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Health: Drinking three cups of coffee a day cuts your risk of dying from heart disease by up to 17%

Drinking three cups of coffee a day cuts your risk of dying from heart disease by up to 17%, study shows Semmelweis University experts explored how coffee might... read more

Living in a greener neighbourhood reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, study says

You might be able to cut your risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) by moving to a greener area, a new study suggests.  Over a five-year study period... read more

Facebook to launch ‘Novi’ digital wallet by the end of the year, exec says 

Facebook is gearing up to launch a digital wallet that would let users store cryptocurrencies, one of the company’s top executives says. The head of Faceb... read more

Female octopuses throw shells, silt, and other debris at males who are harassing them

Octopuses in Australia have devised a useful approach for fending off sexual harassment—throwing clumps of shells and sand at aggressors. Researchers at the U... read more

Cane toad tadpoles have turned to CANNIBALISM in Australia, study finds

Cane toad tadpoles have turned to CANNIBALISM in Australia because there is a lack of food supply for the more than 200 million frogs in the region, study finds... read more

More than 40% of Americans believe some UFO sightings are alien spacecraft

More than two-fifths of all Americans now believe that some UFOs are alien spacecraft, up significantly since 2019, according to a newly published poll. Accordi... read more

NASA’s Perseverance is trying again to collect Mars samples after the first rocks crumbled to pieces

After NASA’s Perseverance rover came up empty in its attempt to collect rock samples from Mars earlier this month, it’s ready for another go-round. ... read more

Health: Premature babies feel less pain when they hear their mothers’ voice while in intensive care

While undergoing procedures in intensive care, premature babies feel less pain if they can hear their mother’s voices talking to them, a study has conclud... read more

Candela’s C-8 electric hydrofoil speedboat can go 35mph and last over 56 miles before charging

Just months after introducing the world’s first AI-powered, electric hydrofoil, Swedish boatbuilder Candela has unveiled its $339,000 sequel, which can go... read more

When pigs fly! Wild boars work together to free two piglets trapped inside a cage

In the dead of night on January 28, 2020, a group of wild boars carried out a mission to rescue two piglets caught in a cage east of Prague in the Czech Republi... read more

Elon Musk blasts Jeff Bezos, saying he has a ‘full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX’

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

Disease that blinded, killed thousands of US birds may be tied to eating Brood X cicadas

A mysterious deadly disease that was killing thousands of blue jays, robins, starlings and other songbirds across the mid-Atlantic US this summer seems to be su... read more

Mystery firm is developing a base in low Earth orbit for civilian astronauts

A new fully private space station is being developed and could launch in a few years, according to the firm hired to build a life support system for the outpost... read more

LED streetlights kill off insect populations by half, study finds

Eco-friendly light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs used in streetlamps produce more light pollution and are killing off insects, a new study shows.  Researchers in ... read more

Penis length makes a difference during sex, study finds

Men are often told it’s not how big their sexual organ is that’s important, but where they put it.  But unfortunately for guys with a small penis, ... read more

Nearly 95% of Earth’s oceans could be less hospitable to life by the end of the century, study says

Climate change is causing the unprecedented warming and acidification of Earth’s oceans and this may change up to 95 percent of surfaces by the end of the... read more

231-million-year-old fossil discovered in Argentina is the ancestor to most reptiles 

Scientists have found an ‘almost perfectly preserved’ skull of a previously unknown animal that lived some 230 million years ago and is the ancestor... read more

Deflecting asteroids like Bennu may require ‘multiple bumps’

Deflecting an asteroid such as Bennu, which has a small chance of hitting Earth in about a century and a half, could require multiple small impacts from some so... read more

Unhappiness: The number of miserable children aged 10-15 has almost doubled in the last decade

Nearly twice as many British children aged 10–15 are unhappy with their lives as they were a decade ago, a new report from The Children’s Society has ca... read more

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully completes the 17th launch of its New Shepard rocket

Blue Origin completed the 17th launch of its New Shepard Thursday, marking the first mission since founder Jeff Bezos took his own journey to the edge of space... read more

Female hummingbirds avoid sexual harassment by making themselves look flashy 

Female hummingbirds make themselves look ‘flashy’ in a bid to avoid sexual harassment and ‘aggressive sex’ from males during mating seas... read more

NASA says it is still confident it will land the first woman and next man on the moon in 2024

NASA says despite a string of technical and budgetary setbacks, it is still on target to put the first woman and next man on the surface of the moon in 2024. Ad... read more

Art: Cupid hidden in Vermeer masterpiece ‘Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window’ exposed

Hidden for centuries under a layer of paint, an image of Cupid in the background of a famous Johannes Vermeer masterpiece has finally been fully exposed to view... read more

iPhone 12 can interfere with pacemakers and defibrillators, study warns

Apple’s latest flagship phone, the iPhone 12, and its latest smart watch, Apple Watch 6, can interfere with pacemakers, defibrillators and other lifesavi... read more