Quorn is putting the ‘farm to shop’ carbon footprint details of its most popular products on the label – and it’s called on other brands to do the same The information will let customers know the carbon impact of the product It will initially be available for the top 20 products on the Quorn website … Read more
Hackers are using a major security flaw in the Mozilla Firefox web browser to carry out ‘targeted attacks’ on some users, US government warns Mozilla says the weakness has been fixed and sent out in an automatic update US cybersecurity agency says hackers were found exploiting it ‘in the wild’ Users are urged to manually … Read more
Could WORMS hold secret to anti-ageing? Scientists extend the lifespan of a roundworm that is genetically similar to humans by FIVE TIMES US and Chinese scientists used mutations to tweak the lifespan of a roundworm C. elegans normally lives for three weeks but had its lifetime expanded five-fold The roundworm shares genetic traits with humans … Read more
Hummingbirds owe their famous iridescent plumage to ‘pancake-like’ cells in their feathers, according to new research. An international team of scientists carried out the largest optical study of its kind to find why the birds native to the Americas shine so brightly. Hummingbird feathers display intense iridescence – they appear to gradually change colour as they are … Read more
Astronomers have discovered the first known asteroid that stays inside Venus’ orbit — one which takes just 151 days to go around the Sun. Hints of the object and its rare orbit were first picked up by an astronomical survey undertaken in California and confirmed with data from a telescope in Italy. After initially being … Read more
The Battle of Britain could have easily been won by the Germans if not for tactical ineptitude, a new study reveals. University of York researchers have created a computer model, called the weighted bootstrap, which re-imagines the 1940 battle under different circumstances. It identifies two enormous blunders by notorious Nazi commander Hermann Goering – a … Read more
Stargazers will have the chance to see the first lunar eclipse of the decade tonight as the outer shadow of the Earth passes over the Wolf Moon 2020 set to start with an amazing celestial display with a penumbral eclipse A penumbral eclipse happens when the Sun, Moon and Earth align imperfectly It will be … Read more
Early humans in Europe travelled south towards sunny Spain to avoid the cold and give them better chances of survival, a new study suggests. Neanderthals, an early relative of humans, fled other parts of Europe during the last ice age and arrived in Gibraltar, the southern tip of the Iberian peninsular. Spanish scientists have based … Read more
Blooming shell! First glimpse at Samsung’s FOLDABLE Galaxy Bloom smartphone that opens like a clamshell as blurry image is leaked from a secret meeting at CES 2020 Reports are circulating after the closed-door meeting held for key partners Galaxy Bloom is to be the phone’s official title, not just a pre-launch code-name It will reportedly sport … Read more
Rocks reveal Scotland was frozen in a mini ICE AGE during the ‘boring billion’ era when scientists thought not much happened to the Earth’s climate Between 1,800 and 800 million years ago not much changed for Earth’s climate But scientists have now found evidence of a mini ice age during this period Shows the ‘boring billion’ … Read more
A new study shows ‘Caribs’ invaded the Caribbean in 800AD – earlier than previously thought – adding credibility to cannibalism claims by Christopher Columbus. The Spanish explorer’s claims were long thought to be a myth but the latest research from the Florida Museum of Natural History suggest he may have been right. The team used … Read more
Eight unrealised designs for flying cars have been brought to life by researchers in stunning computer images, in celebration of humanity’s drive for the skies. The concepts — which range from a behemoth suspended beneath two giant corkscrew propellers to a car with rentable wing attachments — were all patented between 1912 and 2006. While … Read more
Jupiter is flinging space rocks at the Earth ‘like a sniper’ – NOT sucking up or deflecting dangerous debris, physicist claims Common wisdom says Jupiter’s huge gravity sucks in nearby space debris But scientists claim it does not always function like a shield for the solar system In some instances its huge bulk redirects passing rocks … Read more