Global warming has revealed mummified remains of Adélie penguins that have laid hidden under the ice in Antarctica for more than 5,000 years. Steven Emslie, a professor at the University of North Carolina, was studying Cape Irizar just south of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the Scott Coast when he and his team stumbled upon hundreds … Read more
Two of Antarctica’s most important glaciers which together cover area the size of Norway are crumbling faster than ever, satellite images reveal Researchers studied the evolution of the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers Their melting is responsible for around 5 per cent of global sea level rise to date However, their total collapse would raise global sea … Read more
NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX are set to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Halloween NASA announced a new target for the Crew-1 mission – October 31 at 2:49am ET This mission will send four astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket to the ISS The event follows the … Read more
WhatsApp is reportedly working on new feature that will give users the option to automatically delete an image, video or GIF after their contacts have seen it. The ‘Expiring Media’ feature, discovered by independent WhatsApp experts WABetaInfo, adds the ability to delete media after the recipient has seen it once and exited the chat. Expiring … Read more
Amazon lets customers pay with their PALM using a recognition system that links a credit card to unique hand signatures Amazon has unveiled its palm recognition system at two of its physical stores The system is comprised of a scanner that creates a unique ‘palm signature’ This is then linked to a customer’s credit card, … Read more
Binge drinking soared during the coronavirus lockdown – with women’s alcohol consumption increasing 41 PER CENT over the previous year Researchers surveyed 1,540 US-based adults on their alcohol consumption They looked at habits in Spring 2019 and again in Spring 2020 during shutdown There was a 41 per cent spike in women binge drinking during … Read more
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will gives users the option to delete an image, video or GIF after sending it to their contacts. The ‘Expiring Media’ feature, discovered by independent WhatsApp experts WABetaInfo, adds the ability to delete media after the recipient has seen it and exited the chat. Expiring Media … Read more
More than two thirds of the known universe is made up of ‘dark energy’ with just 31 per cent made up of matter – and most of that is made of ‘dark matter’, experts find. Cosmologists from the University of California, Riverside, used a range of tools and a new ‘galactic orbit’ technique to calculate … Read more
Scientists have created a robotic fabric that stiffens and relaxes in response to changes in temperature, which could be used in emergency situations. The material, developed at Yale University in the US, is equipped with a system of heat sensors and threads that stiffen to change the fabric’s shape. Under heat changes, it can bend … Read more
Binge drinking in towns and cities has increased by nearly 4 per cent since 2012 because of the ‘Uber effect’, study claims An expert from Hong Kong studied 117 US towns and cities where Uber launched He analysed local health data on how often — and how much — adults drink While people are not … Read more