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Facebook tests new tools to detect and remove content showing child sexual abuse

Facebook is making an effort to end child exploitation on its platform with new tools for detecting and removing such photos and videos.The features include [...]

Surface of Mars looks maroon… but it’s just NASA’s camera on the blink

Mars as you've never seen it before: Surface of the Red Planet looks maroon... but it's just NASA's camera on the blinkNASA's Perseverance rover has [...]

Thunderstorms in Alaska could TRIPLE by the end of the century due to climate change, experts warn

Climate change has made its way into Alaska, causing mudslides, wildfires and record-breaking temperatures – but two new studies have added thunderstorms to the list [...]

NYPD robo-dog ‘Digidog’ investigates hostage situation in the Bronx

Residents in the Bronx, New York stopped dead in their tracks as a four-legged robotic dog trotted down East 227th Street Tuesday.The machine, called Digidog, [...]

Twitter relaunches feature on iOS that encourages users to revise ‘potentially harmful’ posts

Stop and think before you send that tweet! Twitter relaunches feature on iOS that encourages users to revise ‘potentially harmful’ repliesTwitter has relaunched a feature that [...]

Vision: 360-degree images reveal how iconic tourist spots look to people with ocular conditions

An interactive tool is using 360-degree images to show how iconic tourist spots look to those with eye conditions including cataracts, glaucoma and tunnel vision.Users [...]

Sony confirms a VR headset with a controller is in the works for its PlayStation 5

Sony confirms a VR headset with a controller is in the works for its PlayStation 5 that will give a 'greater sense of presence' when [...]

Drones are carrying Covid-19 samples between UK hospitals

Drones are being used to carry Covid-19 test samples and other medical materials up to 40 miles (64km) across four locations in western Scotland. London drone [...]

Terrifying video shows how SPEAKING can spread Covid

Terrifying video shows how SPEAKING can spread Covid - with infected hairdressers, doctors and dentists all able to transmit the virus while leaning over patients [...]

Disney+ launches new Star service in the UK to sweeten price hike

Disney+ has launched Star, a new entertainment brand, in the UK and Europe to coincide with a global price hike that comes into effect today. Star [...]

Scientists reveal the types of skin breakouts parents should look out for in MIS-C

Doctors have revealed the most common locations and types of skin rash found in children with a rare coronavirus-related hyperinflammation condition.Named MIS-C, patients were first [...]

Watching people cook can lead to you overeating, study finds

Watching people cook on shows like Masterchef or the Great British Bake Off can lead to overeating and increase the risk of obesity, according to [...]

An Ultimate Guide To The Best Restaurant Mobile App Development

Despite the size of the restaurant business, people are investing in restaurant mobile app development techniques to improve customer experience. Mobile technology has changed the [...]

Ten rescued orangutans released into wild in Borneo

In a degrading spectacle put on for tourists, Nenuah the orangutan was one of many apes who, 16 years ago, was forced put on boxing gloves and [...]

NASA video shows Perseverance rover landing on Mars

The world received the first up-close look of a spacecraft landing on Mars in a video beamed back to NASA by its 'most sophisticated' rover, Perseverance, [...]

Chemicals in medieval containers hint at Islamic Sicily WINE trade

It was unlikely that the residents of Islamic Sicily drank alcohol, but that didn't stop them being involved in a possible thriving wine trade, according [...]

Covid: Loss of smell and taste may last FIVE MONTHS after infection

Recovered Covid patients who lost their sense of smell and taste after getting infected with the coronavirus may not see their senses return for up [...]

Coronavirus symptoms: 22% of patients have long-term hair loss

Fatigue, loss of smell and chest pains are all some of the better known long-term effects that persist months after coronavirus infection.But according to a [...]

Neuroscience: Artificial ‘brain in a dish’ is created that matures ‘just like a human brain’

Artificial 'brain in a dish' is created that matures 'just like a human brain' and could shed light on conditions such as Alzheimer's and schizophreniaOrganoids [...]

Life-size drawing of a KANGAROO dating back 17,500 years is found in Australia

A life-size drawing of a kangaroo in Australia is over 17,000 years old, according to a new study, meaning it could be one of the [...]

Gene variant that makes people better romantic partners found

Marriage satisfaction could be in your DNA: Scientists discover a gene that plays a key role in whether or not newlyweds feel happy in the [...]

England’s salt reduction program will lead to 200,000 fewer adults developing heart disease by 2050

England's salt reduction programme between 2003 and 2018 successfully slashed salt consumption of the average English adult by 15 per cent, a new study has [...]

17th century gold seal ring set to take £30,000 at auction this week

A pristine 400-year-old gold seal ring found by a metal detectorist in the Peak District could sell for tens of thousands of pounds at auction [...]

Psychology: Those who are dogmatic and slower to make decisions are more susceptible to extremism

There may be a psychological 'signature' for extremism — with those who are more dogmatic and slower at decision making being more susceptible to radicalisation.This [...]

Understanding Immunotype

You have been told since birth how you are one of a kind. You are even unique on a molecular level. The cliche term that [...]

Sleeplab Anti-Snoring Device: Is it Really Work?

Many people suffering from the most common sleeping disorder are snoring. It is the most irritating and nagging thing ever. People snore due to overweight, [...]

Fish poop generates 1.65 BILLION tons of carbon in the ocean that helps regulate water levels

Fish poop, breath and other excretions produce over a billion tons of carbon every year, according to a new study.That's more than 15 percent of [...]

NASA’s Perseverance rover takes its first color photos of Mars

NASA has released new images of the Perseverance rover on Mars, including a shot taken during the 'seven minutes of terror' when it endured tumultuous conditions [...]

Remains of a 2,000-year-old Bogong moth is first evidence early humans used tools to eat bugs

Scientists in Australia have uncovered the first archaeological evidence of insects being used as a food source by ancient Australian Aboriginal groups.Particles on a grindstone [...]

YouTube algorithm accidentally blocks ‘black v white’ CHESS strategy

YouTube's overeager AI might have misinterpreted a conversation about chess as racist language.Last summer, a YouTuber who produces popular chess videos saw his channel blocked [...]

Bizarre gator-like fish with huge jaws spotted in Singapore

Bizarre gator-like fish with huge jaws and sharp teeth baffles experts after remains are spotted in Singapore - 10,000 MILES from its native home in [...]

Black-footed ferret is first endangered species to be cloned in US

One of the most endangered animals in the US got a boost with the birth of a cloned black-footed ferret.Born on December 10, 'Elizabeth Ann' [...]

Nature: Male bats secrete a smelly mixture of saliva, faeces, urine and semen to attract females

In what is a definite case of don't-try-this-at-home, it turns out that male bats secrete a smelly mixture of faeces, saliva, semen and urine to [...]

Fears Nigeria’s wet markets could cause future zoonotic diseases

Shocking footage seen by MailOnline reveals the appalling state of Nigerian wet markets which have the potential to cause future disease outbreaks in humans. Myriad animals [...]

‘Cellular programming’ could enable soldiers to heal own wounds

Sci-fi technology could be used on soldiers to 'reprogram' cells and give them Wolverine-like abilities to heal wounds five times faster than the human bodyUS [...]

Dolphins have developed similar personality traits to humans, study reveals

Dolphins have similar personality traits to humans and other primates like monkeys and apes, a new study claims.Psychologists at the University of Hull studied 134 [...]