London's craft brewing industry continues to get gobbled up by mega business after Heineken took a minority stake in Brixton Brewery. The move follows similar investment in the market by the world's biggest players. SABMiller and, subsequently, Asahi now own Meantime Brewing, while ZX Ventures, the venture capital arm of ...
Amputees can learn to control a robotic arm or leg... with the power of thought, say scientists. Electrodes implanted in the brain create new connections between neurons - even years after losing the limb, according to new research. The discovery offers hope to thousands of soldiers, accident victims or diabetes ...
The uncle of the Duchess of Cambridge was branded "a nasty drunk" for knocking his wife out in a row over his drug use after calling her a "nothing and a whore." Gary Goldsmith, 52, punched Julie-Ann Goldsmith, 47, after returning from a charity do in the early hours of ...
Theresa May's hostile environment towards immigrants was exposed in full today after it was reported a pregnant woman was arrested after she sought care from the authorities. The woman, who was five months pregnant at the time of her arrest, attended a London police station in March to report being kidnapped and ...
Is there a more “2017” opening to an album than “the world is dying, shit is getting serious”? It’s hard to think of one, but then given that this is the second album in as many months that prophesises the crumbling of civilisation perhaps this is the new normal. With ...
By Paul Kwatz, author of Conscious Robots Recently, Jeff Bezos announced he’d be spending $1 billion of his Amazon fortune every year on his Blue Origin Space Rocket Company. But maybe he’s making the wrong decision. 20 years ago, his conscious mind wondered whether building the world’s biggest bookstore would ...
Digital currency, or cryptocurrency, comes in many forms, including Bitcoin. There are multiple possibilities with this innovative blockchain technology. What Are Bitcoins and What Are Cryptocurrencies? Bitcoin is a digital currency, otherwise known as a cryptocurrency. It exists only on the Internet and does not have any physical form. Bitcoin ...
These moving pictures show the release of five orphaned rhino calves back into the South African wild -- thanks to the help of kindhearted Scottish volunteers. The calves were all victims of poaching –- their mothers murdered for their horns -- and were rescued by charity Rhino Revolution. Through the ...
Serving as the kindling to start this year’s Christmas fire comes, from director Bharat Nalluri by way of Les Standiford’s non-fiction book of the same name, the charming, if somewhat slight, Man Who Invented Christmas; a chronicle of the story behind Charles Dickens’ beloved novel, 'A Christmas Carol'. Finding fresh ...