The Mercedes Formula 1 team now has such strength in depth that it could withstand any of its senior technical personnel leaving, reckons boss Toto Wolff. Paddy Lowe left his role as Mercedes’ executive technical director ahead of 2017 and moved to Williams. But Mercedes still earned a fourth straight F1 title double, with James […]

Sunday, 11 February, is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. To mark the day, we asked female scientists from around the world to reflect on their experiences and offer their advice. The responses have been edited for clarity and brevity. Being a woman in physics has been challenging and lonely at times. I […]

It looks like Bitcoin is going to take over the world after all. The capitalization is ceaseless, and every time it grows a couple of Ks, the fan base is only getting bigger. Not blind to the fact, entrepreneurs are looking at more advanced ways to make profit aside from simply buying and selling bitcoin. […]

In its most serious engagement in neighboring Syria since fighting there began in 2011, Israel shot down an infiltrating Iranian drone Saturday and struck Iranian targets deep in Syria before one of its own jets was downed. The sudden escalation offers what could be a harbinger of what lies ahead as the Syrian fighting winds […]

Inclusive design is officially a buzzword, with companies like Airbnb releasing an inclusion toolkit and Microsoft attempting to use its principles to make better products. But the idea behind that buzzword–that designing for a wider variety of people makes more effective products for everyone–is still far from mainstream. At a panel at the Cooper Hewitt design museum in New […]

The APOE ε4 allele is currently the strongest genetic predictor for the development of Alzheimer disease. Healthy lifestyle changes may provide protection against cognitive dysfunction among older patients who carry the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele and are at risk for dementia, according to …

From a price perspective, matching festival culture with playlist culture is almost a no-brainer. As with a Spotify monthly subscription, an individual music festival charges a fixed price for a buffet-style experience, in which concert-goers can jump easily from one act to the next. Embedded within this type of …

The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics kicked off on Friday — at 8 p.m. in South Korea and at 6 a.m. ET in the U.S. — with 2,900 athletes from 92 countries gathering to compete for 102 medals in Pyeongchang. The U.S. Olympic team was led into Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium by flag-bearer Erin Hamlin. […]

So, your clients are all set to head to Qatar with TravelBound. They are planning to head to the well-known spots like the Museum of Islamic Art, the Katara Cultural Village or perhaps, a BBQ in a Bedouin village. All excellent choices, but if they have an interest in something particular or prefer something of a private nature, […]

Technology has become an integral part of people’s lives — and it’s not likely to slow down anytime soon, said tech pioneer Scott McNealy. “It’s unstoppable,” McNealy, co-founder and former CEO of Sun Microsystems, said Friday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “We’re getting more tech in our lives every day as we go to VR or AR and […]