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Birds have moved closer to human-inhabited areas like highways and airports during the pandemic 

Humans may have decreased their mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic, but birds have significantly upped theirs, moving closer to areas that are inhabited by h... read more

Worm mothers secrete a milk-like fluid through their vulva to feed their young

Worm mothers have been found to secrete a milk-like fluid through their vulva to feed their young – but it comes at a cost because they destroy themselves in... read more

Space tourism firm will offer balloon flights to the stratosphere by 2024

A space tourism firm says it will be able to send you to the stratosphere in a balloon by 2024, but a single seat on the commercial flight will set you back £3... read more

Why Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger went down worldwide

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were all brought down for almost seven hours yesterday in a massive global outage. Problems began at around 16:45 BST (11:45 ET... read more

Giant three tonne HIPPOS roamed Britain one million years ago

Giant three tonne HIPPOS roamed Britain one million years ago, scientists say after discovering a huge tooth in Somerset Scientists have discovered a tooth in W... read more

Tips to start your career as a Magento 2 developer

One of the primary steps to kick start an online business is to search for a reliable and efficient web development service providing platform. This choice is g... read more

Apple Watch Series 7 pre-orders are starting THIS Friday, launching October 15 

Apple announced on Monday that its Apple Watch Series 7 will be available for pre-order starting Friday, October 8 and in stores on October 15. The news comes a... read more

Astronomers say newly discovered asteroid is also a comet because it contains ‘icy material’

What do you call an asteroid when it’s not an asteroid? A comet — that’s also an asteroid. Astronomers have determined a newly discovered celestia... read more

Boy, 6, finds mastodon tooth while hiking at Michigan’s Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve

A six-year-old boy in Michigan has discovered a fossilized tooth of a mastodon, an ancient mammal that live on North and Central America and died out during the... read more

Apple lets users report fraudulent apps with new ‘Report a Problem’ button

Apple updates feature that lets users report fraudulent apps following complaints from customers were previously only able to do so AFTER losing money to scamme... read more

Number of people killed while taking selfies triples after lockdowns lift

As the world emerges from COVID-19-related isolation, selfie-related fatalities have skyrocketed. There have already been 24 reported deaths associated with dar... read more

Exposure to deadly urban heat has TRIPLED worldwide since the 1980s

Exposure to deadly urban heat has tripled worldwide since the 1980s, a new study has warned. Researchers at Columbia University’s Earth Institute said aÂ... read more

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Amazon Web Services are down along with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon

The day the internet broke: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Amazon Web Services are all down along with web on AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon cell phones Verizon... read more

Hubble Space Telescope takes stunning snap of NGC 5728 galaxy that has ‘celestial eye’

Hubble Space Telescope takes stunning snap of spiral galaxy called NGC 5728 which has brightly-illuminated ‘celestial eye’ caused by gas and dust swirling a... read more

Depression: Woman, 36, shows ‘rapid improvement’ with brain-zapping device

Depression could soon be treated by zapping your brain, results from pioneering experiments suggest.  Scientists in California performed deep brain stimulation... read more

US Air Force’s ultra-secretive X-37B plane has now spent 500 days in orbit

US Air Force’s ultra-secretive X-37B plane has now spent 500 days in orbit as part of its latest heavily-classified mission The U.S. Air Force’s secreti... read more

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are DOWN

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are DOWN: Social media apps crash for frustrated users worldwide First reports of problems with the social ... read more

Apples: Mathematical analysis reveals how the apple gets its shape

The apple gets its ‘dimple-like cusp’ and shape as a result of different rates of growth between the bulk and the stalk, according to a new mathemat... read more

Self-driving Citroën Skate has swappable passenger pods that can be installed in 10 seconds

Imagine a driverless bus that stopped just for you and was configured exactly how you needed it. That’s the concept behind the Citroën Skate, the French ... read more

SpaceX’s all-civilian crew gets their astronaut wings

Four amateur astronauts, who last month became the first all-civilian crew ever to orbit the Earth, have received their ceremonial wings from SpaceX. The Inspir... read more

More than half of UK children have used PayPal or Apple Pay to buy online without parent permission

If you’ve ever been left confused by a mysterious transaction on your bank statement, a new report suggests it could well be evidence of your child’... read more

Star Trek icon William Shatner will become the oldest person ever to visit space

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

Dozens of near-Earth asteroids formed from the breakup of a comet 20,000 years ago, study finds

A swarm of 88 near-Earth asteroids hidden in the debris that produces the Taurid Meteor Shower comes from the breakup of a single comet just 20,000 years ago, a... read more

Around 3,760 TONNES of plastic debris are currently floating in the Mediterranean

Around 3,760 tonnes of plastic debris – the equivalent weight of eight jumbo jets – are currently floating in the Mediterranean, a new study has revealed. R... read more