World Science & Technology News

Wash. — Police searching for a man in connection with the coffee-shop slaying of four police officers surrounded a house in a Seattle neighborhood late Sunday night. Investigators were following up a lead on a "person of interest," and were...

Sometimes, history's turning points come in blood and gunfire, and sometimes in pen and ink...Its members, dedicated to discovery through observation and experiment, form a roll-call of scientific fame: Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking.

The 6 meter long 60 Kg. rocket ATEA-1 took off as per plan from the Great Mercury Island and 50 odd persons witnessed the event. ATEA-1 became the first rocket to takeoff from the Southern Hemisphere. It reached a speed...

A NEW State Government code of conduct that limits cycling groups to no more than 20 riders has received a mixed reception from enthusiasts. They say that while most of the safety tips are solid commonsense, the pack limits may...

The launch of New Zealand’s first suborbital rocket has been delayed this morning due to a technical problem.The Atea-1, due to be launched from Great Mercury Island is to be propelled by a revolutionary type of fuel and jet/rocket motor....

A TV station in Alabama is learning that live Twitter billboards sometimes deliver unintended consequences. A curious driver manages to take a picture of the billboard while the hilarious tweet was being aired, little did the person know that the...

The successful launch of New Zealand’s first suborbital rocket has created history today by being the first rocket launched into space by a privately owned company in the southern hemisphere.Atea-1 made its maiden voyage today after this morning’s delay due...

Johnston Press is introducing "paywalls" on the websites of six of its titles including the Northumberland Gazette and the Worksop Guardian . Readers will be asked to pay £5 for a three-month subscription or to buy the newspapers, which also...

We usually associate robots with activities connected to science and technology. They are seen in sci-fi movies and Robocop was all about Robot Policemen. But, Japan has brought the robots to the level of the common man. The Japanese robots...

These days it seems everywhere you turn is someone with a phone stuck to their ear. A study shows that 70% of the teen aged population in the United States owns a mobile phone. The latest phones do more than...