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Cavemen of Canterbury: Britain’s early humans lived in Kent, study says

Some of Britain’s earliest humans lived in Kent up to 620,000 years ago, a new study has revealed.  Scientists have finally dated ancient flint tools tha... read more

Marble head believed to be the missing piece a 2,000-year-old headless statue of Hercules

The 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island that held the oldest known analog computer has recently shared more treasures wi... read more

Burmese python weighing 250lbs and measuring nearly 18ft long found in Florida

Deep in the swamps of Florida’s Picayune Strand State Forest lived a Burmese python so large that it took three men to carry it out of the Everglades. Researc... read more

Pentagon explores using militarized fleet of SpaceX rockets

Leaked documents from the US Pentagon reveal it is interested in employing a fleet of SpaceX’s Starship rockets as a ‘quick reaction force’ to... read more

Mysterious fireballs spotted in the sky over Spain may have been caused by Chinese rocket debris

The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China, carried on the Long March-... read more

Apple’s new iOS 16 will let you skip annoying CAPTCHAs that ask you to prove you are a human

Apple’s new iOS 16 will let you skip annoying CAPTCHAs that ask you to prove you are a human by providing automatic verification with the iPhone and Mac A... read more

Watch an AI-powered tank shoot rounds and blow up targets in the first live fire of the ‘Type-X’

Imagine a world where wars are fought by AI-powered tanks, allowing soldiers to stay at a safe distance from the battlefield and yet, still demolish their enemi... read more

Michelin-starred chef teams up with scientists to create fish-free seafood made from fungus

It may not be what you’d expect to find on the menu in a top restaurant, but a new type of fish-free seafood could soon be delighting diners at the Alchem... read more

NASA prepares to power-down Voyager spacecraft after 44 years

They have spent the best part of half a century travelling farther from Earth than any other man-made objects. But the two Voyager spacecraft are now entering t... read more

Muting notifications will make you check your phone more – not less 

Muting notifications has been described as one way to help combat smartphone addiction, but a new study suggests it may not be as effective as previously though... read more

Forget ecstasy! ‘Pleasurable satisfaction’ is the most reliable measure of female orgasms

They’re often considered the peak of pleasure, yet until now, there hasn’t been an official definition of the female orgasm. While males usually eja... read more

Elon Musk’s rocket creates spectacular blue spiral after dumping fuel

Space oddity: Exhaust plume from one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets leaves an eerie blue spiral in the night sky over New Zealand Fuel dump from one of Elo... read more

Tough day at work causes you to speak faster and with more intensity, study finds

How a tough day at work can change your VOICE: Stressful experiences throughout the day can cause you to speak faster and with more intensity by the evening, st... read more

Major Cloudflare outage causes hundreds of websites to return a ‘500 Internal Server error’ message

A major outage at content delivery network Cloudflare is causing hundreds of websites across the internet to return a ‘500 Internal Server error’ m... read more

The technology behind the tennis: MailOnline reveals the systems powering Wimbledon Championships

The moment that tennis fans have been waiting for is finally almost here, with the Wimbledon Championships set to kick off on 27 June.  Hundreds of thousands o... read more

Forex Fury Review: Is Forex Fury a Rip-Off?

Forex Fury is one of the top Forex EAs, with many experienced traders recommending it. Today’s post will present you to Forex Fury, one of the most trustw... read more

Snow days in the Alps ‘will HALVE without faster action to stop climate change’

The number of days with snow cover in the Alps will halve without faster action to stop climate change, a new study has warned. Researchers said southern Alpine... read more

The ‘Great Dying’ that happened 252 million years ago was followed by ‘a dramatic rebirth of life’

The Great Dying, Earth’s largest-ever mass extinction, wiped out 90 percent of life on Earth 250 million years ago, but this devastating period was follow... read more

Melting Arctic ice could open up new eco-friendly shipping routes

From starting wildfires to melting glaciers, the negative effects of climate change are well documented, but a new study suggests there could be at least one ... read more

First-ever Titanosaur ‘egg-in-egg’ suggests dinosaurs had a reproductive biology similar to birds

Paleontologists working in India have discovered the first-ever dinosaur ‘egg-in-egg.’ Also known as ovum-in-ovo, the egg was found titanosaurid din... read more

A fifth of food-related greenhouse gas emissions come from transporting our grub across the planet

Scientists say we should try to eat local, after finding that a FIFTH of all food-related greenhouse gas emissions come from transporting it around the world. ... read more

Stingray weighing 661lbs and measuring 13ft-long is deemed the world’s largest freshwater fish 

Real life river monster! Stingray weighing 661lbs and measuring 13ft-long caught in Cambodia is thought to be the world’s largest freshwater fish Scientis... read more

What is the new ‘human feeling’ quiz and how do you play it?

Is this Generation Z’s answer to noughties magazine personality quizzes?  Thousands of TikTok users from around the world are sharing the results of a ne... read more

‘Space Bubbles’ could combat climate change by creating a floating shield between Earth and the sun

Climate change is causing more frequent and intense droughts, storm, heat waves, rising sea levels and melting glaciers and to stop this destruction, MIT resear... read more