E-cigarettes have the potential to benefit some people, by helping them quit smoking. But scientists still have a lot to learn about whether e-cigarettes are truly effective for quitting smoking and what the long-term risks are. Nicotine is already known to be highly addictive and harm adolescent brain development, which continues into the early to … Read more
Cousins of T. Rex that roamed the planet 150 million years ago may have resorted to CANNIBALISM when food was scarce Researchers analysed 2,368 fossil bone fragments from a Colorado, US, quarry Of the remains, 684 had bite marks from dinosaurs like meat-eating Allosaurus While most were on plant-eating reptiles, 17 per cent were on other meat … Read more
Twitter users stretch words such as ‘yes’, ‘dude’ and ‘hey’ to modify their meaning, according to researchers who analysed 100 billion tweets. The US linguist experts say stretched words that convey a different meaning than the original are common feature of social media, but are rare in formal writing. For instance, ‘suuuuure’ can imply sarcasm, ‘duuuuude’ … Read more
Revealed: First pictures of two 2,000-tonne boring machines that will dig giant tunnels 260 feet below the ground for the HS2 railway line The 34-feet-long tunnelling machines are currently being assembled in Germany They will be shipped to Britain and commence drilling operations later this year The public can vote on the machine names — … Read more
Revealed: First pictures of two 2,000-tonne boring machines that will dig giant tunnels 260 feet below the ground for the HS2 railway line The 34-feet-long tunnelling machines are currently being assembled in Germany They will be shipped to Britain and commence drilling operations later this year The public can vote on the machine names — … Read more
‘Zombie’ fires may have reignited in the Arctic as scientists warn there are more to come in 2020 after an unusually warm spring Smouldering piles were picked up by satellites monitoring region’s emissions Higher than average temperatures were recorded in Greenland and Siberia Scientists are warning of more fire in the Arctic this year as … Read more
Facebook rolls out TikTok-like app called Collab that lets users create music by repurposing people’s short video clips The app lets users record short video clips of music and piece them together Videos are recorded in three parts and are posted to a feed From their other users can borrow clips to create their own … Read more
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, bringing them one-step closer to making history. The pair were chauffeured into the facility by a white Tesla Model X with NASA stickers placed on the front doors and decals on the windshield form each of the space … Read more
Britons will be able to see a rocket hurtle across the sky at 9.50pm tonight as it heads for the International Space Station. The Falcon 9, the first manned space flight to leave US soil in nine years, is set for blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 21.33 BST (16:33 ET) this evening. Elon … Read more
Books are still the best way to learn: Young children understand more when reading something on paper rather than on a screen More than 1,100 10-year-old children in Norway did two comprehension tests One was done on a screen while the other used the traditional medium of paper One in three students (30 per cent) … Read more