A bionic eye that is as sensitive as the human retina could give millions of people the chance to see again — and will be available in just five years, a study reports. Named EC-EYE — short for ‘ElectroChemical EYE’ — the eerie bio-mimetic device is around an inch wide and was built by researchers … Read more
The digital writing aid Grammarly will now flag the phrases ‘Wuhan virus’ and ‘Chinese virus’ as potentially offensive and encourage people to instead use ‘COVID-19’ or ‘the coronavirus.’ The phrases were added to the tool’s list of sensitive words and phrases that should be avoided, as they can ‘encourage bias and misinformation.’ Grammarly points to a … Read more
Beauty of the beasts: Photographer’s striking black-and-white images reveal the magnificence and vulnerability of Africa’s wildest animals Laurent Baheux’s coffee table book is called The Family Album of Wild Africa and is 480 pages long The book includes almost 300 remarkable black-and-white images of animals from lions to hippos Animals are pictured nuzzling and tending to … Read more