europe
Science

Neanderthals And Modern Humans, Like, Got Busy

Despite representing different stages of human evolution, it looks like European Homo sapiens might have had a penchant for a little Neanderthal booty. Or vice versa.

October 10, 2011
Geek Out

Scenes From World War II: Victory In Europe

In 1945, one of the greatest modern wars the world had ever seen was in its final stages. The Rhine was about to be crossed. The Soviets were nearly through on the Eastern Front. The dying continued.

September 12, 2011
Geek Out

The Decidedly Deadly Women Of World War 2

In World War 2′s European theatre, women were often as brutal a soldier as their better-known male counterparts, if not more. This was especially so in the war-torn Soviet Union, Poland and within the notorious German S.S.

August 25, 2011
Mobile

Rant: I Hope Apple Wins The Patent Wars

Those brilliant Apple idiots just got a new patent victory. And you know what? Good for them! Good for you too, Android users included. I hope they win all of their wars, because that would be good for all of us.

July 20, 2011
Geek Out

Was Heavy Armor A Hindrance To Medieval European Battlers?

Watching a movie set in medieval times isn’t enough to realise just how damn heavy those suits of steel actually are. Weighing between 30 – 50kg, you’d think they would impact and impede the wearer’s actions. Or did they?

June 22, 2011
News

PS3 Hacker Resigned To Prison Sentence After Money Dries Up

American hacker George Hotz got all the headlines for his exploits trying to bring Linux back to the PS3, but he was only one of many working towards the same goal. And while Hotz today walks free, not everybody is so lucky.

June 20, 2011
Cameras

Scenes From Before The Second World War

Much is known of what happened during World War 2, but what of the actions of the Axis and Allies in the decade before? The most recent In Focus photography selection answers that question and then some.

June 9, 2011
Online

EU Investigating Facebook’s New Facial Recognition Feature

The new facial recognition photo-tagging feature that was rolled out on Facebook this week has got privacy-freaks in a frenzy, but none more so than European Union data-protection regulators, who are investigating it for privacy violations.

June 7, 2011
Science

First Solar Tunnel To Help Power High-Speed Trains Opens In Europe

This 3km tunnel running on solar power just switched on today. It’s part of the Paris to Amsterdam line and the first in Europe, promising to save a ton of energy that would otherwise be wasted during the trip.

June 4, 2011
Online

The UN Says Taking File Sharers Offline Violates Their Human Rights

Clean water. Not being tortured. Torrents. Yep – the United Nations has enshrined the right to not be booted off the internet by your government as a fundamental human right, slapping proposed draconian European intellectual property laws in the jaw.

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