Sci-Tech

NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US space agency NASA will make one final attempt to contact its Opportunity Rover on…

The art and science of Japan’s cherry blossom forecast

by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- As spring approaches in Japan, the country's weather forecasters face one…

Instagram tightens rules on self-injury images

by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Instagram late Thursday announced it is clamping down on…

Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe to land on asteroid on Feb 22

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese probe sent to examine an asteroid in order to shed light on the origins…

Magnetic north pole leaves Canada, on fast new path

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The position of the Earth's magnetic North Pole -- used in navigation systems such as…

‘Inkjet’ solar panels poised to revolutionise green energy

by Stanislaw WASZAK Agence France Presse WROCLAW, Poland (AFP) -- What if one day all buildings could be equipped with…

Concept cars turn heads at Paris exhibition

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Bugattis, Ferraris, but also Renaults and Peugeots, the Concept Car and Automobile Design Exhibition in Paris…

For some whales, sonar may provoke suicidal behaviour: study

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Scientists have long known that some beaked whales beach themselves…

iPhone FaceTime bug lets callers eavesdrop

  SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- A newly discovered FaceTime bug lets people hear and even see those they…

Microsoft’s Bing search engine inaccessible in China

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Microsoft's Bing search engine was inaccessible in China on Thursday, with social media users fearing it…

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