Vikings might have lived in North America, archeologists say

A thousand years after the Vikings braved the icy seas from Greenland to the New World in search of timber and plunder, satellite technology has found intriguing evidence of a long-elusive prize in archaeology — a second Norse settlement…

As Apple turns 40 years old, it has some more troubles ahead

Does Apple have another 40 years ahead of it, now that it has 40 behind it? As the world’s most valuable public company hit its anniversary last week, it’s the obvious question, in a world where the pace of technological change, enabled…

North Korea blocks Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

Regime bans social media and ‘sex and adult websites’ in latest attempt to control the flow of digital informationNorth Korea has officially announced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a bid to…

Story of Virginia Woolf’s last novel, Between the Acts

Virginia Woolf wrote Between the Acts shortly before she died and against a backdrop of turmoil and war. Today, her final novel is one of her least-known – and most striking.On 27 March 1941, Virginia Woolf wrote to her publisher,…