Archaeology: Anglo-Saxon teen had her nose and lips cut off in a gruesome punishment

Anglo-Saxon teenage girl had her nose and lips cut off and may have been scalped in a gruesome act of punishment, skull unearthed in Hampshire reveals The skull was unearthed during an excavation in Oakridge back in the sixties Experts re-analysing the specimen found evidence of various horrific injuries Radiocarbon dating indicated that the skull dates … Read more

Psychology: Playing with dolls helps children develop empathy and social skills, study shows

Life in plastic: Playing with dolls helps children develop empathy and social skills, study shows Experts scanned the brains of girls and boys as they played pretend with dolls They compared both solo and social play — along with video game play instead Social play and doll play both activated the posterior superior temporal sulcus This … Read more

Google unveils its Pixel 5 for just $699, along with a new Nest Audio speaker and Chromecast

Google released its next generation Pixel smartphone that is an affordable ‘high end’ device that takes aim at Apple’s iPhone. The firm held its ‘Launch Night In’ online where it unveiled the Pixel 5 that starts at $699, along with a budget version, Pixel 4a 5G, for $499 – both are at least half the … Read more

NASA satellite captures image of autumn colored leaves spreading around Lake Superior

Fall foliage seen from SPACE! NASA satellite captures image of autumn colored leaves spreading around Lake Superior Fall is making its way across the US, which means leaves will begin to turn yellow, red and orange Trees are losing chlorophyll due to the colder weather – it needs  sunlight and warm temperatures to produce NASA shared … Read more

Mayan community obliterated 1,590 years ago when volcano erupted, study reveals

Mayan community was obliterated 1,590 years ago when a violent volcano erupted, according to a new study that uncovered the timeline using an ice core from Greenland and charred remains from the event Radiocarbon measurements date a massive eruption of El Salvador’s Ilopango volcano for the first time, to 431 AD The explosion was over 50 … Read more

Modern dual-flush toilets intended to save water found to waste BILLIONS of gallons every year

Modern dual-flush toilets intended to save water actually waste BILLIONS of gallons every year, reveals report Some 88 million gallons of water is wasted by toilets in the UK every day Up to eight percent of toilets are leaking, experts say, mostly dual-flush toilets  The two buttons also confuse users, who often use the wrong … Read more

Facebook merges Messenger and Instagram Direct Messages as part of its plan to integrate services 

Facebook has officially slid Messenger into Instagram’s Direct Messages. The social media giant announced an update that merges the two messaging services into one unified system. The roll out includes more than 10 new features including stickers, Watch Together and a vanish mode that allows users to set messages to automatically disappear after they are … Read more

Greenland on track to lose ice faster than in any century for over 12,000 years

Greenland is on track to lose ice mass faster at the end of this century than during any other century over the last 12,000 years, according to a new study.  US researchers simulated high-carbon-emission scenarios of the Greenland Ice Sheet – a 660,000 square mile body of ice that covers around 80 per cent of … Read more

Microsoft: Russia is behind most nation state cyber attacks 

More than half of nation-state cyber attacks in the last year have originated from Russia, Microsoft has revealed in a new report.  According to the firm’s annual Digital Defense Report, 52 per cent of state-sponsored hacking attempts from July 2019 and June 2020 were Russian in origin. Exactly a quarter during this time period came … Read more