Children from religious homes are the least generous, a new study shows November 6, 2015 Children brought up in non-religious surroundings are more likely to be generous than those from religious surroundings, a new study has shown. By comparing the tendency of non-religious and religious children to share with other children, scientists from the University of Chicago found that the former were much more likely to give to others. The [...]
Bill Gross says a December rate rise is “100 per cent” likely, after US jobs data exceed all predictions – here’s what other analysts think, too November 6, 2015 "Bond king" Bill Gross thinks a US December rate rise has just become practically certain, after US jobs data beat everyone's predictions. In October, the US added 271,000 jobs to its economy, way ahead of the 180,000 predicted and the highest monthly figure for the year so far. Meanwhile, unemployment fell to five per cent, from [...]
Meet Tim Peake, the British astronaut who’ll spend Christmas day in space November 6, 2015 Tim Peake, the UK's only current official astronaut, is heading up to the International Space Station (ISS) for Christmas. Due to launch on 15 December, major Peake will spend six months in space conducting various experiments, such as growing proteins for drug research and using an electomagnetic levitating device to study new metals. But he [...]
Nasa knocks Boeing out of race for $3.5bn International Space Station contract, leaving SpaceX, Orbital and Sierra Nevada to fight it out November 6, 2015 Boeing has fallen out of the race to win Nasa's $3.5bn (£2.3bn) contract to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). The Chicago-based company confirmed yesterday that its participation in the contest had come to an end. "We received some information as part of the letter we received from NASA this morning but until [...]
Charlie Hebdo: Anonymous online operation suspends 200 terrorist Twitter accounts in “cyberwar” against jihadists November 6, 2015 A campaign called OpCharlieHebdo has managed to suspend a number of terrorism-related Twitter accounts in retaliation against the massacre that occurred at the offices of Charlie Hebdo last week. The operation was set up via activist website Anonymous and says its actions are part of a “cyberwar” against extremists following the deaths of 12 [...]
Charlie Hebdo massacre: Anonymous threatens cyberwar on jihadists in the name of free speech November 6, 2015 Anonymous – an international network of activists and hacktivists – has posted a video on YouTube saying it is waging cyberwar on jihadists. A masked individual vows to avenge the victims of the attack, not through violence but by using a distributed denial of service attack to block access to jihadist websites. The [...]
Charlie Hebdo: Anonymous campaign blocks ten extremist websites in cyberwar against jihadists November 6, 2015 Online activist group Anonymous has blocked access to 10 jihadist websites since it launched its #OpCharlieHebdo campaign on Friday. It says its actions are part of a “cyberwar” against extremists, after killed 12 people were killed at the offices of Charlie Hebdo last week. "Attacking freedom of speech is attacking Anonymous,” the group [...]
When people are happy, they’re more likely to have baby boys November 6, 2015 When people are in a state of euphoria and having sex more frequently, the number of baby boys conceived compared to baby girls goes up. This is the conclusion a pair of researchers came to after analysing the sex ratio of live births in South Africa nine months after the country held the Fifa World [...]
If you want to make money out of robots, these are the top sectors to invest in November 5, 2015 We've been told robots are coming to steal our jobs about a million times, but the truth is that if you invest your money wisely, you could benefit from the evolution of robotic technologies. Global robot sales grew for the third year running last year, up 29 per cent from 2013, and according to a [...]
German airline Lufthansa suspends flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh November 5, 2015 German airline Lufthansa has halted its Eurowings and Edelweiss services to and from Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh "until further notice". The suspension is a precautionary measure, following the crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai desert at the end of last week. The airline had already decided to stop flying its planes over the Sinai peninsula. [...]
