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For the first time, scientists are able to control mid-air movements of living, free-flying insects. The scientists took help of a radio transmitter and a miniature backpack of electronics to control takeoff and land, fly to the right or left. They also used all these equipment to hover in mid-flight relying on the radio commands.

According to the scientists, if the technology is further refined, it could be possible in the future to make use of flying insects as miniature drones loaded with tiny electronic sensors for flying over. It could also be used for searching difficult terrain or search-and-rescue missions.

The Smithsonian National Zoo is seeking help from public to suggest name of its two Andean bear cubs. The zoo asked public for help because the staff wants to name the cubs before unveiling them to the public on March 28.

Dennis Kelly, director of the National Zoo, said that by inviting everyone to select the cubs’ names, they hope that they would develop a connection of public with this charismatic but vulnerable species.

“Bear conservation efforts are vital for bears in their native habitats. I'm proud of our success in the past five years, which has been a combination of cooperative animals and keeper expertise”, he said.

A live video camera is recording a pair of bald eagles nesting in Hays round the clock for second straight year. As per officials, this time it is completely a different story.

In 2014, 'Eagle Cam' watchers were keeping an eye on the nesting pair in Hays as they raised their three healthy eaglets. This past Saturday, it was seen that the male eagle was removing the shells of a broken egg from this year's nest.

The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania said that the egg might have cracked when the mother eagle was moving it with its beak. Audubon Executive Director Jim Bonner, at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve, said that it can happen, as sometimes eggs turn out to be infertile or lost.

On Tuesday, Sony announced that the company's net profit for the third quarter of 2014 was more than three times compared to net profit for the same period, a year earlier. The company also said that it was on course to experience annual loss.

According to the company, the improvement is due to weak yen, increased sales of the company's smartphones, strong demand for image sensors for cameras and robust PlayStation console businesses. Sony further stated, "It was primarily related to Sony's exit from the PC business, and a decrease in sales in the Pictures segment, mainly due to lower Motion Pictures and Television Productions sales."

T-Mobile will soon be coming up with a new upgrade for their prepaid customers. Three months ago, a new plan has been offered by T-Mobile that enables non-prepaid customers the ability to roll over any unused 4G LTE data. Data Stash plan will be soon available to prepaid customers also.

Customer who is signed up for the Simple Choice prepaid plan on T-Mobile's network will be able to take benefit from March 22. Everyone who is eligible will receive 10GB of data stash free, with the assurance that any unused data will rollover into the next month, until the year is up. Andrew Sherrard, T-Mobile's Chief Marketing Officer, discussed about the significance of bringing data stash to more customers on the company's blog.

Apple looks forward to manufacturing six million smartwatches during the next quarter. And if you are planning to buy Apple Watch, there are a few things you need to keep in mind.

First of all, one needs to understand how to operate the watch. This is because the screen of the watch is very small and there are only two tiny buttons, which are located on the side.

There are 17 very small circles on watch and these circles have been arranged in a repeating three/four pattern on its rectangular face.