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Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is NOT one of America’s ten wealthiest people for the first time since 2015

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is  no longer one of America’s top ten: Mogul sees over half his fortune vanish due to Meta’s cratering stock pric... read more

Changing the clocks makes people DRIVE more dangerously because it disrupts our sleep, study finds 

Changing the clocks could have greater consequences than just missing your alarm, as a new study has found it makes us drive more dangerously. Researchers at th... read more

Seabird born in 1975 is rediscovered on a Scottish island

A seabird found on an uninhabited island in Orkney is the oldest of its kind, experts reveal. The fulmar – a type of tube-nosed seabird – was born in July 1... read more

Asteroid that crashed into Earth 2 billion years ago was up to 15 miles wide

An asteroid that hit the Earth two billion years ago in what is now South Africa was even larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research suggest... read more

New Amazon warehouse robot can handle ONE THOUSAND items per hour using ‘pinch-grasp’ technology

A new ‘pinch-grasping’ robot system unveiled by Amazon shows the machine deftly grabbing and stowing a wide range of items – moving at a rate ... read more

From ‘nukes’ to an array of mirrors: The wackiest ideas to stop an asteroid hitting Earth

NASA’s asteroid deflection spacecraft – known as DART – successfully struck a 170-metre wide (560ft) last night, in an attempt to change its ... read more

A little bit of stress can be good for our brain, study suggests

Stress is the body’s reaction to feeling threatened or under pressure. It’s very common, can be motivating to help us achieve things in our daily li... read more

DART mission: Taekwondo-loving scientist jumps up and down in live-stream of asteroid collision

It was hailed as an historic first – a planetary defence test that could one day stop humanity enduring the same fate as the dinosaurs. And the excitement wa... read more

Watch: The NASA DART mission seen from EARTH

Earth-based telescopes have captured the historic moment NASA’s DART spacecraft crashed into an asteroid last night.  DART was launched from California ... read more

Google creates ‘NASA DART’ search engine Easter Egg to celebrate launch of test mission

Google has created a browser ‘Easter Egg’ of a spacecraft crashing into the web browser when a user searches ‘NASA Dart’, to celebrate t... read more

Enterprise Tech Solutions: All Your Need To Know About Storage

In the enterprise tech world, storage capacity is one of the most important components in any setup. Not only does storage capacity impact your ability to creat... read more

NASA space boffins hit an asteroid seven million miles from Earth last night 15,000mph

What with the war in Ukraine, the spiralling cost of living crisis, and petty disagreements already bubbling on Strictly, there’s quite enough to worry about... read more

NASA’s DART activates its camera to show the Dimorphos 6.8 million miles from Earth

NASA’s DART spacecraft has its sights set on the asteroid Dimorphos that appears like a bright dot in the blackness of space. Double Asteroid Redirection ... read more

California will BAN all new gas-fueled furnaces and heaters by 2030 to cut ozone levels

California is set to phase out new natural gas furnaces and heaters by 2030 after a proposal from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) was passed, making i... read more

Invasion of the stink bug: Insects are spreading to more regions across the US due to climate change

The brown marmorated stink bug, which was introduced into the US from Asia in the mid-1990s, is spreading to more states as climate change increases temperature... read more

Japanese engineers put a pair of googly eyes on a self-driving car

A comic pair of googly eyes on the front of a self-driving car could reduce traffic accidents, a new study suggests.  Researchers in Japan fitted a golf cart ... read more

‘Miracle plant’ used by ancient Greeks is rediscovered after it was thought to have gone extinct

A ‘miracle’ plant consumed by ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians that was thought to have been eaten into extinction 2,000 years ago has been redi... read more

Mars may have experienced episodic FLOODING millions of years ago, radar image reveals

A new image of the surface of Mars has revealed the planet may have experienced episodic flooding millions of years ago. The Zhurong Mars rover has returned gr... read more

Space experts deliver their verdict on NASA’s DART mission to knock an asteroid off course

Tonight, NASA may just pull off one of its most ambitious feats in its 64-year history.  A NASA spacecraft called DART is due to crash into an asteroid that... read more

NASA rolls back Artemis I rocket as Florida braces for its worst hurricane in 100 years

NASA is rolling the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule back to the Vehicle Assembly Building tonight, as Florida  braces for Hurrican... read more

Experts reveal why Adam Levine’s flirty DMs are seen as ‘cringe’

By now, it will have been difficult to avoid the screenshots of the flirty messages Adam Levine sent to his fans – and the resulting memes. The Maroon 5... read more

Stress can make people focus more on their spouse’s bad habits, study finds

Stress can make people focus more on their spouse’s bad habits – even married couples who are still in the ‘honeymoon period’ of their r... read more

What time is the NASA Dart mission today?

NASA is set to intentionally crash a spacecraft into an asteroid at 15,000mph today. Such a mission may evoke memories of a Hollywood disaster movie such as ... read more

Jupiter will make its closest approach to Earth in 59 years TONIGHT

Jupiter will appear at its biggest and brightest in decades this evening, as it makes its closest approach to Earth in 59 years. It will still be some 367 milli... read more