Scientific breakthroughs can happen in the strangest ways and places. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin due to mold growing in a Petri dish left while on vacation. In the 9th century, Chinese priests wanted to make an elixir of immortality; instead they discovered gunpowder. Our remarkable discovery took place on a rugged and remote coastline east… Read More »
The Conservatives’ launch on TikTok has been described as “pretty pathetic” by one expert, who praised Labour’s “more sophisticated” social media team. Social media has been touted as a key battleground in the general election for many years, but TikTok, which was launched in the UK in August 2018, was still in its infancy at… Read More »
An Amazon Prime membership can come with some serious perks, like free two-day shipping, instant access to movies on Amazon Prime Video, drugstore discounts, and Whole Foods delivery. A lesser-known and underutilized benefit? Exclusive access to classified sales through the Just for Prime sales hub, covering multiple categories. If you haven’t unlocked Amazon’s secret section… Read More »
What’s the worst part of owning a pool? Easy: Clean up. It’s a shame no one has made a Roomba for pools yet. Wait a minute what? They have? Yes: The best-selling Aiper Seagull SE Robotic Pool Cleaner moves around the bottom of your pool, vacuuming up loose debris, leaves, and other debris you don’t… Read More »
Decades-old photographs taken by the US space agency NASA have resurfaced in publications mistakenly claiming they were taken by a satellite carried by China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe in May 2024. The pictures spread online after a video was reported by Chinese state media. It turned out that the probe sent to collect samples from the… Read More »
According to research, more than 300 million children become victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse every year. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found that an eighth of the world’s children, 12.6%, are victims of talking, sharing and being exposed to sexual images and videos without consent, in the first global estimate of… Read More »
A circle of stones sits next to a gravel path that winds along the top of a hill on the east side of Calgary’s Nose Hill Park. Until recently, passersby could only see part of the circle; many of these individuals were unknowingly passing directly through an area that was the subject of archaeological excavations… Read More »
About 100 million years ago, in what is now Australia’s opal field, a strange, furry, egg-laying, rabbit-sized mammal glided through a puddle along a massive polar floodplain. This mammal – Opalius is magnificent But this creature, which scientists thankfully nicknamed “echidnapus,” was among the ancient descendants of the monotremes, one of the planet’s most unique… Read More »
Defense technology startup Blue Halo was founded five years ago by Gold Star Brother Jonathan Moneymaker. High-energy laser systems are now officially deployed overseas by the Army to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles. Moneymaker tells BI why being successful in defense technology isn’t just about having the most groundbreaking solution. “Our job is to keep… Read More »
Defense technology startup Blue Halo was founded five years ago by Gold Star Brother Jonathan Moneymaker. High-energy laser systems are now officially deployed overseas by the Army to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles. Moneymaker tells BI why being successful in defense technology isn’t just about having the most groundbreaking solution. “Our job is to keep… Read More »