Science
‘We’ll live on Mars in 2027’
October 10, 2016
‘We’ll live on Mars in 2027’
The race is on to land a human on Mars. Elon Musk recently announced plans for his company SpaceX to…
Facebook launches smartphone app for event seekers
October 9, 2016
Facebook launches smartphone app for event seekers
Facebook on Friday released a mobile app for finding local happenings to enjoy with friends. The Events app tailored for iPhones…
Little evidence that antibiotics help open surgical wounds heal
October 9, 2016
Little evidence that antibiotics help open surgical wounds heal
There are no high-quality trials assessing whether using antibiotics or antiseptics on open surgical wounds speeds healing by slowing the…
Fighting fires: Samsung struggles to limit damage from smartphone recall
October 9, 2016
Fighting fires: Samsung struggles to limit damage from smartphone recall
Heated meetings, sacrificed holidays and teams monitoring social media round-the-clock to track whether there have been any new smartphone fires:…
Exclusive: US lawmakers to investigate funding of WHO cancer agency
October 7, 2016
Exclusive: US lawmakers to investigate funding of WHO cancer agency
Oct 6 Officials from the U.S. government's health research agency are to be questioned by a congressional committee about why…
Twitter shares plunge on report bidders are scarce
October 7, 2016
Twitter shares plunge on report bidders are scarce
TWITTER Inc shares plunged on Thursday as fears mounted that a much-anticipated auction of the social media company will draw…
Successful escape, landing for Blue Origin’s rocket
October 7, 2016
Successful escape, landing for Blue Origin’s rocket
Blue Origin, the aerospace company headed by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, ran a successful test Wednesday of an emergency escape…
Done deal: Paris climate pact to enter into force
October 7, 2016
Done deal: Paris climate pact to enter into force
A hard-fought climate rescue pact concluded last December in the French capital will enter into legal force next month, earlier…
Egypt to be free of hepatitis-C by 2020: health minister
October 6, 2016
Egypt to be free of hepatitis-C by 2020: health minister
Egypt's health minister announced on Tuesday that more than 800,000 people have been treated for hepatitis C since January 2016,…
Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for US intelligence: sources
October 5, 2016
Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for US intelligence: sources
Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers' incoming emails for specific…