Science and technology

A group of scientists intends to send another signal to outer space in order to reach extraterrestrial life, but some fear it might effectively end life on Earth.

AQOS is the company engaged in design, research and production of cars.

Greeks place a great deal of importance on education and knowledge, and despite the economic crisis that has hit country since 2010 and a great brain drain, it is among the smartest countries when it comes to students graduating with science degrees. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which tracks the college degrees.

The executive board chairman of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD), Erol Bilecik, has drawn attention to slackness in Turkey's STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) system. "We expect that in 2013, employment will reach up to 34 million and 3.5 million of this will be STEM employments.

In recent days, we have often been hearing ministers say, "We'll give importance to innovation and research and development in the upcoming period." In fact, this was being discussed for a while now but not much of a progress has been made in these areas.

China continues to up its game in space sciences, including one particularly ambitious project, the world’s largest radio telescope. There’s just one problem: they can’t find anyone to operate it.

Orange code for dangerous hot weather was announced nationwide on Tuesday, Nova TV reported.

Maximum temperatures will be between 34 and 39 degrees. By the sea the thermometers will show between 31 and 34 °. After lunch in separate places, mainly in the western half of the country, there could be rainfall. Again there are hailstorm conditions.

Firefighters evacuated people traveling on a lift over the Rhine river in the German city of Cologne after one of the booths crashed into a pillar. Reported AP.

Authorities said 32 cabins were working at the time of the accident. When one of the booths hit the ladder, the others were stopped.

Drilling offshore Cyprus’ plot 11 or ‘Onisiforos’ by energy giants TOTAL and ENI with the West Capella rig has reached the first 2,430 meters in ocean floor depth, Phileleftheros reported on Wednesday.

And this means that the first of eight overall stages of scheduled drilling – which began a week ago – is now complete.

One day left until the Hellenic Forum for Science, Technology & Innovation begins.