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A ‘staircase to the moon’!

  Broome/ DPA The sun has dipped behind the horizon but still hundreds of tourists remain on the mangrove beach at Broome in north-western Australia. All are looking out to sea. Slowly, a golden moon rises over the black water and a spectacular phenomenon takes place. The moonlight reflected off the mudflats makes it appear as if the moon has ...

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Video game cache serves as an archive of fun

  ANN ARBOR, Mich / AP The University of Michigan collects video games. Lots of them. The Ann Arbor university‘s Computer and Video Game Archive (CVGA) features over 7,000 titles — everything from time-honored favorites such as “Pac-Man” and “Frogger” to newer fare, including “Call of Duty” and “Halo”— on dozens of gaming systems. Now in its 10th year, the ...

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More work needed to fulfill OPEC deal

  Bloomberg OPEC cut output by 840,000 barrels a day last month, but has more work to do to fully comply with last year’s historic production deal. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 32.3 million barrels a day in January, according to a Bloomberg News survey of analysts, oil companies and ship-tracking data. The 10 members of the group ...

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