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Whitney Port cries as she talks about her dad’s death

Whitney Port broke down in tears in a new video while discussing the death of her father. The 32-year-old lost her dad nearly five years ago in March 2013, but ... read more

Nasa is building a super-efficient turboelectric plane

Nasa is developing a hybrid jetliner harvests air flowing along the body of the plane to create power. The futuristic jet could have more thrust with 10 per cen... read more

Google Doodle marks Lebanese singer Sabah’s 90th birthday

Today’s Google Doodle pays homage to Sabah, the renowned Lebanese singer, on what would have been her 90th birthday. Who is Sabah? Sabah rose to fame in the 1... read more

‘Project Loon’ balloons help 100,000 get online

Project Loon is a network of balloons travelling on the edge of space, designed to connect people to the internet in remote parts of the world. The balloons tra... read more

Scientists create music using data from Nasa’s Voyager I

While most birthdays are celebrated with the traditional ‘Happy Birthday’ song, Nasa’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has had a song made specially for ... read more

Nasa telescope finds planet 13 times the size of Jupiter

Astronomers have discovered a massive alien world circling a star located 22,000 light years away, at the centre of the Milky Way’s bulge. The object, dub... read more

Jack Maynard confirms I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Outta Here

Jack Maynard looks to have confirmed his long-rumoured appearance in I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Outta Here. The vlogger brother of singer Conor Maynard... read more

YouTube to regulate sick pranksters with age restrictions

YouTube is finally doing more to crack down on disturbing videos creating sick by pranksters to frighten children.  Many of the videos look like normal cartoon... read more

Passive aggressive sign in a NASA bathroom

They’ve landed rovers on distant worlds, and discovered planets beyond our solar system – but even NASA’s top scientists are subjected to everyday frustra... read more

Google adds waiting times for a million restaurants

The wait times feature will soon allow restaurant-goers to better plan their visits The new feature lists approximate wait times at different times of the day ... read more

Lanarkshire man filmed girlfriend’s pug making Nazi salute

Mark Meechan, 30,(pictured yesterday outside Airdrie Sheriff Court) from Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, recorded the dog responding to statements such as ‘gas t... read more

NASA spots a 7,000mph whirlpool of plasma on the sun

A stunning new Nasa image shows an extremely rare pattern streaming from the sun at close to 7,000 miles per hour (11,200 km/h). A dark snake-like filament can... read more

NASA says its SLS megarocket could launch Dec 2019

NASA has completed a comprehensive review of the launch schedule for EM-1, an unmanned mission of the SLS megarocket and Orion spacecraft ahead of future deep-s... read more

Google reveals air quality maps of LA and San Francisco

Most air pollution is measures at a city level, but air quality can change by block, as well as hour by hour and from day to day.  In order to better understan... read more

Video reveals the MEGAROCKET that will take humans to Mars

NASA has revealed a breathtaking glimpse at what it could look like when the SLS megarocket finally blasts off for its first mission. The space agency released ... read more

Zoella Instagram story reveals her lipstick collection

Beauty bloggers make a living reviewing products, so one might expect them to have a well-stocked make-up bag. However, hugely successful blogger Zoella, aka Zo... read more

YouTuber in tears as no one attends her fans’ meeting

A heartbroken ten-year-old on YouTube has clocked up almost 1.2million views with her emotional blast at her fans who failed to turn up to a park to meet her. A... read more

YouTube stuntman nearly killed himself in tombstoning leap

Dylan Rhodes, 19, pictured, has been spared jail after performing a dangerous ‘tombstoning’ dive at a children’s water polo match A teenage Yo... read more

Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon dies aged 88, NASA says

Former Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon, one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn’t land there, has died aged 88. Richard ‘Dick’... read more

Facebook, YouTube urged to take down gang violence videos

Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick (pictured) has told politicians websites must do more to remove content that promotes gang violence in London and... read more

Emily Jensen explains how cancer transformed her face

A teenager who saw her face transformed after surviving cancer as a child has opened up about how she learned to embrace her appearance and strengthen her self-... read more

Belgian teen injured after drinking glass of bleach

A Belgian teenager faces losing his oesophagus after downing a glass of bleach while trying to copy an American video he didn’t realise was a spoof. The ... read more

Married Jehovah’s Witness seduced by actress on YouTube

Trap laid for the suspicious wife with the help of YouTubers To Catch a Cheater Arranged for actress to wait at one of the houses on husband’s outreach ro... read more

Nest’s ‘IQ’ AI security camera can spot intruders

It uses facial-recognition technology made by Nest’s sibling company Google The Nest Cam IQ camera is so slick that it carries a premium price – $30... read more