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Amazon goes DOWN as chaotic global outage leaves millions of customers saying checkout is not working

By CHRIS MELORE, ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 18:27 GMT, 26 February 2025 | Updated: 20:48 GMT, 26 February 2025 Amazon's website, which receives [...]

Slack is down across the US as users report widespread outage

By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 16:34 GMT, 26 February 2025 | Updated: 16:50 GMT, 26 February 2025 Slack has gone down across the US, [...]

Stunning photo shows every single planet in the solar system at the same time during rare alignment that won’t take place again until 2040

By EMILY JANE DAVIES Published: 14:58 GMT, 26 February 2025 | Updated: 15:27 GMT, 26 February 2025 A stunning photo has showed every single planet [...]

It’s not the end of the world: Scientists finally declare Earth safe from newly discovered asteroid – but it could hit the Moon 

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Published: 01:23 GMT, 26 February 2025 | Updated: 01:26 GMT, 26 February 2025 Scientists have finally declared Earth safe from a [...]

Mouse-to-mouse resuscitation! Watch the incredible moment a rodent gives ‘first aid’ to an unconscious companion

Step 1If an adult appears unconscious, gently shake their shoulders and loudly ask if they are okay.Step 2If the person is not breathing, or not [...]

You’ve been doing the laundry wrong! Experts reveal how often you should wash your TOWELS – as they warn overdoing it can make them crispy

By SHIVALI BEST FOR MAILONLINE Published: 15:07 GMT, 23 February 2025 | Updated: 15:07 GMT, 23 February 2025 It's a chore that many people dread. And [...]

Rise of the RoboMop! AI machines could be cleaning your floors within a decade – and the price will shock you

By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR IN BOSTON Published: 23:20 GMT, 21 February 2025 | Updated: 23:20 GMT, 21 February 2025 At the moment they [...]

Scientists ‘could use chickens to bring the dodo back from extinction’ with promising development in ‘editing’ DNA

By XANTHA LEATHAM Published: 23:00 GMT, 21 February 2025 | Updated: 23:00 GMT, 21 February 2025 They are far more likely to be found on [...]

Scientists reveal the REAL way to get robins to visit your garden

By SHIVALI BEST FOR MAILONLINE Published: 09:59 GMT, 21 February 2025 | Updated: 09:59 GMT, 21 February 2025 A visit from a robin is a [...]

Why silences may actually help your relationship

By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 22:08 GMT, 20 February 2025 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 20 February 2025 For some, [...]

Warehouse owner in Poland is left BAFFLED after finding a huge piece of a SpaceX rocket in his back garden

There are an estimated 170 million pieces of so-called 'space junk' - left behind after missions that can be as big as spent rocket stages [...]

Cambridge scientists develop AI pyjamas to boost beauty sleep

By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR Published: 22:18 GMT, 18 February 2025 | Updated: 22:21 GMT, 18 February 2025 There are few things as cosy [...]

Terrifying ‘doomsday’ fish found on beach in Mexico sparking fears of disaster

By MELODY FLETCHER FOR MAILONLINE Published: 09:39 GMT, 18 February 2025 | Updated: 09:39 GMT, 18 February 2025 A rare oarfish that is said to [...]

Meta unveils plan for world’s longest undersea cable project spanning 50,000km – longer than the Earth’s circumference

By MARTI STELLING and FREYA BARNES Published: 01:30 GMT, 18 February 2025 | Updated: 01:48 GMT, 18 February 2025 Facebook owner Meta has announced plans [...]

Revealed: Why Gen Z waste more food than their parents

By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR IN BOSTON Published: 20:32 GMT, 17 February 2025 | Updated: 22:33 GMT, 17 February 2025 Gen Z youngsters waste [...]

How one of the biggest threats to British honeybees could be eradicated thanks to scientific breakthrough

By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR Published: 18:56 GMT, 16 February 2025 | Updated: 21:48 GMT, 16 February 2025 One of the biggest threats to [...]

The future of doping? Scientists warn cheating hack that makes athletes run faster for longer is completely undetectable

By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 15:00 GMT, 14 February 2025 | Updated: 15:00 GMT, 14 February 2025 Doping scandals [...]

Nightmarish ‘black demon’ fish is seen in broad daylight for the first time EVER – as baffled scientists spot one off the coast of Tenerife

With a large, black body and a mouth full of fangs, it's no wonder this fish is known as the 'black demon'. Now, scientists have spotted [...]

Why astronauts swear by a breakfast that’s linked to cancer and heart attacks

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day - especially if you're headed into space. However, astronauts have revealed why their Breakfast of Champions is [...]

Apple warns millions to update their iPhones NOW after security breach lets hackers take control of devices

By SADIE WHITELOCKS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 19:50 GMT, 10 February 2025 | Updated: 21:13 GMT, 10 February 2025 Millions of Apple users were today urged [...]

AI-powered ‘Death Clock’ predicts how and when you’ll die, down to the second… so how long do YOU have left?

If you could find out exactly how and when you'll die, would you want to know?A new AI-powered death clock claims to be able to do [...]

Why football will always be a hit with fans – and how die-hard supports could be just like Neolithic men traipsing to Stonehenge…

By ROGER DOBSON Published: 00:06 GMT, 9 February 2025 | Updated: 00:41 GMT, 9 February 2025 It's known as the beautiful game – despite its [...]

Kroger Pharmacy suffers outage leaving people across the US unable to access their meds

By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 18:24 GMT, 4 February 2025 | Updated: 21:09 GMT, 4 February 2025 Kroger pharmacy has suffered an outage in the [...]

Apes may be able to intuitively ‘read minds’ just like humans, scientists reveal

By VICTORIA ALLEN, SCIENCE EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 20:04 GMT, 3 February 2025 | Updated: 21:30 GMT, 3 February 2025 Apes may be [...]

Best proof of the Loch Ness Monster yet: Hunter is stunned as a double-humped creature emerges from the water – and says ‘the only possibility is Nessie’

Rumours of a strange creature living in the waters of Loch Ness have abounded over the decades, yet scant evidence has been found to back [...]

Why is Britain’s nightingale population declining? | Daily Mail Online

By COLIN FERNANDEZ ENVIRONMENT EDITOR Published: 02:04 GMT, 30 January 2025 | Updated: 02:44 GMT, 30 January 2025 Its sweet song is seldom heard in [...]

Bees are less likely to sting when in a pair, scientists say

By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR Published: 00:19 GMT, 29 January 2025 | Updated: 00:46 GMT, 29 January 2025 For those who are afraid of [...]

Tyrannosaurus retch: Prehistoric 66-million-year-old VOMIT is discovered in Denmark

By AFP Published: 15:55 GMT, 27 January 2025 | Updated: 16:00 GMT, 27 January 2025 A piece of fossilised vomit, dating back to when dinosaurs [...]

Fans outraged as NYT Wordle goes down across the US with users reporting issues with connections

By ELLYN LAPOINTE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 17:51 GMT, 24 January 2025 | Updated: 21:03 GMT, 24 January 2025 The New York Times' popular word puzzle [...]

ChatGPT is down across the US as users report ‘bad gateway’ error when using the AI tool

By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 13:02 GMT, 23 January 2025 | Updated: 14:25 GMT, 23 January 2025 ChatGPT is down across the US as [...]

Ring doorbell has a new SCOTTISH accent – here’s how to activate it on your device

By SHIVALI BEST FOR MAILONLINE Published: 14:50 GMT, 22 January 2025 | Updated: 14:50 GMT, 22 January 2025 From the approachable Glaswegian dialect to the [...]

UK government to introduce a MAJOR change to driving licences this year – in move that will affect tens of millions of Brits

By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 14:30 GMT, 21 January 2025 | Updated: 14:31 GMT, 21 January 2025 The days [...]

The Fifty Shades of Grey effect: Nearly a QUARTER of Brits say they’re more aroused by books than their partner

By XANTHA LEATHAM DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 13:55 GMT, 21 January 2025 | Updated: 13:55 GMT, 21 January 2025 Whether it's [...]

How White Storks are returning to English skies for the first time in centuries

By COLIN FERNANDEZ ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 22:30 GMT, 20 January 2025 | Updated: 23:31 GMT, 20 January 2025 For generations, they [...]

Donald Trump promises to expand America’s territory to a place truly out of this world

By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 18:19 GMT, 20 January 2025 | Updated: 19:45 GMT, 20 January 2025 President Donald Trump has made a bold [...]

NHS staff told: Don’t call patients middle-aged – and they also can’t say OAP, pensioner or senior

By VICTORIA ALLEN SCIENCE EDITOR Published: 01:41 GMT, 19 January 2025 | Updated: 02:29 GMT, 19 January 2025 Calling someone middle-aged is now inappropriate according [...]