Investors seek protection against healthcare stock decline

Last Updated: Saturday, April 25, 2015, 01:45

Healthcare companies on a seven-year tear have been top performers so far in 2015, helping to push broad stock indexes to record levels, but traders are now looking to protect themselves from a selloff as they await major earnings reports in the sector.

U.S. multinationals hit hard by strong dollar, to bleed further into 2015

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 04:40

A slew of U.S. multinational companies, from DuPont to Procter & Gamble, showed that a strong U.S. dollar hurt their earnings, and several blue-chip exporters said the situation will get worse if the greenback holds its strength.

Subglacial trench deeper than the Grand Canyon discovered in Antarctica

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 00:30

A trench deeper than the Grand Canyon has been discovered beneath several kilometres of Antarctic ice by a group of scientists from the United Kingdom.

Want to feel the climate of Mordor? Go to Texas

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 09:43

What was it like to live in the leafy Shire, the starting point of Bilbo Baggins` trek in "The Hobbit"?

Mystery of Bristol harbour `alien` revealed

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 12:18

The mystery of the Bristol harbour `alien`, whose images stormed the social media this week, has been solved.

Ancient Egyptians prepared expensive meat mummies for afterlife

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 17:26

Ancient Egyptians not only mummified their dead, they also mummified cuts of meat for the deceased to enjoy in the afterlife.

Why parents don`t approve of daughter`s partner decoded

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 23:31

Scientists believe they have discovered why parents rarely think their daughter`s partner is good enough for her - and it is all down to evolution!

Melting glaciers likely to have `minor` role in future sea-level rise

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 14:55

A new study has suggested that melt-water that trickles down through the ice is likely to have a minor role in sea-level rise compared with other effects like iceberg production and surface melt.

Soon, mobile phones to get powered with urine

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 13:31

Researchers have found a method to recharge a mobile phone with urine.

Now, humanoid robot that sees and maps in 3D

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 19:17

Researchers have developed one of the most advanced humanoid robots in the world that maps reference relative to its surroundings and is able to "remember" where it has been before.

How the dinosaur started walking on its two legs

Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 11:49

A new study has looked into how the dinosaur went from being a four legged creature to a two legged animal.

Rare fossils give insight into dinosaur brain development

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 13:25

A new analysis of differently-aged brain fossils from the same species of dinosaur has revealed new insights into how the organ developed in the 150-million-year old creatures.