Melting glaciers on Mount Everest are forming large lakes and creating concerns of increasing flood risks, according to an international team of researchers that spent the last few months in the Himalayas.
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Ancient myths about glaciers may hold data about their past retreats and advances.
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Looking for a new job involves risk. Your employer and colleagues might find out before you want them to; unpleasant political situations in your current job may arise. Then there are pointless calls from search agents and the sometimes unfathomable logic behind some of their career suggestions.
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The great witch hunts in the Middle Ages may have been triggered by the Little Ice Age.
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This time last week I was a sine wave of emotion, having taken part in my adult dance school’s Showcase, an annual celebration of all the dance styles that we have learned over the previous year. I took part in six dances ranging from pointe ballet and going through to tap dance, with Latin and Ballroom and some commercial thrown in for good measure. We performing each twice for the two shows we put on in a theatre. After eight weeks of rehearsals three nights a week or more, I was exhausted – perhaps I still am – but I loved taking part in what was my second Showcase, and felt sad that it was over for another year.
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LG has announced the global roll out of its first metal-clad smartphone Zero. The company says that the mid-range device will be launched in Taiwan this week, followed by key markets in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
There was, however, no word on how much the device will cost – prices and participating carriers will be announced locally at the time of availability, LG says. Also, no specific launch time frame was mentioned for markets other than Taiwan.
For those who aren’t aware, the Zero was first launched back in September this year in LG’s home country of South Korea, where it carries a different name: Class. It’s launch price tag there was around $340. Then, earlier last month, the device was spotted listed on the company’s Italy website, carrying a price tag of around $320.
While there’s no official confirmation on this, the handset is expected to be available on AT&T in the US, although it isn’t yet known when and at what…
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BlackBerry’s latest handset, the Priv, is the Canadian manufacturer’s first Android-powered smartphone. The switch to a new platform is never easy, but BlackBerry has made the best of it. The Priv may succeed or fail in the market, but either result will be a win by BlackBerry, because it will tell the company which of the two OS paths it should follow in 2016.
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Researchers have created a new phase of solid carbon with qualities previously thought to be impossible that can be used to create diamonds at room temperature and the same atmospheric pressure as the ambient air.
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Over the start of the holidays shopping season there was a bit of a hullabaloo over Amazon not selling two main competitors to it’s own FireTV: Google’s Chromecast and Apple’s new Apple TV. Amazon put out a statement saying that it only sells devices that support Amazon’s (admittedly excellent) Prime Video service.
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Portable gaming devices have always been a popular item among video game lovers. Below is a break down of US adults that own portable gaming devices like the PSP, or the Nintendo 3DS (does not include cell phones).
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