Scientists say they have moved a step closer to developing a computer model of the brain after finding a way to map both the connections and functions of nerve cells in the brain together for the first time. In a study in the journal Nature on Sunday, researchers from Britain's University College London (UCL)
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U.S. crude oil futures hovered around $113 a barrel on Monday for the first time since September 2008 on supply concerns, while the euro climbed on increasing expectations of another rate hike by the European Central Bank in July. Widening unrest in the Middle East and a weakening dollar lent new impetus to a rally
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After a narrow escape from a potentially damaging government shutdown, even bigger budget fights lie ahead for President Barack Obama and leaders from both parties in the U.S. Congress. Obama will offer a long-term plan for deficit reduction on Wednesday as the White House and Congress begin to pivot to looming fights on the 2012
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Muammar Gaddafi has accepted a roadmap for ending the conflict in Libya including an immediate ceasefire, the African Union said on Monday, but an opposition representative said it would only work if Gaddafi left power. South African President Jacob Zuma, who met Gaddafi at the head of a delegation of African leaders, urged NATO to
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Light smokers and non-smokers pay more attention to health warnings on cigarette packs that lack branding graphics, supporting initiatives being considered by some nations to draw more attention to the warnings, a British study said. But smokers were immune to the change in packaging, viewing equally the health warning and the product information, regardless of
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The stock market is proving so difficult to predict right now, it’s almost enough to make you want to turn to drink. Literally. The Wine Spectator Auction Index is at an all-time high and returns can be plentiful if you know what to invest in. Perhaps it’s time to put the cork back in the
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The annual inflation rate was steady in March, with consumer prices rising by 2.8% compared with the same month of 2010. This was the same rate as recorded for February. For the period January-March 2011, the CPI rose by 2.8% compared with the corresponding period of 2010. Compared with the previous month, the index rose
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Unemployment rose again in March according to seasonally adjusted data, rising by 0.9% over the previous month to reach 26,087. The absolute number of registered unemployed rose by 16.7% over the year earlier to 28,401, compared with 24,336 in March 2010. Though high, this was the lowest pace of increase since January 2009. The increase
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A lone gunman shot dead six people with an automatic weapon as he walked calmly through a Dutch shopping mall on Saturday, witnesses and authorities said, before turning the gun on himself. Ten people were wounded by the gunman when he began firing in a parking lot then moved inside a shopping centre in the
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The last-minute budget deal President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struck to avert a government shutdown paves the way for what Republicans promised on Saturday will be more spending fights to come. With just over an hour to spare before a midnight deadline, Obama's Democrats and opposition Republicans agreed on Friday to a compromise that
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