Worst polluting plastics facing a tax crackdown
Theworst polluting plastics could be taxed in plans to tackle the scourge of environmental littering Chancellor Philip Hammond announced a consultation on singleuse plastics
View ArticleSingapore will use driverless buses on roads from 2022
Driverless buses will be deployed in three new suburban towns Punggol Tengah and the Jurong Innovation District according to Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan
View ArticleElon Musk says we only have 10 chance of making AI safe
Elon Musk was giving a talk to employees at San Franciscobased Neuralink when he said there was maybe a five to 10 per cent chance of success at making AI safe
View ArticleXrays show Dolly the Sheep did not have arthritis
Researchers at Glasgow and Nottingham University based their conclusion on Xrays of Dollys skeleton held by National Museums Scotland NMS in Edinburgh
View ArticleNASA drone race pits humans against an AI pilot
The space agency took on pilot Ken Loo on a specially designed course using three purpose built drones named Batman Joker and Nightwing in a project funded by Google
View ArticleGerman town of Staufen is cracking apart
Buildings in the German town of Staufen have been developing cracks since 2007 after a failed drilling operation caused the ground to swell
View ArticleUS government warns about cyber bug in Intel chips
The Department of Homeland Security in Washington DC has advised PC users to review Intels warning which includes a software tool to check if they have a vulnerable chip
View ArticleThunderstorms create radiation in Earths atmosphere
Research from Kyoto University in Japan shows that lightning bolts trigger nuclear reactions in thunderclouds firing radioactive particles toward its surface
View ArticleWolves return to Oregon brings conflict and opportunity
Wolves were once so plentiful in the abundant forests that would become Oregon that the earliest settlers gathered from far and wide to discuss how to kill them
View ArticleTreasure hunter unearths 1500yearold Anglo Saxon coins
Chris Kutler 54 stumbled upon the coins after spending four days searching a 1600 sq metre field in Chelmsford Essex
View ArticleGiant asteroid 3200 Phaethon will brush past Earth soon
Astronomers at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Konigsberg Russia have shown 3200 Phaethon will brush quite close with Earth on December 17
View ArticleElon Musks electric truck will cost 150000
For those who want their truck in a hurry special founders series are being made with 200000 required up front to get one Tesla said production will stat in 2019
View ArticleFacebook trials new Snapchatstyle Streaks feature
Like Snapstreaks on Snapchat Facebook Messenger Streaks have emoji next to the name of anyone who users are regularly messaging It is currently being tested globally on select users
View ArticleHow cooking fish and chips can change the weather
Chemists at the universities of Reading Bristol and Bath say that frying food could have a significant impact on cloud formation and rainy weather
View ArticleEuropes oldest chimpanzee Blossom dies at 62
Tributes have poured in from animal fans to Blossom who arrived at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling when she was thought to be aged 17
View ArticleThe Sex Robots Are Coming shows married mans sex robot
New UK documentary The Sex Robots Are Coming tells the story of engineer James 58 whose mistress is a 5ft tall blonde robot called April He says the relationship has his wifes blessing
View ArticleNASA reveals strange pattern in Antarcticas sea ice
This incredible image shows a rare formation of ice in Antarctica known asfinger rafting which occurs when two floes of thin sea ice collide
View ArticleNew species can develop in as little as two generations
Experts from Uppsala University in Sweden analysed DNA from the parent birds collected over the years by biologists from Princeton University as well as their offspring
View ArticleBabies can assess how much someone values a goal
Researchers from MIT and Harvard University suggest that babies acquire an intuition about how people make decisions very early in life stock image
View ArticleBizarre 2100 bionic arm will give you two extra hands
It is controlled using small sensors in the fingers and a demonstration video shows it pinching and gripping with each finger moving independently
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