Detailed projections of World GDP from now to 2020

Knoema has put together the IMF, EIU, UN, OECD and other GDP projections for the top 20 world economies. Wikipedia … More

Comments of the Week #92: from the Universe’s birth to ten decades of science

“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if … More

The Nano Membrane Toilet – a toilet which aims to treat human waste in the home without external energy or … More

India notched up its billionth mobile phone subscriber in October, the country’s telecoms regulator said, underscoring the importance of its … More

“Oh, yes — I know you. There was a time you looked at the stars and dreamed of what might … More

“For all physicists know, dragons could have come flying out of the singularity,” said Niayesh Afshordi, an astrophysicist at the … More

The combination of the last quarter moon and Earth at perihelion should usher in a gentle neap tide, with little … More

Triggered by the impact of a coronal mass ejection on New Year’s eve, a moderate geomagnetic storm brought a celebration … More

Today is the anniversary of the 1860 announcement of the discovery of the Planet Vulcan between Mercury and the Sun … More

Rob Webb hosts. January turns out to be a little more interesting than normal, given the four planets you can … More