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England’s only wild beaver colony is threatened by sewage spills, experts say

The first wild beaver colony to live on an English river for 400 years is being threatened by raw sewage spills, wildlife experts warn.  Sewage from Honiton tr... read more

Essential Guide to Data Integration

What is Data Integration? Simply put, data integration is the process of combining disparate data sources and providing a unified view of the entire data. The p... read more

Best and Affordable Web Hosting Services for 2021

If you are searching for “how to take your offline business online”, then you must know about Web Hosting Services. Web hosting is the service that provides... read more

“Clickbait” Star Joins Discussion About Green Bitcoin

HBO’s The Entourage and Netflix’s Clickbait star Adrian Grenier has joined the discussion about achieving a green Bitcoin during the eighth CoinGeek Confere... read more

Auroras will be visible across the northern US, from Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon, this weekend

A powerful solar flare erupted on our sun on Thursday, shooting out a giant cloud of particles toward Earth that should arrive this weekend and create stunning ... read more

‘Penis plant’ that smells like rotting meat blooms at a botanical garden in the Netherlands

Visitors to Leiden, Netherlands were holding their nose as a rare rancid-smelling flower – dubbed the ‘penis plant’ for its phallic shape R... read more

People who Google everything think they’re smarter than they really are, study shows

Google is a great research tool but being able to find answers with a few keystrokes is making people think they’re smarter than they really are. Accordin... read more

Boston Dynamic’s Spot robot mimics Mick Jagger’s dance moves from The Rolling Stones’ ‘Start me up’

Start me up! Boston Dynamic’s Spot robot perfectly mimics Mick Jagger’s iconic dance moves from The Rolling Stones’ classic 1981 music video B... read more

Scientists create a mysterious phase of water – ‘supersonic ice’

Scientists have created a mysterious phase of water – called ‘superionic ice’ – by beaming X-rays through a diamond in the lab.   Extreme cond... read more

Tech: World’s first electric two-seater Formula race car which can go from 0-60mph in 3.2s unveiled

World’s first electric two-seater Formula race car is unveiled: Futuristic vehicle can go from 0–60mph in 3.2seconds — using advanced batteries that c... read more

Northern Lights could be visible in parts of the UK on Saturday

Solar activity could mean the Northern Lights will be seen from the UK on Saturday evening and even into Sunday to coincide with Halloween, according to experts... read more

Language: Dogs pick up on individual words in a similar way to human babies, study finds

Dogs are able to pick up on individual words in sentences spoken to them using similar computations and brain regions as human babies, a study has found. When w... read more

Greta Thunberg joins climate activists at protest in London

Greta Thunberg today joined protesters in London as they lobbied against the use of fossil fuels. The teenage activist is expected to catch a train to Glasgow t... read more

Unravelling the mystery of the tomb of the Black Prince

An historian exonerated the Black Prince for a massacre that took place more than 600 years ago, after discovering it was actually committed by vengeful French ... read more

Leaked photo of Meta’s ‘Milan’ smartwatch shows the device will feature a front-facing camera

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is developing a smartwatch that boasts a front-facing camera to rival Apple’s highly popular Watch. The social m... read more

Carbon emissions from Netflix’s top 10 akin to ‘driving to Saturn’

Carbon emissions produced by fans watching a month of Netflix’s top 10 shows is equivalent to ‘driving a car beyond Saturn’ – more than 746 ... read more

Fossils: Sabre-toothed cats suffered from hip condition just like modern felines, study finds

Just like modern felines, some sabre-toothed cats of 11,000–50,000 years ago suffered from hip dysplasia, and may have lived in packs so others might hunt for... read more

Ex-Facebook vice president Lord Allen says name-change to Meta is NOT due to whistle-blower scandal

A Lib Dem peer and former Facebook vice president has today claimed the social media firm’s name change to Meta has been a ‘long time coming’... read more

Halloween: Psychologists reveal why people are scared of clowns

For decades they’ve been a mainstay of children’s birthday parties, entertaining us with squirty flowers, animal-like balloons and silly faces.  Bu... read more

Archaeology: Roman statues found UNDERNEATH the site of a Norman church in Stoke Mandeville

Roman statues have been found under the site of a Norman church in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, in what experts are calling a ‘once in a lifetime... read more

Meta teases ‘Project Cambria’ headset that will bring the firm’s metaverse to life

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, announced a new high-end virtual and augmented reality headset codenamed ‘Project Cambria’ on Thursday... read more

Lake Erie is home to a giant ship graveyard: Nearly 2,500 sunken vessels litter the bottom

Lurking below the surface of Lake Erie is a ship graveyard that is estimated to include up to 2,500 vessels, with the earliest wreck dating to the 1800s when it... read more

Meet Homo bodoensis: Newly-identified ancient human species lived in Africa 500,000 years ago

Meet Homo bodoensis: Newly-identified ancient human species lived in Africa 500,000 years ago and was a direct ancestor of modern humans, study finds Scientists... read more

Cats: Almost a quarter of a MILLION strays are estimated to live in cities across the UK

Almost a quarter of a million stray cats — feral, lost or abandoned — are estimated to live in urban areas in the United Kingdom, a first-of-its-kind study ... read more