Horrific scale of wildfires in 2019 laid bare in a shocking video that maps all the blazes across the planet throughout the year Wildfires around the world broke out throughout 2019 all over the world Vast swathes of land in California, Australia and South America were destroyed Data from Copernicus was turned into a 92-second … Read more
NASA has selected the site for its asteroid sample collection mission from the four previously-proposed candidates after a year of study. The spinning-top-shaped asteroid, ‘101955 Bennu’, is a 1,614 feet (492 m) wide near-Earth object with a cumulative 1-in-2,700 chance of hitting Earth from 2175–2199. The chosen primary sample site — dubbed ‘Nightingale’ — is located … Read more
A string of volcanic eruptions spanning a million years spelled doom for the dinosaurs even before the devastating asteroid impact 66 million years ago – and finished off any that survived it – a new study claims. The Chicxulub crater in modern-day Mexico is evidence of a huge space rock crashing into the Earth, which is believed to have … Read more
Instagram starts using artificial intelligence to detect potentially bullying language in image captions and encourage users to think twice before posting Photo-sharing app warns users to modify language in caption before posting The feature, which is rolled out from Monday, uses AI to detect harmful words ‘Caption Warning’ and the previously introduced ‘Comment Warning’ warns … Read more
A dog walker claims to have stumbled across a 65 million-year-old skeleton on a Somerset beach – thanks to the sharp noses of his dogs. Jon Gopsill, 54, was walking his two pets on the coast of Stolford, Somerset on Saturday when they sniffed out a bone that turned out to be part of a … Read more
Cars with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) systems that alert drivers or slow down when they are getting drowsy or distracted will start being rolled out from 2022. Engineering firm Bosch is developing an ‘interior monitoring system’ which uses cameras built into a car’s steering wheel and rear-view mirror to watch motorists. The AI will also … Read more
The European Space Agency has been forced to ask NASA for help to save its 2020 ExoMars mission, after a series of parachute tests ended in catastrophic failure. Two parachutes on the ExoMars rover are supposed to deploy as part of an intricate design to slow its descent onto the surface of the Red Planet. … Read more
Humans needs to drastically reduce the amount of meat they consume over the 10 years to prevent climate change spiralling out of control, scientists have warned. In an open letter sent to the prestigious Lancet journal, a team of academics from around the world call on ‘high and middle income countries’ to hit ‘peak meat’ … Read more
Watch the world burn in a new computer program that will simulate the fallout from global nuclear war designed by a German engineer Developed by engineer Ivan Stepanov, the program began as a video game mod Called Nuclear War Simulator, the program will be released in 2020 The program can show hundreds of attacks, and … Read more
Ben Fogle yesterday backed the Daily Mail’s campaign to plant more trees across Britain. The adventurer and broadcaster urged everyone to switch off their mobile phones and get back to nature – as he planted a maple in a city park. Fogle and his wife Marina attended an event organised with the Tree Council. Since the … Read more
NASA probe spots massive storm the size of Texas swirling near Jupiter’s south pole that joins a family of six other cyclones in the region NASA’s Juno capture the image of a new storm raging in Jupiter’s south pole on the craft’s 22nd flyby The cyclone joins six other storms in the region, which scientists say … Read more
Mysterious gamma rays emanating from the center of our galaxy could be dark matter, scientists say Gamma rays coming from the center of the galaxy may be dark matter A new study has placed dark matter back in the discussion Previous research posited that gamma rays were caused by a pulsar Scientists say those calculations may … Read more
Airbnb has removed more than 60 accounts of individuals who were identified in a massive data dump of the online neo-Nazi group Iron March. The firm launched a comprehensive effort to fight bias and discrimination three years ago and is now actively banning hosts who are not willing to comply – it has terminated 1.2 … Read more