Stars including Ab Fab’s Joanna Lumley and author Jilly Cooper back the Mail’s Be A Tree Angel campaign Joanna Lumley says the Mail’s tree campaign is ‘thrilling and really well-timed’ Forest of stars including Strictly’s Anton du Beke backs bid to plant more trees The campaign led to readers planting or pledging more than 30,000 … Read more
Facebook has extended its Crisis Response tools to WhatsApp, allowing those with poor connectivity to alert friends and family of a natural disaster or terrorist attack. Previously, users could only request or offer help during a disaster via Facebook and its Messenger app. Also part of the rollout is an expansion of Facebook’s disaster maps, … Read more
‘If we work together to plant a trillion trees, we could avoid mass extinction’: Bianca Jagger reveals why three generations of the Rolling Stone’s dynasty have joined the Mail’s Tree Angels campaign By Bianca Jagger and Assisi Jackson For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 6 December 2019 | Updated: 22:04 GMT, 6 December 2019 … Read more
Galaxy S11 will be first Samsung device to include ultra-high resolution 108-megapixel camera Leaks suggest Samsung’s Galaxy S11 will come with a 108-megapixel camera The sensor is unprecedentedly high for a smart phone camera The device is expected to be unveiled in February with a new folding phone By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 22:00 GMT, … Read more
European Space Agency send Simon the emotional support AI robot with a smiley face up to the ISS to help astronauts deal with the loneliness of space Astronauts on the ISS will get a new robotic assistant called CIMON 2 CIMON 2 has a screen for a face and two cameras for eyes IBM developed … Read more
Scientists genetically tweak the YEAST used in beer production to get rid of stale ale’s ‘wet cardboard’ odour by keeping it fresher for longer New strain produces more chemical that reduces dodgy-smelling compounds Aldehyde group of compounds make beer smell like cardboard or ‘old people’ Research may prolong beer shelf life and save the brewing industry … Read more
Google Santa Tracker is LIVE and the countdown to Christmas Day has begun with a range of activities and games to play in Santa’s digital ‘village’ Games including a ‘wrap battle’ and an ‘elf maker’ are now live on the site The games are ‘suitable for any age’ and can even help teach children coding … Read more
A pair of adorable Alaskan sea otters will take up residence in a new multi-million pound enclosure at the National Sea Life centre in Birmingham next year. It took the centre two-and-a-half years to secure permission to bring the critically endangered marine mammals from the USA to the UK. The sea otters face a 5,000 … Read more
Jurassic dinosaur footprints are discovered in 1980s ‘paving slabs’ at a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in North China 140 three-toed Theropod footprints, Koreanaornis prints, and a Brontosaur track Palaeontologists discovered multiple fossils at Chengde Mountain Resort, China The World Heritage Site is in Chengde city, Hebei, 140 miles north of Beijing By Milly Vincent For … Read more
Social media continues to fuel the British political ‘youthquake’, encouraging more and more young people to head to the polls next Thursday and vote. A message sent out to all UK Snapchat users from ‘Team Snapchat’ last month resulted in more than 63,739 people registering to vote in the upcoming General Election. The app is favoured by … Read more
Jumpers are not just for Christmas: Most of the 12 million festive sweaters sold in the UK are made with PLASTIC and will only be worn once There are thought to be more than 65 million Christmas Jumpers in UK homes Many of these jumpers are only worn for one years according to charity Hubbub … Read more
Primitive climate models dating back to as early as the 1970s have turned out to be largely accurate, rebutting the long-running doubts of sceptics, a study has found. Experts assessed 17 old models — including one that brought the issue of climate change to public light — to see how accurate their temperature predictions were. … Read more
‘Extraordinary items’ including a complete 1,700 year old Roman egg that was ‘likely used in a fertility ritual’ have been discovered in Buckinghamshire. While studying the third century items, archaeologists found four very fragile birds eggs from the period – three of them broke releasing a ‘potent stench of rotten egg’. The remaining egg is the … Read more