Back in the days of Soviet Union, when there was no Photoshop available and space race was at its peak amazing and beautifully crafted propaganda illustrations were being created.
You certainly don't see these kind of images every day, from tick close up, x-ray of a bat, to a high-tech micrograph of a zebrafish embryo. Check out some of the best images of the year.
From today on, Google's RSS reading service the Google Reader will retire for good. We already published the alternatives, but here they again in case you missed or didn't yet bother looking for the substitute.
Today, 40 years ago first public call with a cellphone was made. The cellphone weighed 2,5 pounds (1,1kg) and when it hit the market it would cost you little short of $4,000.
Daylight saving was first introduced by European countries during World War I, with much of the U.S. joining the party in 1918. The idea was that more hours of daylight would "conserve coal for the war effort.
China plans to have its 60-ton space station ready and operating until 2020 and there is a great chance Europe will cooperate in the building procedure.
