While 2020 was one of the lowest years for active fires globally, fire intensity has been far higher in the worst affected areas, according to the EU’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service.
Tens of thousands of people around the world were thrown into disarray today as the entirety of the Google-owned family of apps crashed worldwide for one hour. The outage affected all of the Google apps and websites, including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Maps and YouTube as well as the main search engine. Google’s websites are some … Read more
Singing to a premature baby during a visit to the hospital can help reduce mum’s anxiety and help them bond with their child before they come home, study found. Researchers from the University of Helsinki observed 24 mothers who sang or hummed to their baby while holding them during skin-to-skin contact in hospital. When a … Read more
Meal prep just got considerably easier thanks to a robotic kitchen assistant that will cook 5,000 different recipes from scratch — and even do the dishes afterwards. Developed by UK-based Moley Robotics, the cooking automaton has two dextrous hands and was modelled to mimic the 2011 MasterChef winner, Tim Anderson. The ‘Automated Kitchen’ can gather … Read more
YouTube, Google and Gmail all CRASH as thousands of users complain of issues Google family of apps has crashed around the world for thousands of users By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 12:02 GMT, 14 December 2020 | Updated: 12:06 GMT, 14 December 2020 The Google-owned family of apps has crashed for thousands of users worldwide. … Read more
Amazon and Sky have agreed a new partnership to host each other’s apps for UK streaming fans in time for Christmas. The deal means customers in the UK and Ireland can watch content from across both platforms in one place for the first time over the festive period. From today, Amazon Prime Video, the US … Read more
High blood pressure at any age for even a short amount of time can speed up cognitive decline, study finds Researchers from Brazil monitored 7,000 local adults for a period of four years They measured each individual’s memory, verbal fluency and executive function Cognitive decline was worse among those with uncontrolled hypertension This damage can be … Read more
The drug remdesivir, long touted as a potential Covid-19 treatment, has been used to successfully cure a patient who suffered a rare reaction to the disease. A 31-year-old man infected with the coronavirus experienced unusual symptoms due to a genetic disorder called XLA, which prevented him from making antibodies to fight infection. The patient was … Read more
A smart ring that constantly measures your temperature could help determine whether you are developing Covid-19 – even if your symptoms are very subtle. Experts from the University of California and MIT Lincoln Lab studied data on 50 people who owned a sensor rings and had had Covid-19 before the study. This was the first … Read more
Scientists have reconstructed the brain of a dinosaur that roamed Britain 205 million years ago, revealing startling insights into how it lived. Thecodontosaurus is related to herbivore descendants Diplodocus and Brontosaurus. But it is believed the creature, which was roughly the size of a dog, ran fast on two legs, ate meat and had good … Read more