Comets swamp strange star

Comets swamp strange star

A star called KIC 8462852 has been in the news recently for unexplained and bizarre behaviour. NASA’s Kepler mission had monitored the star for four years, observing two unusual incidents, in 2011 and 2013, when the star’s light dimmed in dramatic,...
HP’s final figures are down

HP’s final figures are down

The final results for HP as a single company are in, showing declines in revenues and earnings. The company reports fiscal 2015 net revenue of $103,4-billion, down 7% from the prior-year period and down 2% on a constant currency basis. Fiscal 2015 non-GAAP diluted net...
The nature of dark matter

The nature of dark matter

The solar system might be a lot hairier than we thought. A new study publishing this week in the Astrophysical Journal by Gary Prézeau of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, proposes the existence of long filaments of dark matter, or...
Simulations show tectonic activity

Simulations show tectonic activity

Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, IBM Research, New York University and the California Institute of Technology have been awarded the 2015 Gordon Bell Prize for realistically simulating the forces inside the Earth that drive plate tectonics. The...
Staff drive clients away

Staff drive clients away

What would frustrate South Africans enough to switch banks? Surprisingly it is not benefits, or rewards, or a cheaper alternative that would make them move – but impolite, rude or uninterested staff.

Anonymous hits back at ISIS

Anonymous hits back at ISIS

Hacktivist group Anonymous is making good on its threat to disrupt ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), and has already taken down about 5 500 ISIS-linked Twitter accounts.