Bitcoin dropped another $1,000 in price Thursday, part of a wider slump that has seen 70 percent wiped from the cryptocurrency market in the past three months. Since January, bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin,

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein Language fuels our brains, frames our thoughts and makes complex communication possible. The words, expressions and quirks

“Further, faster ambition together” is the mission statement of the global leaders attending the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP23) in Bonn. It has been met with

It’s a hoary old debate: how much do our genes define how we grow and learn, and how much is due to the environment? A new study by Kong and colleagues shows that parents’ genes, even those not passed

The 2017 SkyPixel Photo Contest has recognised the most incredible photos taken by drones last year. SkyPixel, an aerial photo and video sharing platform, sifted through over 44,000 submissions from 141

Austria’s capital Vienna once again defended its position as the city offering the best quality of life in the world, while Iraq’s capital Baghdad remains the worst in an annual survey from consulting

South Korea is taking its crackdown on working overtime seriously. After approving a bill earlier this month to cut the maximum weekly work hours from 68 hours to a comparatively relaxed 52, the government

Two years ago Chile experienced phenomena that some called “toxic tides”. First came 23 million salmon dying off its coast. Then thousands of dead sardines washed up at the coastal town of Toltén. After

The Blockchain initiative B31, run by several international insurance companies, has announced the formation of the startup B3i Service AG in Zurich, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reported on Monday, March

Bill Barhydt, CEO of American Express backed cryptocurrency wallet, ‘Abra’, has today told Business Insider UK of his prediction that the worlds cryptocurrency markets are teetering on the edge of a great

For most of civilized history, life expectancy fluctuated in the 30 to 40 year range. Child mortality was all too common, and even for those that made it to adulthood, a long and healthy life was anything

The best way for humans to study the oceans could be to act more like fish — or at least to appear more fish-like to other marine life. That’s the idea behind the Soft Robotic Fish, known as SoFi, which

There are more than 7,000 living languages in the world, but UNESCO predicts more than half will be extinct by the end of the century. Will these be among the first to go? Resígaro In 2016, Rosa Andrade

The 2019 Toyota Corolla is making its global debut at the New York International Auto Show this week, and it has a few surprises hidden inside its tiny hatchback — most notably Apple’s CarPlay and Amazon’s

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaks to the media with an announcement that the office of special counsel Robert Mueller says a grand jury has charged 13 Russian nationals and several Russian

There are lost cities all over the world. Some, like the remains of Mayan cities hidden beneath a thick canopy of rainforest in Mesoamerica, are found with the help of laser lights. Now the same technology

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Glass half-full or half-empty? When it comes to discussing issues in wider society, most people across the globe tend to take an overly pessimistic view. South Africans

Our fascination with high-speed travel has resulted in the development of some incredibly fast machines. Concorde, once the world’s fastest commercial passenger jet, travelled at speeds of over 2,000

Cryptocurrency exchanges currently serve as the ideal gateway for entry into the ecosystem and therefore the designated channel of adoption into the mainstream. The effect of these exchanges in the financial

The EU has finally come out with an approved framework for how corporations should handle user data. Although this are quite good news for people generally, I can also see it as a massive blow for so many