News Headlines - 16 May 2014
▽Pressure on Conservatives as rivals give cautious welcome to online election debate - Telegraph
Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the UK Independence Party give cautious welcome to prioposals for an online election debate between the party leaders ahead of May's general election
▽Al-Jazeera journalists' lawyers told to pay ￡100,000 to see key evidence | theguardian.com
Lawyers defending three al-Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt have been asked to pay more than ￡100,000 to access secret video evidence on which the prosecution's case depends, the court heard on Thursday.
Today our methods of pinpointing locations on Earth are reliant on space-based satellite navigation systems such as the Global Positioning System (GPS).
But scientists in the UK claim to have found a way to mimic the functions of GPS without sending anything into space.
▽Google Play now accepts PayPal for digital goods | PCWorld
You can now pay for apps and other digital content from Google Play using PayPal in 12 countries worldwide, including the U.S. and Canada. Google announced the payment addition on its Android Developers blog on Thursday.
▽Lightning linked to solar wind - Scientific American
Lightning has been around since the dawn of time, but what triggers it is still an enigma. Now, researchers propose that the answer could lie in solar particles that penetrate the atmosphere and ionize the air, releasing free electrons and leading to a massive discharge.
