. Liaoning has become famous for the trove of... Continue Reading →

Urine is pretty amazing stuff: It can power everything from personal generators to plasma thrusters in space. But the power of pee isn’t limited to generating energy; new research proves that we can actually make human brain cells from urine. Scientists in China have begun experimenting with neurons that have been converted from cells present... Continue Reading →

British and Japanese scientists have managed to "reset" human stem cells to their earliest state, opening up a new realm of research into the start of human development and potentially life-saving regenerative medicines. In work described by one independent expert as "a major step forward", the scientists said they had successfully rebooted pluripotent stem cells... Continue Reading →

A team of Finnish researchers from Aalto University has developed a new concept for computing that doesn’t require standard electric power. Instead, the team creates collisions of water droplets on a highly water-repellent (superhydrophobic) surface. The research, which was published in the journal Advanced Materials, could form the basis for tomorrow’s electricity-free computing devices. After... Continue Reading →

The Aug. 9 shooting in Ferguson, Mo., that created a firestorm of protests inspired a new kind of public protest on Monday. The anonymous organizer rallied troops of shoppers for what was called Blackout Monday. Days of unrest and protests followed the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, an unarmed Ferguson teen, who was shot and... Continue Reading →

A Florida based charity called Rethink Homelessness is behind a campaign to educate people on the plight of homeless people. They asked local homeless people to write down something about themselves that people wouldn’t know by just walking past them. The homeless problem in America is becoming increasingly worse year on year. We are all... Continue Reading →

A database of what appears to be some 5 million login and password pairs for Google accounts has been leaked to a Russian cyber security internet forum. It follows similar leaks of account data for popular Russian web services. The text file containing the alleged compromised accounts data was published late on Tuesday on the... Continue Reading →

There are some stories in the IT world that just don’t go away. Apple VS Samsung is one that springs to mind. The recent leaking of celebrity photos will be another that, even if unknowingly responsible, Apple won’t be able to get away from for some time. Another is the arrest of Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom... Continue Reading →

A dusty construction site on the edge of an Arabian desert is an unlikely place for a model of green living. But this is Masdar City, an $18bn (£11bn) Norman Foster-designed project where just a few hundred people are guinea pigs in the world's most advanced laboratory for hi-tech environmental technology. Here, residents live with... Continue Reading →

A new economic report, published by Forbes.com on September 6, 2014, clearly shows that President Obama is the best economic president in modern times. It’s not an opinion, it’s a fact, based on all of typical the economic indicators, including jobs, investments, growth and expansion, even the rate of inflation. In all of these areas... Continue Reading →