Shooter video games like Call of Duty are often citied as the motivation for real-life gun crimes. But according to a new scientific study published today, th... read more
UK’S ‘KENT’ VARIANT – B.1.1.7 UK health officials announced in December that a ‘variant of concern’ had emerged in the c... read more
Psychologists suggest there are five stages of love – butterflies, building, assimilation, honesty and stability. Each of these stages has a different imp... read more
Ancient shipwreck dating back 2,500 years is discovered beneath Aegean Sea: Vessel was crammed with hundreds of pieces pottery and indicates there was developed... read more
NASA announced on Wednesday that it will send an ice-mining experiment to the moon’s south pole, set to head into orbit late next year. The mission will h... read more
The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to clean up when all is said and done, but the environmental cost could be signifi... read more
A pair of flying race cars have been pitted against one another in the skies over Australia, as part of a test ahead of a new manned race series starting in 202... read more
It is the biggest and most expensive space telescope NASA has ever built and will peer deeper into the cosmos than its iconic predecessor Hubble. But the $10 bi... read more
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook and Instagram crashed for the second time in a month last night, while a string of banks, phone networks and fellow tech giants... read more
Fluorine, an element found in our teeth and bones in the form of fluoride, has been detected in a galaxy 12 billion light years away from the Earth. This is the... read more
A baleen whale was lunch for a giant shark — possibly a megalodon — some 12–15 million years ago, bite marks on a fossilised flipper bone have revealed. P... read more
With many of us finally back in the office following months of Covid-19 lockdown, you may be worried that your dog is lonely at home on their own. While you m... read more
A federal judge has ruled against Blue Origin in its lawsuit against NASA over a $2.9 billion contract that the space agency awarded to SpaceX. Federal judge Ri... read more
Paleontologists find unusual 290 million year-old reptile fossil in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park they think might be a newly-discovered species that&#... read more
Jeff Bezos in front of Blue Origin’s space capsule Dubbed the ‘NewSpace’ set, Jeff Bezos, Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk all say they were ... read more
An ancient gold ring set with amethyst, thought to be worn in an attempt to stop hangovers, has been found at the world’s largest ancient wine factory. ... read more
The Northern Lights were visible over Stirling, the Lake District and even as far south as Devon last night, as a huge solar flare hit the Earth.  According ... read more
Save big on Echo speakers: Amazon has slashed the price of popular devices including the Echo Dot and Echo Show 8 by up to 43% – so you can pick up one up... read more
A creepy species of parasitic fungus turns flies into ‘zombie’ necrophiles by emitting a powerful chemical aphrodisiac, a new study shows. Researc... read more
The longest-lasting patch of snow in Britain has melted for just the eighth time in the past 300 years, according to experts monitoring the Cairgnorm phenomenon... read more
A trio of Meta’s popular apps were down for about three hours on Wednesday, leaving thousands of users worldwide without service. Facebook, Instagram and ... read more
Scientists have discovered the receptor in the human brain that is responsible for people growing taller and reaching puberty earlier than ever Scientists have ... read more
