Let your children learn to love the great outdoors on one of these thrilling survival courses

Have you exhausted the list of outdoor family activities during the pandemic? Then why not get the gang on board for a survival course when restrictions lift? With spring almost upon us, outdoor centres are offering bushcraft adventures suitable for everyone from timid tykes to go-getting grandparents. Should you be a fan of his TV … Read more

Virtual Bluetooth virus spreads between SMARTPHONES to learn more about disease spread

A virtual Bluetooth virus spread between SMARTPHONES ‘could help us track Covid-19 more accurately’, study claims The technology — called ‘Safe Blues’ — provides an accurate model of Covid-19 It allows for real-time monitoring of an epidemic unlike epidemiological data   Android users run the app in the background of their phone and it works anonymously using … Read more

Why you need to learn the ‘mother’s kiss’: How mum’s quick-thinking move prevented a hospital visit

Why you need to learn the ‘mother’s kiss’: How mum’s quick-thinking move saved the day when her toddler stuck a pea up his nose The simple trick every parent needs to know has been revealed in a video Mum Nikki showed what to do when a toddler puts something up their nose  Nikki said you … Read more

Why you need to learn the ‘mother’s kiss’: How mum’s quick-thinking move prevented a hospital visit

Why you need to learn the ‘mother’s kiss’: How mum’s quick-thinking move saved the day when her toddler stuck a pea up his nose The simple trick every parent needs to know has been revealed in a video Mum Nikki showed what to do when a toddler puts something up their nose  Nikki said you … Read more

Scientists develop AI that can learn which faces you find attractive directly from your brain waves 

An artificial intelligence system has been developed that can delve into your mind and learn which faces and types of visage you find most attractive.  Finnish researchers wanted to find out whether a computer could identify facial features we find attractive without any verbal or written input guiding it. The team strapped 30 volunteers to … Read more

Biology: Scientists play MC Hammer to baby zebrafish to learn how they develop hearing underwater 

Stop, Science time! Scientists are playing MC Hammer to baby zebrafish in order to understand how they develop their hearing underwater. After developing a special speaker system to play music to the fish, Australian neuroscientists imaged the brains of the larval zebrafish to see which cells reacted. They found that young zebrafish have considerably better … Read more

Biology: Scientists play MC Hammer to baby zebrafish to learn how they develop hearing underwater 

U Can’t Touch FISH! Scientists play MC Hammer to baby zebrafish to understand how they develop hearing underwater A neuroscientist and DJ developed a special underwater speaker system They imaged the brains of larval zebrafish as they listened to music and sounds This allowed them to see which brain cells and regions reacted to the … Read more

Apple launches free virtual sessions to learn the basics of using devices

The company’s journey to the summit of the technology industry has been a rocky one, having seen Jobs (pictured right in 1976) leave the firm in the mid-1980s after his pet project, the first Macintosh computer, struggled and he attempted to oust then chief executive John Sculley. Wozniak is pictured left   1976: Founders Steve Jobs, … Read more

Friends who bonded over being adopted learn they are SISTERS

Two women who met at work and bonded over being adopted have learned they are biological sisters years into their friendship after taking 23andMe DNA tests.  Cassandra Madison, 32, and Julia Tinetti, 31, became fast friends when they met as employees at the Russian Lady Bar in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2013. They soon learned that … Read more