t Climate change lets toxic green algae thrive in the Arabian Sea By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 14:17:14 GMT Shrinking snow caps in the Himalayas are causing the spread of toxic green algae so big it can be seen from space, a new study has found. Full Article
t Remarkably well-preserved wreck of a 2,000-year-old Ancient Roman 'sewn ship' unearthed in Croatia By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 15:31:46 GMT The vessel was unearthed from the Porta de Mar archaeological site on the ancient waterfront of the town of Poreč, where it had sunk near an ancient pier. Full Article
t Adorable footage shows otters and badgers playing with their young in rural Wales By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 14:00:34 GMT Video captured by hidden cameras in rural North Wales caught the animals moving around at night and playing with each other. Full Article
t Extinct 'extra-terrestrial equivalent of the Rhine' spotted on Mars By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 15:43:12 GMT Researchers from Utrecht used high-resolution images from orbiters circling the planet and found evidence of a river that continuously shifted. This created created sandbanks like the Rhine. Full Article
t April 2020 was the joint-warmest April on record globally By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 18:07:43 GMT People staying indoors because of the coronavirus lockdown missed out on the joint-warmest April on record, according to a new climate report issued by the European Union. Full Article
t Apple patents 'bendable' MacBook design made from single piece By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 20:25:34 GMT Apple has filed a patent illustrating an experimental new design for a bendable laptop that would be made from a single piece of material and fold in the same way as a stack of papers. Full Article
t Planet Nine is a MIRAGE according to experts who say it is a sprawling disk of icy debris By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 22:41:23 GMT New research suggests Planet Nine is a mirage and nothing more than 'collective gravity.' The team say it is a sprawling disk of icy debris that formed when the solar system was born. Full Article
t Wolf spiders are resorting to CANNIBALISM as warming Arctic causes population to rise By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 22:44:34 GMT Researchers working in Alaska observed wolf spiders eating juvenile spiders due to a warming Arctic that is making them grow larger and produce more offspring, resulting in less resources. Full Article
t Rarely seen 'ghost dogs' of the Amazon moved on to endangered list, according to new study By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 23:15:45 GMT A new study from the Amazon predicts the mysterious 'ghost dogs' of the Amazon may face new environmental threat, as deforestation is expected to reduce their natural habitat by 30 percent. Full Article
t Otters juggle with stones as a sign they are hungry By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 23:16:32 GMT British scientists claim juggling is likely because the otters are hungry and excited to eat. Whether rock juggling is beneficial or a random hobby is yet to be determined. Full Article
t New coronavirus test uses CRISPR gene-editing too to detect virus By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 01:09:06 GMT One of the teams of scientists that first developed the gene-editing tool has altered it so that it can search out viral RNA instead of human DNA for a test that could even eventually be run at home. Full Article
t Houston we have a slime blob! Astronauts release Nickelodeons' iconic green slime on the ISS By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 03:40:02 GMT Astronauts on the ISS received a package of Nickelodeon's iconic green slime, which they used to play ping pong and slime each other to see how the goo behaves in microgravity. Full Article
t Erecting dykes along a third of Europe's coastline could prevent 83 per cent of flood damage by 2100 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 11:09:17 GMT The researchers found that the ultimate benefits of erecting dykes would outweigh the costs for a quarter of the UK coast under 16 inches of sea level rise. Full Article
t Closest black hole to Earth is discovered just 1,000 light years away By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 14:24:51 GMT The presence of the black hole in the HR 6819 system was discovered by researchers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO)'s La Silla Observatory in Chile. Full Article
t Asteroid up to 20ft wide flew within 9,000 miles of Earth this week By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 15:05:39 GMT It was discovered using the Mt Lemmon Survey in Arizona at almost the exact time it made its fly-by past Earth. Full Article
t People who attend church are less likely to die from 'despair' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 15:18:03 GMT Healthcare professionals who attend religious services at least once a week are less likely to die despair-related deaths such as suicides, a new study suggests. Full Article
t Underwater forest of hydrothermal vents off the coast of Washington is mapped for the first time By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 15:56:53 GMT An underwater forest of massive hydrothermal vents has been mapped for the first time off the coast of Washington State. There are more than 500 spirals over eight miles of seabed. Full Article
t Statins may help fight obesity 'by destroying bad gut bacteria' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:27:22 GMT Researchers from Belgium found statins destroy bad gut bacteria that fuel cardiovascular disease and bowel cancer and are often found in obese people. Full Article
t Superbloom is out of this world! NASA image shows a sea of orange poppies in southern California By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 19:24:41 GMT A 'March Miracle' brought significant rainfall to southern California that birthed fields of orange poppies and NASA shared an image showing a sea of wildflowers as seen from space. Full Article
t Scientists claim raptors did NOT hunt in packs, but like Komodo dragons or crocodiles By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 21:37:13 GMT Velociraptors played a key role in the series 'Jurassic Park', which portrayed the vicious dinosaurs as working in groups to hunt large prey, but experts now say they did not attack in coordinated groups. Full Article
t Apple's iOS 13.5 will automatically share medical data like blood type during emergency calls By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 22:36:03 GMT The feature will use information that's entered into the Health app's Medical ID section which contains data on blood type, food allergies, current medication, and more. Full Article
t Zoom in your car? Elon Musk reveals video conferencing is 'a future feature' of Tesla vehicles By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 22:44:56 GMT Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed in a tweet that video conferencing is 'definitely a future feature', as the latest model it has a camera in the rearview mirror that points inside of the vehicle. Full Article
t Personal data can be retrieved from used Tesla parts even after a factory reset according to hacker By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 03:07:24 GMT According to cybersecurity researcher who goes by the handle 'greentheonly,' hackers could retrieve a wealth of personal information from old Tesla dashboard systems, even after a full factory reset. Full Article
t Army uses online computer game War Thunder to teach tank tactics to troops on coronavirus lockdown By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 07:13:56 GMT Army solders at Fort Hood, Texas are conducting training exercises in the online computer game War Thunder while observing social distancing habits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Full Article
t DNA decoding solves mystery of volcano-dwelling iron-shelled snail By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:41:05 GMT The mystery of the volcano-dwelling snail and its iron shell has been unravelled by scientists after its genome was decoded for the first time. Full Article
t Mosquitoes that can carry diseases could be common in Europe by 2030 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:32:50 GMT The insect, known by the scientific name Aedes aegypti as well as the common name 'yellow fever mosquito', currently only thrives in the world's hottest regions. Full Article
t Coronavirus: Recovered patients could provide 'shield immunity' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:59:55 GMT Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology say the recovered patients would be more active and mobile than those who have remained uninfected. Full Article
t Humans were brewing beer in central Europe 6,000 years ago By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:41:05 GMT Neolithic humans in central Europe may have been brewing beer 6,000 years ago, according to scientists who have developed a new method to analyse grains. Full Article
t Europe's invasive warty comb jellyfish eats its own offspring By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:44:03 GMT The cannibalistic animal in question is a species called Mnemiopsis leidyi, which is also known as the warty comb jelly. It regularly washes up on Baltic shores. Full Article
t Repurposing drugs to treat COVID-19 will allow tackle the pandemic faster than developing a vaccine By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:06:31 GMT Any effective vaccine will take over a year to be developed and ready to be brought to bear on the coronavirus outbreak on a large scale, the UK-led team argued. Full Article
t Music streaming service Deezer is developing a new AI to identify explicit song lyrics By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:51:07 GMT The music streaming service Deezer is developing an AI tool to analyze lyrics and help determine whether new songs added to its library should be flagged as explicit. Full Article
t Middle-aged people are suffering almost 20 per cent more stress than two decades ago, study shows By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:18:22 GMT The root of the problem lies in the 'generational squeeze' of having dependent parents on one side and grown-up children struggling to start a career on the other, US researchers found. Full Article
t Locked-down smartphone users in the UK are sitting on unused mobile data worth £165 million By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:25:27 GMT UK consumers stuck at home during lockdown are using a fraction of the data that they would usually, relying on home WiFi instead, comparison site Uswitch has reported. Full Article
t Carbon emissions are being detected from the moon By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:31:22 GMT Carbon emissions from the moon are making scientists question the theory that the dusty rock was formed in a collision between the Earth and 'wandering planet' Theia. Full Article
t Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft captures pictures of asteroid Ryugu in stunning detail By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:01:43 GMT The image is the latest stunner to come back from Japan's Hayabusa2 mission, which previously landed two rovers on the asteroid in a world's first. Full Article
t Origami-inspired expanding lunar module set for testing in Greenland By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:10:04 GMT A new 'origami-inspired' foldable shelter designed for the next generation of moon explorers is about to undergo testing in the harsh conditions of Greenland. Full Article
t Elon Musk says Neuralink will do brain implants 'within a year' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 22:19:01 GMT Speaking on Joe Rogan's podcast, Elon Musk said Neuralink will have a version of brain implant ready 'within a year', which aims to treat brain injuries and trauma, and enable symbiosis with AI. Full Article
t Tinder testing out a new video feature that aims to match users via a live-streamed game of trivia By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 22:54:03 GMT While the details of how the game will work are sparse, picture from The Verge suggest that it will be live and may even include a chat feature in which a 'live audience' can watch along. Full Article
t Gene identified in South African honey bees causes virgin births and lets them produce only females By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 22:54:32 GMT Gene that causes virgin births in Cape honey bees is identified for the first time. The gene also lets female workers only reproduce daughters because males are not needed in the colony. Full Article
t Global warming could trigger ancient Indian Ocean El Niño-like climate pattern by 2100 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 23:02:15 GMT Computer simulations reveal climate change could awaken an ancient Indian Ocean El Niño by 2100, but the phenomenon could occur as early as 2050 if the current warming trends continue. Full Article
t Japanese honeybees COOK invading 'murder hornets' to death By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 23:09:16 GMT Murderous Asian hornets are invading honeybee hives- decapitating the insects and feeding the bodies to their young. But Japanese bees are fighting back by cooking the predators to death. Full Article
t US Military reveals mission details of X-37B space plane for the first time ahead of orbital flight By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 23:12:34 GMT The US Air Force's secretive X-37B space plane will conduct three experiments in low orbit, including converting the sun's power into radio frequency microwave energy. Full Article
t Microsoft unveils Xbox Series X gameplay and new 'badge' for when games run best on the console By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 03:42:32 GMT In a live-streamed event on Thursday the gaming titan showcased in-engine gameplay of several upcoming titles for the Series X, Microsoft's upcoming next-generation console. Full Article
t Pangolins blamed for transmitting coronavirus from bats to humans may be IMMUNE to the disease By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:00:46 GMT Pangolins - which lack a virus-sensing gene, meaning they can carry the virus without necessarily suffering - may hold the key to beating COVID-19, Austrian researchers said. Full Article
t Baby bust: Coronavirus lockdown is putting people OFF having children By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:43:09 GMT Research led by the University of Florence found over 80 per cent of people do not plan to conceive during the COVID-19 crisis. Full Article
t Ash dieback disease plaguing British forests could be stopped by hedgerows By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:09:37 GMT Scientists from the British Ecological Society found the fungal disease is far less severe in the isolated landscapes such as in hedgerows. Full Article
t 'Smell cameras' built to detect explosives could sniff out coronavirus in the air By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:30:09 GMT California-based Koniku partnered with Airbus on the project as the start-up specialises in neurotechnology. Full Article
t Mysterious underwater insect uses microplastics to build protective microshelters for itself By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:46:15 GMT As microplastics continue to fill the world's oceans and rivers, one mysterious yet resourceful insect is using the pollutants to build shelters for itself, though the shells aren't as strong as natural ones. Full Article
t Coronavirus: Vitamin D deficient are TWICE as likely to die By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:45:27 GMT A study from the US found patients with a severe deficiency are twice as likely to experience major complications, including death. Full Article
t Human brains use dreams to replay recent events and help form memories, study finds By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:48:17 GMT Using implanted electrodes, US researchers were able to show that people's brains replayed the neuron activity of a memory game while they slept. Full Article