Basketball stars that shine early in their NBA careers, like Luka and LeBron, have better careers and stay skilled for longer, scientists claim Researchers at at the University of Oxford studied the age and talent interaction Authors of the study analysed data from a total of 2,845 players over 50 years However, a player’s position on … Read more
Astronomers spot fresh crater on Mars caused by mysterious impact so powerful it smashed through the planet’s ice cap Impact occurred between July and September 2018, images from the Mars HiRISE craft reveal Huge impact smashed through the ice at the planet’s southern ice cap, sending debris into a unique pattern By Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com Published: … Read more
Rudolf Hess is pictured in the grounds of Spandau prison where he spent 41 years Hess was born the eldest of three children in Alexandria, Egypt in 1897 to ethnically German parents. He was sent to boarding school in 1908 to study and went on to enrol at the University of Munich in 1919, reading … Read more
Amazon unveils ‘Scout’ delivery bot set to roam the streets of Seattle to deliver packages The bright blue battery-powered robots can deliver packages autonomously Six Scout robots are being used in an area of Snohomish County, Washington They roll along at a ‘walking pace’ and avoid humans and pets on the sidewalk By Annie Palmer … Read more
Robo-valet! How travellers at Gatwick airport will have their cars parked by ROBOTS to maximise capacity (without having to worry about them being taken for a joyride) A trial is starting in August in part of Gatwick’s South Terminal long-stay car park Military grade GPS will guide the machine to the car and to its … Read more
Researchers in Antartica have reveal the first glimpse at a mysterious Antarctic lake ‘twice the size of Manhattan’ buried under 3,500 feet of ice that could hold life. Mercer Subglacial Lake is a hydraulically active lake that lies more 1000m beneath the Whillans Ice Plain, a fast moving section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. … Read more
Burial site of Cleopatra and Mark Antony will be ‘uncovered soon’: Final resting site of the famed Pharaoh will be revealed near the Egyptian city of Alexandria, archaeologist claims Archaeologists believe that they have found the tomb of the ancient couple They say the crypt is in Taposiris Magna, around eighteen miles from Alexandria Historians believe … Read more
The final piece of the archaeological puzzle: Scientists find a way to bring shattered and ruined ancient artefacts back to life using AI Algorithm predicts what the neighbouring fragments should look like It virtually pieces these together to produce a recreated image of the art Archaeologists say it could drastically reduce the time for restoring artefacts By … Read more
Ready for take off… your next Uber: Electric planes flying at 200mph will pick you up from a car park by 2023 UberAir is hoping to debut in the U.S. in four years and later fly in British skies Passengers will be picked up from the top of office buildings or shopping centres Planes can … Read more
The traditional view The traditional ‘Out of Africa’ model suggests that modern humans evolved in Africa and then left in a single wave around 60,000 years ago. The model often holds once modern humans left the continent, a brief period of interbreeding with Neanderthals occurred. This explains why individuals of European and Asian heritage today … Read more
DNA – deoxyribonucleic acid – is widely known as the molecule found in the nucleus of all our cells that contains genetic information. It is shaped like a double-helix and made of small sections called nucleotides. Each nucleotide contains a nucleobase, a sugar, and a phosphate group. The sugar component in this particular molecule is … Read more
Move over, hoverboards. A new pair of hovershoes unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show could soon replace your scooter, bike and skateboard – just don’t try to take them for a spin in the rain. Called the Motokick hover shoes, the $200 self-balancing skates slip underneath your shoes to propel users at speeds of up … Read more
Giant volcanic eruptions on Jupiter’s moon Io have been spotted by NASA‘s Juno probe. On Dec. 21, during winter solstice, four of Juno’s cameras captured images of the Jovian moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system, on the mission’s 17th flyby of the gas giant. Stunned researchers say they hit the jackpot by … Read more