TECHNOLOGY

January 5 marks National Bird Day - but how much do you know about our feathered friends? Take our quiz and find out.

Animal protection groups and local authorities have urged people to shelter their pets indoors during the icy weather.

Scientists studied the fossilised bones of a shark that lived during the Devonian period to find that humans' ancient ancestor was also related to sharks.

The new prime number was found in December 2017 by multiplying 77,232,917 twos and then subtracting one.

Another cryptocurrency is surging in price, but what is Ripple and should you jump on the investment train now?

Britain throws away 500,000 coffee cups each day but only one in 400 cups are recycled. MPs call for 25p charge on takeaway coffee cups to be introduced to fight waste.

Last year, as part of his New Year resolutions, Silicon Valley's Mark Zuckerberg pledged to travel across America. This year, his challenge will be more difficult: fixing Facebook.

The Falcon Heavy rocket is now vertical on pad 40, the same launchpad that launched the historic Apollo 11 moon rocket.

Satellite images reveal that Pyongyang may be preparing to conduct a new rocket engine instead of the speculated satellite launch.

The stock sale took place five months after Intel was alerted by security researchers about the critical chip vulnerabilities.

DNA analysis of an ancient mummy suggests Hepatitis B has been killing humans for centuries.

While the risks of alcohol consumption are well-known, the exact mechanism by which the substance causes cancer has not been clear.

AirPods with an iPhone is great, so how do the popular buds manage to be so bad when used with an Android phone?

The Canterbury Roll traces the history of England from its mythical origins right up until the Wars of the Roses.

The latest photos of the massive winter storm barrelling into the northeastern US, as a rapid plunge in barometric pressure causes bombogenesis or a "bomb cyclone".

Ice quakes occur when rapid drops in temperature make water in the ground to freeze, causing the rock or soil to crack.

Three separate celestial events — a supermoon, a blue moon and a full lunar eclipse — will take place simultaneously on January 31.

Nintendo has announced that in its first ten months on sale, its new Nintendo Switch console has become the fastest-selling video game system of all time in the United States.

Michael Gove set to tell farmers the current subsidy scheme will be replaced by a pro-environment system.

Fashion shoppers who shudder at the idea of buying clothes without trying them on could soon be able to buy direct from Amazon, without ever leaving their home.

After battering Britain and Ireland, Storm Eleanor slammed into western Europe, derailing trains, toppling trees and halting flights.

The device has already shown signs of promise, reducing the severity of the condition in 20 patients.

"Over my dead body," one Twitter user wrote.

Archaeologists have discovered a stone shrine build in pre-Hispanic times, along with ceramic fragments, lithic materials, lapidaries and organic remains.

Modders have added Saturday Night Live character Matt the Radar Technician to EA DICE's Star Wars Battlefront 2.

People have been prohibited from going within 8km of Mount Agung's volcano crater ever since it erupted in November 2017.

Extreme cold weather has caused parts of the Niagara Falls to freeze as a massive winter storm, followed by possible record-breaking cold, moves up the eastern US.

New report warns automation might be deployed to mitigate effects of a higher wage bill.

Twitter's response has already prompted fierce backlash and protests with people accusing CEO Jack Dorsey of being "complicit" in Trump's behaviour.