Chinese company unveils smartphone with sensor that takes temperatures down to a tenth of a degree when held next to your wrist or face The phone can read one’s temperature when held next to a wrist or face Honor says that it can read temperatures down to a tenth of a degree The feature will look … Read more
Organizers of the Consumer Electronics Show announced the popular tech conference will be held ‘both physically in Las Vegas and digitally’ January 2021. A number of events and conferences have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic that is still sweeping the US, but the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) appears to be pushing forward with … Read more
Beijing’s state media has claimed that the US has crumbled into a ‘failed state’ amid the ongoing rallies across America and blasted Donald Trump as ‘a racist president’. Global Times, a major Chinese propaganda tabloid, slammed President Trump as ‘weak, irresponsible and incompetent’ and accused American politicians of blaming China for the protests erupting in … Read more
Three-toed dinosaur footprints discovered by rock climbers in China were made 190 million years ago by a 17-foot cousin of T. rex, a study found. The prints — of which there are 46 — were found in march this year in the Geleshan National Forest Park in Chongqing, south-west China, in the March of this … Read more
Music synchronises the brains of performers with their audience allowing them to experience emotions together, study claims Researchers measured the brain activity of a violinist and 16 audience members They found listening to music increases blood flow to certain parts of the brain These are regions relating to processing rhythm but also social understanding Music … Read more
China has accused the UK of ‘blindly commenting on and grossly interfering in our domestic affairs’ after Britain stood up to Beijing over a new security law for Hong Kong. Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs today lodged stern representations with the UK and claimed that No 10’s ‘interference will definitely backfire’ after Downing Street urged Beijing … Read more
An app designed to remove Chinese apps from smartphones and tablets has been pulled from the Google Play Store. The app, called ‘Remove China Apps’, garnered nearly five million downloads in India, where anti-Chinese sentiment is growing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was free to download, had no adds, and its sole … Read more
Boris Johnson has said he will have ‘no choice’ but to offer the people of Hong Kong citizenship if China erodes human rights in the former British colony. The Prime Minister said last night that a proposed new national security law in Hong Kong would ‘dramatically erode its autonomy’ and breach the terms of its … Read more
Tube-like worms found attached to 521 million-year-old mollusks snatched food from the shell, which scientists say this is the first evidence of a parasitic relationship Researchers find thousands of fossilized brachiopods in a Chinese quarry The team discovered the shells once had tube-like worms attached to them Experts say the worms clasped around the shell … Read more
China‘s first mission to Mars is set to launch in July or August as the country sprints to become a major space power in the global race, the programme director has revealed. The Tianwen-1 spacecraft will be carried by a Long March-5 rocket this summer and is expected to reach the red planet in February, … Read more