Five privately funded lunar launches failed, with the organisers judging that no groups would be ready to launch. None of the five teams involved in Google’s 10-year competition to land a craft on the Moon will be successful by March’s deadline, organisers say. It had been hoped that the Google Lunar X Prize, where reward …

The macaques were born eight and six weeks ago, having been cloned using a technique called ‘somatic cell nuclear transfer’ Over 20 years since Dolly the Sheep was cloned , history has been made again as the first monkey clones have been produced in the same way. The macaques, which have been named Zhong Zhong …

Samsung has finally confirmed the date for its highly-anticipated new gadget Samsung is continuing its tradition of unveiling a new flagship phone in the days ahead of the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. The South Korean company has sent out a special invitation teasing the release of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S9 – which …

Cryptocurrency is a form of digital money that is designed to be secure and, in many cases, anonymous. It is a currency associated with the internet that uses cryptography, the process of converting legible information into an almost uncrackable code, to track purchases and transfers. Cryptography was born out of the need for secure communication …

Scientists have unearthed the remains of the ruined city which is believed to been used as a base for an ancient army in China. Experts believe the city was connected to the historic Silk Road – a massive network of trade routes that connected the civilisations of antiquity. Historians believe the network of roads stretched …