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Bouncy pavement in Telford harnesses energy from runners’ footsteps to charge smartphones

It's not your usual way to charge a mobile phone.But a clever new bouncy pavement in Telford is generating enough electricity from people's footsteps to [...]

Nord Stream methane leak will NOT increase global warming, study says

Methane gas that leaked from a damaged Nord Stream pipeline in September will not increase global warming, a new study claims. The leaks will have a [...]

NASA checks Space Launch System after it was battered by 100mph winds on the launch pad

NASA is carrying out checks of its new massive moon rocket after the booster was battered on the launch pad by Hurricane Nicole.The $4.1 billion (£3.5 [...]

Inside the UK’s biggest IMAX with a 85ft-wide screen and laser projections

MailOnline has had a behind-the-scenes look at the newly upgraded 500-capacity IMAX cinema in London ahead of its official opening to the public today. The legendary [...]

Global carbon emissions show no sign of decrease needed to limit warming to 1.5°C in 2022

There has been no sign of decrease in global carbon dioxide emissions this year, according to a new report.We are currently releasing record levels of [...]

Birkenstocks worn by Apple founder Steve Jobs are expected to fetch up to $80,000 at auction

Birkenstocks worn by Apple founder Steve Jobs as part of his 'uniform' in the 1970s and 80s are expected to fetch up to $80,000 at [...]

Elon Musk is putting Twitter at risk of BILLIONS in FTC fines, company lawyer warns

A lawyer working for Twitter warns that the social network could face billions in fines from the FTC over potential violations of the consent decree [...]

Piece of NASA’s Challenger shuttle is FOUND by divers in the Atlantic Ocean

A piece of NASA’s fallen Challenger has been discovered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida nearly 37 years after the craft exploded 73 [...]

Collector opens a museum in Brooklyn to showcase a HUMAN bones

The air is a bone chilling inside a new Brooklyn museum where 110 human spines hang on the wall, full skeletons stand tall from the [...]

The Amazon Echo Auto to bring the Alexa voice assistant to your car is reduced by 70% to $14.99

Tech deal of the day: Save 70% on the Amazon Echo Auto to bring the Alexa voice assistant to your car for music, calls and [...]

NASA’s Artemis rocket – hit with Nicole’s 100-mph wind gusts – faces the EXPIRATION of its boosters

NASA's long-delayed Artemis mission to the moon now faces a new potential hurdle - the expiration of the rocket's boosters looming in mid-December.The space agency [...]

Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter circus’ gets Tesla booted from top investments list

Elon Musk's 'Twitter circus' gets Tesla booted from top investments list -with stock dropping 25% in two weeksInvestment firm Wedbush announced Thursday it had removed [...]

Cows are getting high off industrial hemp in their feed, study finds

Our cows could be enjoying more than one type of grass, as a new study has found that they are getting high from cannabinoids in their [...]

Twitter struggles to keep up with ‘verified’ impersonator accounts

Twitter is struggling to keep up with impersonator accounts following new CEO Elon Musk's revamp of the platform's verification system. Users have noticed a wave of [...]

Scientists reconstruct face of a 2,000-year-old ancient Egyptian mummy who died 28 weeks pregnant

The face of the world's first pregnant ancient Egyptian mummy has been reconstructed by forensic scientists.Known as 'The Mysterious Lady', the embalmed woman was analysed last [...]

NASA to launch a huge flying saucer-like inflatable heat shield

NASA is launching a huge flying saucer-like inflatable heat shield into space this morning that could one day help humans land safely on Mars.LOFTID, an [...]

Carbon emissions from buildings hit ALL-TIME high last year as COVID construction pause ended

Carbon emissions from buildings hit ALL-TIME high last year as COVID construction pause came to an end: Spike in new builds puts 2050 climate goals [...]

NASA’s James Webb telescope captures stunning image of an ‘lonely’ galaxy

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has shared a stunning image of a lonely galaxy three million light-years from Earth in never before seen detail [...]

Female octopuses are caught on video launching shells at males attempting to mate with them

Female octopuses have been caught on video launching shells at males attempting to mate with them.Scientists at the University of Sydney recorded gloomy octopuses, or Octopus [...]

TikTok slashes revenue targets by $2BN amid global online advertising slump hitting tech firms

TikTok slashes revenue targets by $2 BILLION amid global online ad slump affecting major tech companies including Meta and TwitterTikTok cut its revenue targets by [...]

Apple is watching you! Tech giant collects data about users from built in apps, study reveals

Apple may not be the pro-privacy company it so proudly proclaims to be - a new study finds the tech giant is collecting data on [...]

Melting Greenland ice sheet could cause sea levels to rise by 0.5 INCHES by the end of the century

Melting of the Northeast Greenland Ice Sheet could cause sea levels to rise by half an inch by the end of the century, a new [...]

MailOnline reveals the most weird and wonderful VR gadgets

The man responsible for Meta's hugely successful virtual reality (VR) platform Oculus presented his latest invention this week – a headset that can kill you [...]

Cybercrooks target Twitter users with scam emails – as Musk plans to charge $8/month for blue tick

Elon Musk's $44billion (£38bn) takeover of Twitter was finally confirmed at the end of last month, and the new CEO has wasted no time making [...]

Southern Water discharged ‘five MONTHS’ worth of sewage at bathing beaches so far in November’

Southern Water discharged raw sewage into UK water for more than 3,700 hours in the first eight days of November alone, the equivalent of five [...]

The best and worst iPhone alarms to wake up to – with Apple’s default Radar BOTTOM of the list

How does YOUR favourite stack up? Study reveals the best and worst iPhone alarms to wake up to - with Apple's default Radar BOTTOM of [...]

Is it Possible to Hack Blockchain?

The primary benefit of blockchain is enhanced security. Within a blockchain system, a group of computer systems keeps an up-to-date copy of the database every [...]

The Advantages of AI in Daily Life

Artificial intelligence is the process of making machines behave like humans. It aims to enable machines to perform a human-like task while also having human-like [...]

National Park Service warns against licking frogs to get a high

Americans are being warned by a federal agency to stop licking toads to get 'high'. The National Park Service (NPS) issued the bizarre warning on its [...]

Exhibition made up entirely of AI-generated artwork launches in San Francisco

Artificial intelligence is feared to one day take over humanity, but as for now people are using it to create stunning pieces of artwork that are [...]

Twitter rejects ad criticizing Elon Musk’s Tesla Full Self-Driving because it was ‘political

Just as Twitter starts banning accounts that impersonate its new owner Elon Musk, it seems the social media platform is also rejecting ads that criticize [...]

You’re so vain! People who think they’re attractive are more prone to act selfishly, study reveals

People who see themselves as attractive are more likely to act selfishly, even at the expense of others, new research has found.Researchers from South China [...]

Ancient tombs that remain a mystery – as archaeologists find what could be Cleopatra’s resting place

This week, archeologists discovered an underground tunnel beneath an Egyptian temple, which they believe may lead to the long-lost tomb of Cleopatra, one of the [...]

‘Mind-reading’ device can analyse the brainwaves of non-verbal, paralysed patients

'Mind-reading' device can analyse the brainwaves of non-verbal, paralysed patients and turn them into sentences on a computer screen in real timeNew device has been [...]

Oculus creator develops a VR headset that kills gamers

The founder of Meta's Oculus platform might have trouble finding volunteers who will try his latest creation – a VR headset that can literally kill [...]

Amazon has slashed the price of the Google Pixel 6A

Early Black Friday deal alert! Amazon has slashed the price of the latest Google Pixel 6A to just $349By Zoe Griffin For Dailymail.com Published: 13:02 [...]