Apple may launch two new versions of its budget-friendly iPhone SE 2 this year starting at just $399

Apple may launch TWO new versions of its budget-friendly iPhone SE 2 this year, report says Apple may release two versions of its iPhone SE 2 this year Both models will have LCD displays and may come in differing sizes  Previous reports suggest the phone will cost $399  The budget device will be available in 64 … Read more

We may already have evidence of alien life but no way to tell that’s what it is, scientist claims

Evidence for life on other planets may already be sitting on a hard drive on Earth, but we may not realise that’s what it is, a science philosopher claims. The question of whether we are ‘alone in the universe’ is one that has been pondered by scientists, writers and philosophers for generations. There have been … Read more

Shanghai replaces fireworks on New Year’s Eve with thousands for a stunning display

Shanghai replaces fireworks on New Year’s Eve with thousands of drones which assemble midair to create a spinning globe, a running man and a countdown in incredible light display Shanghai used nearly 2,000 drones instead of fireworks to create a display over the city on New Year’s Eve  The drones were piloted from a single … Read more

The Terracotta Army expands as 220 more earthenware ‘warriors’ are uncovered

The ranks of the ‘Terracotta Army’ that guards the mausoleum of the First Emperor of China has grown as archaeologists reported on Monday finding 220 new warriors. Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s tomb lies buried at the heart of a 249 feet (76 meter) -tall mound in what is today Xi’an’s Lintong District, in the northwest of China. The … Read more

The race to Mars: USA, Europe, Russia, China and the UAE are all headed for the Red Planet in 2020

There are four major missions bound for Mars this year, with the USA, Europe, China and the United Arab Emirates all preparing to depart in the summer. The flurry of Martian launches are due to the fact that, in July 2020, Earth and Mars are ideally positioned relative to each other for spaceships to land. … Read more

TikTok claims the USA and India made the most requests for access to user data

TikTok has revealed that India and American governments made the most requests for access to user data and content removal in the first six months of 2019.  But, despite serious allegations of spying and privacy fears, TikTok claims the Communist Party of China did not make a single request of this nature.  TikTok is blocked in … Read more

NASA sets materials on fire aboard the ISS

NASA astronauts have literally been playing with fire aboard the International Space Station,  as part of experiments to determine how flames behave in space. The ‘Confined Combustion’ experiments have been conducted since Christmas Eve to determine the how fires spread and behave differently in zero gravity. Due to the differences in gravity, fires could be … Read more

Hibernating grizzly bears hold the key to stopping muscles wasting away in humans

Hibernating grizzly bears could shed light on how to reduce muscle wastage of astronauts in microgravity and patients on life support Humans that do not use their muscles very often quickly see their muscles waste This includes bedridden patients and astronauts that are in space   But grizzly bears can hibernate for six months and maintain muscle size and … Read more

Quadrantids meteor shower peaks tomorrow night with up to 60 shooting stars visible per hour

The Quadrantids meteor shower will peak tomorrow night and Saturday morning with up to around 60 ‘shooting stars’ likely to be visible in the sky each hour. The first meteor shower of this decade, the Quadrantids occur annually during late December and early January, typically reaching their peak over a few hours.  This year they will … Read more

Teenage Tyrannosaurus rex bones reveal how they grew into ‘plodding, crushing monsters’

Teenage Tyrannosaurus rex bones reveal how the ‘king of the dinosaurs’ grew from sleek and slender beasts into ‘lumbering bone crushers’ The Tyrannosaurus rex bones were found in Montana, USA in the early 2000s The bones were notably smaller than other bones and named Jane and Petey  They found that the teenage T.Rex could halt its … Read more

How dinosaurs paved the way for human evolution by developing a higher metabolism

Dinosaurs ‘SHRANK’ in size and developed higher metabolisms – paving the way for warm-blooded mammals, scientists claim Dinosaurs shrank while adapting to have higher metabolism, researchers say Metabolic rates rose from early Jurassic period, around 180 million years ago  They had to shrink nine-fold to have the same energy as a cold-blooded animal University of … Read more