Alex Muller

A NASA spacecraft has witnessed hundreds of "superflares" coming from sunlike stars—and the observations suggest that the trigger for such massive outbursts remains a mystery....

Ever wondered if a certain species of animal can be found where you live? The Map of Life website aims to answer this question. Built...

Japan has completed its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite.   The H-2A rocket blasted off from the space centre on Tanegashima Island...

The Metropolitan Police has implemented a system to extract mobile phone data from suspects held in custody.   The data includes call history, texts and...

Facebook shares will shortly start trading in one of the largest and most high-profile share flotations of recent years.   Founder Mark Zuckerberg is set...

Google is facing legal action over its decision to not label the body of water separating Iran and neighbouring Arab Gulf states on its online...

Researchers have revealed details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.   The device is a "memristor", a...

What if your ads watched you while you were watching them? Microsoft is set to debut its new motion-sensitive advertising project NUads next month, which...

With the recent announcement of the asteroid mining company, Planetary Resources, some of the most-asked questions about this enticing but complex endeavor include, what asteroids...

 number of studies have shown that it is possible to lengthen the average life of individuals of many species, including mammals, by acting on specific...