Wireless technology at the speed of light, Li-Fi – it’s the future

Can you imagine that the internet connection of your laptop could very soon accelerate up to 100 times of its normal speed? If this happens, you can download more than 12 HD films within a second! From where will this speed boost come? It will come from an unknown source, from the lighting above your head. Previously, Wi-Fi radio aerials distributed data through various building to your laptop but now LED bulbs controlled by computer will flicker at the top...

Should We Work From Home In The Summer?

By Charles Hibbert  British summer weather has led to suggestions we should work from home more as office workers being more unproductive in the working week. Research shows that UK office workers were originally committed to work for three days a week, but with temperatures rising, workers are unproductive for half the week. Those polled said that if temperatures exceed 27 Celsius, the working day should actually be cut short. When asked how many hours a week they are fully...

NASA warns asteroid could hit planet Earth

Usually we take these types of theories with a huge pinch of slat, but on this occasions NASA itself has aired concerns about the possibility a massive asteroid could lunge into our planet and cause catastrophic damage. The space agency is going to send a probe to take samples from the asteroid who passes past Earth every six years and gets closer each time. Scientists thinks that the asteroid, named Bennu, will even pass between the moon and our planet...

Are Goats man’s new best friends?

Dogs have long been man’s best friends but has another four-legged animal now replaced them? Goats don’t have a particularly good reputation, due to the fact they are known to headbutt you and chew up your belongings. However, they are a lot smarter than you might think. Scientist have studied them and found that they communicate much better with humans than they were expected to. An experiment was set up at Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats in Kent, where they put...

NUS Say Switch From Grants To Loans ‘Punishes The Poor’

The National Union of Students has criticised the government's decision to replace grants paid to students from low-income families with loans. Starting today students from families with annual incomes of £25,000 or less will not be able to apply for the £3,387-a-year grant to cover living costs. Instead, they will be forced to apply for a maintenance loan. The NUS has criticised the "disgraceful" move, saying it will mean poor students will be saddled with a lifetime of debt. NUS vice-president Sorana...

David Cameron’s honours list includes his wife’s stylist

The honour list system is under scrutiny again after leaked documents indicate ex-PM David Cameron, is handing out honours as a reward to friends. News of this leaked list, handed to the Sunday Times, has provoked calls of “cronyism” and inevitable calls for a radical overhaul of the controversial system. The new PM Theresa has said she would not get involved and will not halt these new honours. The newly crowned PM, was pulled into the debate as she has...

Collateral Damage – A tale for Tony Blair

It’s a little hard to explain .... but we’ll get there in the end. Time’s what we’ve got plenty of you see. Those noises from next door? Just to wet the whistle, in a manner of speaking. Gets the old adrenalin flowing. It’s Masher. We call him that but he’s getting pretensions, wants to style himself Olaf the Great. Not that he’s Scandinavian or anything – in fact he comes from Wales – but Welsh is torture to pronounce –if...

Cockroaches released in Byron outlets close two branches

The backlash against Byron burger chain has stepped up another gear, after protestors released thousands of live cockroaches and other insects into two of its burger outlets. The branches, Shaftesbury Avenue and Holborn restaurants in London, were attacked on Friday evening and both were forced to close after the infestation. This move was in retaliation to an immigration sting against its own staff, which saw 35 people removed from the UK, who had been working illegally. The staff from Albania,...

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