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COVID-19: Study reveals which shops have the best coronavirus safety measures

How does your favourite supermarket stack up? Study reveals which shops have the best COVID-19 safety measures — with Iceland and Lidl at the bottom [...]

Atheists do have a moral compass similar to religious individuals, study reveals

Are atheists immoral because they don't believe in God?It's a commonly held stereotype, but a new study suggests they're no less principled than religious people.Researchers [...]

Ancient Egyptian embalming instructions reveals the process of wrapping the dead person’s face

Advice to die for! Ancient Egyptian embalming instructions on a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus reveals the process of wrapping the dead person's face with ointment soaked [...]

The Gulf Stream is at its weakest for over 1,000 YEARS due to climate change

A system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean that acts like a massive conveyor belt redistributing warm water throughout our planet's oceans is the weakest [...]

China offers glimpse of the first moon samples brought back to Earth in more than 45 years

China has shared a look at the first moon samples to be brought back to Earth in more than 45 years.The lunar regolith was collected [...]

Turtles rescued during Texas’ deep freeze are released back to the wild down SLIDES

The record cold and snow in Texas didn't just catch the state's human inhabitants off-guard, it threatened its endangered sea turtle population.Volunteers rescued thousands of [...]

Virgin Galactic postpones its first space tourism until 2022 to allow additional ‘technical checks’

Unlike other commercial spaceflight companies, such as Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic initiates its flights without using a traditional rocket launch.Instead, the firm launches its passenger-laden [...]

If someone in your household has COVID-19, there’s only a 1-in-10 chance you’ll catch it too

If someone in your household has COVID-19, there's only a 1-in-10 chance you'll catch it too, study findsResearchers in Boston studied more than 7,000 homes [...]

Major study predicts how humans will use technology to ‘upgrade’ our lives by 2030

Over the course of the next decade humans will integrate more with technology to 'upgrade' our lives including brain chips and exoskeletons, a new report [...]

5 Reasons You Need an Anti-virus on Your PC

The rising number of cyber-crime cases is alarming. It is easy to fall prey to these types of attacks if you do not have a [...]

NASA’s Perseverance’s most stunning shots of the Red Planet from its first week on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has spent the last week on the surface of Mars and in that short time has already sent back thousands of photos [...]

Kukri snakes swallow organs of toads and frogs while keeping them alive

Kukri snakes slice open toads and frogs before inserting their heads into their bodies and eating their organs one by one while the prey is [...]

4 Life-Sustaining Must-Haves for a Healthcare Website

When it comes to evaluating any healthcare website, a complete disconnect can be observed between what the users expect to see and what healthcare organizations [...]

Social media: Users who are desperate for likes are ‘similar to lab RATS seeking food’, study claims

Social media users who are desperate for likes 'have thinking patterns similar to lab RATS seeking food', study claimsExperts from the US and Europe studied [...]

Koala bears are infected by a virus that causes cancer

It's not just chlamydia koalas have to contend with: Bears are also being infected with a rapid-spreading AIDS-like virus that triggers cancerKoala retrovirus (KoRV) infected [...]

Facebook Messenger and Instagram could become ‘superplatforms’ for paedophiles

End-to-end encryption would make Facebook a 'honeypot' and a 'superplatform' for paedophiles, according to one official at the National Crime Agency (NCA).Rob Jones, director of threat [...]

Scientists develop the world’s first light-up temporary TATTOO

Scientists create the world's first light-up temporary TATTOO which is 30 times thinner than a human hair and glows bright greenUCL scientists created the five-layer [...]

Soldiers exposed to explosions during combat at ‘higher risk’ of Alzheimer’s

Soldiers exposed to explosions during combat face higher risk of Alzheimer's - even if they do not suffer traumatic brain damage, scientists warnBlasts from explosions [...]

Nature: Male superb lyrebirds imitate predator sounds to trick females into having sex with them

Male superb lyrebirds imitate the sound of a flock defending itself in order to trick females into thinking the safest place to be is having [...]

Elements of an effective embedded GUI framework for wearables

Nowadays, smart devices and technologies have extruded all the manual work in our lives. Long gone are the days when people used a sphygmomanometer to [...]

Here is why you need to introduce your business to online invoice software

When it comes to business operations such as accounting and invoicing, almost every business owner finds them tedious and hectic. From creating invoices to sending [...]

A detailed guide about inspection management software

If you have lots of capital assets to manage, then your company will need to invest in inspection management software. The software will help you [...]

NASA takes the world on a tour of Mars using Perseverance’s high resolution panorama

NASA gave the world a tour of Mars using the high resolution 360-degree panorama Perseverance sent back from the Red Planet.The rover captured the scene [...]

Pythons from Florida Everglades could help produce COVID shots, researcher says

A researcher and python hunter by the name of 'The Wildman' have joined forces to explore what they believe could be used to fight the [...]

NASA’s Perseverance sends photo of intentionally-crashed ‘sky crane’ that delivered rover to Mars

NASA shared an image showing moments after 'sky crane' intentionally crashed into Mars after it safely delivered the Perseverance rover to the Red Planet.The sky [...]

Climate change has weakened the Gulf Stream System ‘close to tipping point’

Climate change has weakened the ocean current which drives the Gulf Stream to its lowest ebb for more than 1,000 years.Known formally as the Atlantic [...]

Palaeontology: Young giant carnivorous dinosaurs made up a significant portion of the population

If you thought the 'youths' of today were bad, think again — for teenage T. rex and adolescent Allosaurus outcompeted smaller rival species for food, [...]

Evidence of melting snow on Mars flowing into gullies hints at prospect of life on planet

How important is the presence of liquid water?It is now widely believed that Mars holds a reasonably large volume of water.However, the surface of the [...]

Facebook Messenger outage: App crashes for thousands across UK

If you're considering deleting WhatsApp, you'll be happy to hear that there are several alternative apps to choose from:1. TelegramWith more than 400 million users, [...]

Scientists have found a way to stimulate the BRAIN to boost your courage and remove fear

Born a coward? Scientists have found a way to zap the BRAIN to boost your courage and remove fearScientists developed a way to monitor brain [...]

MyHeritage’s deepfake tool animates photos of dead relatives

Genealogy website MyHeritage has unveiled a bizarre new online tool that can animate old photos of deceased family members. The free deepfake technology, called Deep Nostalgia, [...]

Elgin Marbles ship: Flintlock pistol and shoe parts found in shipwreck

A range of items including a flintlock pistol and a leather shoe sole are among a trove of treasure discovered in the same sunken ship [...]

Full Snow Moon is set to appear in the night sky over the UK on Saturday evening

Look up this weekend! A Full Snow Moon is set to appear in the night sky over the UK on Saturday eveningThe February full moon [...]

Mini Apple shops are set to open inside 17 Target locations across the US

Target is launching mini Apple shops inside 17 of its locations that will included dedicated Target Tech Consultants in place of the tech giant’s geniuses.The [...]

Humans ‘hastened collapse and extinction’ of the woolly mammoth, says study

Woolly mammoths would have lived another 4,000 years in some parts of Eurasia if it weren't for human hunters, according to a new study. Australian experts [...]

Health: Women experience ‘significantly faster’ declines in cognition than men

Women experience ‘significantly faster’ declines in cognition than men and are at higher risk of dementia, scientists warnResearchers from the US analysed on 26,088 people who [...]