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Vampire Bats Can Sense Blood

Infrared sensors on the lips of Vampire bats allow the animals to locate blood vessels in their prey, scientists have discovered.
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

Assange Not Charged Say Wikileaks

Wikileak's have tried to dispel rumours that their founder Julian Assange has been charged, lashing out at News Corporation's publications.
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The Man With An Artificial Heart

A patient at Papworth Hospital is thought to be the first to have been discharged after receiving an entirely artificial heart.
Fraud Most Wanted List Released

Hunt For Most Wanted Fraudsters

Crimestoppers have compiled a list of the top ten most wanted fraudsters, who are believed to be responsible for at least £200 million worth of fraud between them.
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Slide Helps Commuters Cut Journey Time

It can be infuriating having to jostle for space on you commute to work, with everyone walking at different speeds, congesting the pathway. No more so is this the case than when you try to get on the tube or catch a train.
Nick Clegg's Twitter

MP’s Learn to Deliver in Just 140 characters or Fewer

John Prescott does it a lot. Nick Clegg has been known to do it. And the speaker's wife is always at it. Twitter has taken the political world by storm, with more than a third of MP's signed up to the social media tool.
Iain Duncan Smith

9 in 10 Incapacity Claimants ‘Fit to Work’

Only 7 percent of incapacity claimants are sick enough to stay on benefits for good. The results of new and tougher tests show that the vast majority are either fit enough to work or they abandon the application half way through the process. All fresh applicants for the new Employment and Support Allowance (formerly incapacity benefit) must undergo work capability assessments.
Office Of Fair Trading: Debt Collectors Now Using Facebook and Twitter to Find You

Family wins lottery for the third time

The odds of winning the lottery are small. Very Small. The odds of winning it twice are near impossible. So imagine the surprise of one family when they went to cash in their third win.
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DUP a No-Show at Gay Pride Event

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was the only political party that failed to turn up to Belfast's gay pride festival at Stormont yesterday.