Battle of the bird brains! Wild cockatoos perform just as well as those raised by humans in intelligence tests, new study shows Researchers in Vienna tested the intelligence of Goffin’s cockatoos They compared a group of lab-raised birds with a group of wild birds They found both groups performed similarly in intelligence tests The main … Read more
Coronavirus patients stop being infectious after 11 days even if they still test positive for the disease, study finds Infected person becomes contagious around two days before symptoms show Then contagious for 7 to 10 days after they start showing signs of the disease Covid-19 ‘could not be isolated or cultured after day 11’, researchers … Read more
Coronavirus pandemic could be over in the UK by September 30: Scientific model predicts virus will continue its steady decline with NO second wave Singapore University of Technology plotted data from the Covid-19 pandemic United States will extinguish the infection by November 11, the team discovered The model predicts the trajectory of the spread of … Read more
Coronavirus pandemic could be over in the UK by September 30: Scientific model predicts virus will continue its steady decline with NO second wave Singapore University of Technology plotted data from the Covid-19 pandemic United States will extinguish the infection by November 11, the team discovered The model predicts the trajectory of the spread of … Read more
Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley helps radio quizzer win £5,760 prize after the Singaporean contestant was ruled out for pronouncing the star’s name wrong The challenge was to identify 14 famous voices from one-second clips Listener of Singapore’s Gold 905, Muhammad Shalehan, thought he had won However, he was told he had not pronounced Tony Hadley’s name correctly … Read more
Scientists say they’ve created a device that allows electricity to be generated from the shadows thanks to different illumination angles. The shadow-effect energy generator (SEG), developed in Singapore, makes use of the contrast in illumination between lit and shadowed areas to generate electricity. The low-cost flexible device, which powered a watch in experiments, even gives … Read more
A California man had to wait until after his grandmother died this February to get a chance to look through her old photo albums — and he was amazed to discover how truly glamorous her life was. Johnny Quan’s grandma Leung Ping (梁萍, also called Teresa Leung) died earlier this year at age 93, and it … Read more
Boston Dynamics’ Spot the robotic ‘dog’ deployed in Singapore parks to tell people to keep a safe distance – as its cameras record how many people are in public spaces Boston Dynamics’s four-legged ‘Spot’ robot is patrolling parks in Singapore The bot plays recorded messages and estimating the number of people It is in a testing … Read more
Lorraine Kelly has revealed her daughter Rosie Smith has flown home from Singapore in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. The presenter, 60, spoke to her daughter, 25, on Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain in a pre-recorded segment, after explaining she ‘used her common sense’ and self-isolated for two weeks after returning home. Rosie told her … Read more
Singapore’s Changi is named the world’s best airport for the eighth year in a row, Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental is No1 in America and Heathrow is best for shopping Skytrax’s World Airport Awards are based on 13.5million passenger surveys, with 550 airports assessed Other highly ranked airports include Tokyo’s Haneda International and Hamad International in … Read more