Sci-Tech news

• Stone Age bones of Britain's last tribe are discovered in Inner Hebrides

  11-08-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using new bone collagen analysis technique, archaeologists have determined the species of 20 bone fragments from 4,000BC of which 14 were confirmed as human on a Hebridean island.
  
  Read more

• Your holiday tan comes from SPACE: Part of the light that gives you a glow has travelled from alien suns

  11-08-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian astrophysicists say we are constantly bombarded by about 10 billion photons per second from intergalactic space when we're outside, day and night.
  
  Read more

• Mysterious Greenland Shark can swim for almost 400 years and mature at 150

  11-08-2016 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by the University of Copenhagen discovered the Greenland shark, which hunts in the North Atlantic, has a life expectancy of at least 272 years but can live to up to 392-years-old.
  
  Read more

• Scientists find ancient sharks cannibalized their babies from 300 million-year-old fossils

  11-08-2016 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Orthacanthus sharks once dominated the waters of the ‘Coal Forests' in Europe and North America. Researchers have now discovered fossil feces containing the teeth of their young.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• South Korean scientists reveal the best way to carry coffee to avoid splashing it

  11-08-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The South Korean scientists recommend the 'claw hand'. This involves putting your hand over the top of the cup and gripping it just below the rim. Flimsy cardboard cups may also collapse under pressure.
  
  Read more

• Hackers take over YOUR Instagram profiles with pornographic images and adult dating spam

  11-08-2016 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hackers are taking over Instagram accounts and posting pornographic imagery and links to adult websites redirecting users to adult dating sites and scammers are paid when they sign up.
  
  Read more

• Social media stars warned over undeclared paid-for ads

  11-08-2016 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Authorities warn dozens of celebrities after they are found posting paid-for advertising on social media accounts - but refuse to name any of them.
  
  Read more

• Stretchy 'pad' turns your arm into the ultimate flexible touchscreen

  11-08-2016 20:00
  
  By: Ben WoodsContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Greenland sharks may be able to live to a staggering 500 years old

  11-08-2016 20:00
  
  By: Amelia HeathmanContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Greenland sharks may be able to live to a staggering 400 years old

  11-08-2016 20:00
  
  By: Amelia HeathmanContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Bunbury fishermen spot alien-like ball before it gets devoured by sharks off Perth coast

  11-08-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fishermen spotted a gigantic alien-like ball floating off the coast of Bunbury, south of Perth on Wednesday before it was devoured by sharks.
  
  Read more

• Hawaii's shifting sands reveal petroglyphs that may have been carved by aboriginal settlers

  11-08-2016 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts believe the carvings discovered on the Wai'anae coast, could be hundreds of years old, predating the first European settlers who reached the islands in the late 1700s.
  
  Read more

• Perseids meteor shower will peak TONIGHT creating hundreds of shooting stars

  11-08-2016 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As well as the meteor shower, Mars, Saturn and the moon are set to align this evening. From the Northern Hemisphere, viewers should see the triangle in the southwest.
  
  Read more

• Jupiter gravity nudge sets up 'meteor storm' on Earth

  11-08-2016 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Observers are looking forward to an annual astronomical event that could to turn into a spectacular "meteor storm" in the early hours of Friday.
  
  Read more

• Glass that switches from transparent to opaque may soon replace the need for blinds

  11-08-2016 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from MIT have come up with a new glass that requires no power to maintain its state, apart from a little electricity to switch from one state to another.
  
  Read more

• Video of Stanford father who built 360 degree swing in his back garden

  11-08-2016 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colin Furze, 36, decided to impress son Jake by building the ultimate swing which can go higher than the house in Stanford, Lincolnshire, and upside down.
  
  Read more

• Play 'Pokémon Uranium' – a fan-made game that took nine years to complete

  11-08-2016 17:04
  
  By: Matt KamenContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Hiroshima atomic bonb survivors’ life expectancy isn’t dramatically reduced

  11-08-2016 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A molecular biologist at Aix-Marseille University, France, reviewed decades of studies on the effects of the radiation on survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  
  Read more

• Paralysed patients are able to walk again using virtual reality and brain training in 'suprising' breakthough

  11-08-2016 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'surprising' clinical results from the Walk Again Project in Sao Paulo, Brazil, show patients have some sensations and muscle control in their legs.
  
  Read more

• Experts warn that hackers could soon take over your SEX TOYS

  11-08-2016 16:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At a conference in Las Vegas, two New Zealand hackers said that they were concerned for the two million people who used devices by the vibrator manufacturer, Standard Innovation.
  
  Read more

• Microsoft 'golden key' blunder lets you install any OS on Windows hardware

  11-08-2016 16:25
  
  By: Ben WoodsContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Long-term health impacts of atomic bombs are NOT as dire as we think, claim scientists

  11-08-2016 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A molecular biologist at Aix-Marseille University, France, reviewed decades of studies on the effects of the radiation on survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  
  Read more

• Using virtual reality and brain training to help paraplegics walk

  11-08-2016 16:14
  
  By: Matt BurgessContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Spinal injury victims regain feeling in their legs after training with virtual reality

  11-08-2016 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'surprising' clinical results from the Walk Again Project in Sao Paulo, Brazil, show patients have some sensations and muscle control in their legs.
  
  Read more

• How Zika could spread around the world: Map reveals the countries most at risk

  11-08-2016 16:01
  
  Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Brain-robot training triggers improvement in paralysis

  11-08-2016 15:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eight paraplegic people have regained partial movement after a one-year training programme based on brain-controlled robotics, researchers say.
  
  Read more

• Pioneering British steamship 'The Thames' is found in a Siberian river

  11-08-2016 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vessel was carrying a cargo of graphite bound for Britain when it ran into trouble in icy waters in the wilds of northern Russia, some 916 miles (1,475km) north of regional capital Krasnoyarsk.
  
  Read more

• US couple sues IP mapping firm over 'digital hell'

  11-08-2016 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US couple is suing a firm that maps internet connections to real world locations, saying their home was put at the centre of criminal investigations
  
  Read more

• Women warned about booming market in period tracker apps

  11-08-2016 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The market is booming in apps which help women track their periods - but there are warnings about data concerns.
  
  Read more

• Mystery of Siberia’s ‘monster mummy’: Bizarre creature is uncovered at a Russian diamond mine

  11-08-2016 14:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The creature is said to have bewildered locals after being discovered in sand in by diamond miners in Udachny, 1,160 miles (1,866km) north west of regional capital Yakutsk.
  
  Read more

• Genes are seen 'switching off' in the brain for the first time

  11-08-2016 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team at Harvard Medical School’s Martinos Center believe the imaging technique (pictured) could provide new insight into diseases of the brain by looking at changes to gene expression.
  
  Read more

• Strange orbit of new planet Niku hints at mysterious object in the outer solar system

  11-08-2016 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers using a telescopes on Hawaii have discovered a new minor planet with a weird tilted orbit they have called Niku, which they believe may have been bumped by a yet to be found planet.
  
  Read more

• Microbes that laugh at antibiotics: UK sinks £4.5m into China-Brit kill team

  11-08-2016 13:44 via go.theregister.com
  
  Will team up to defeat drug resistant critters British research councils are attempting to tackle the rising problem of microbial resistance by pumping £4.5m into six research partnerships between the UK and China.…
  
  Read more

• Woman tells police she was RAPED by a Pokemon Go character after she felt an ‘assault’

  11-08-2016 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman in Russia claimed a Pokemon Go character raped a her as she slept. The unidentified womansaid she leapt out of bed and called police after she woke to find a monster on top of her.
  
  Read more

• Scientists home in on 'sociability genes' that help people make friends

  11-08-2016 13:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of California in San Diego, worked together will colleagues at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies, to better understand what make people social.
  
  Read more

• Mystery of the ‘Green Blob’ is solved

  11-08-2016 13:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by ETH Zurich have pieced together what causes the blob to glow, revealing the echo of the past activity of a black hole as it grew rapidly.
  
  Read more

• Is there another world lurking beyond Neptune? Strange orbit of new minor planet hints at mysterious object in the outer reaches of our solar system

  11-08-2016 13:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers using a telescopes on Hawaii have discovered a new minor planet with a weird tilted orbit they have called Niku, which they believe may have been bumped by a yet to be found planet.
  
  Read more

• Climate change is NOT the ‘biggest killer’ of wildlife

  11-08-2016 13:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an analysis of nearly 9,000 'threatened' or 'near-threatened' species around the world, Australian scientists found that three-quarters are being over-exploited for commerce, recreation or subsistence.
  
  Read more

• Is Apple working on a waterproof iPhone? Firm files patent for taking photos underwater

  11-08-2016 13:02
  
  By: Ben WoodsContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Split BT and Openreach, ex-minister Anna Soubry says

  11-08-2016 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former business minister Anna Soubry says Openreach, which runs much of the UK's broadband infrastructure, should be split off from BT.
  
  Read more

• Dota 2 chat forum hit by hack attack

  11-08-2016 12:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Almost two million login names and passwords are stolen from official forums for Valve's Dota 2 game.
  
  Read more

• Are your apps secretly stalking you? Android phones can be used to track you without permission

  11-08-2016 12:27
  
  By: Ben WoodsContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• You can now buy Elon Musk's Solar Roof panels

  11-08-2016 12:20
  
  By: Amelia HeathmanContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• The first houses have been fitted with Tesla's solar roof panels

  11-08-2016 12:20
  
  By: Amelia HeathmanContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Forget solar panels, Elon Musk is working on solar roofs

  11-08-2016 12:20
  
  By: Amelia HeathmanContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Elon Musk's 'attractive' solar roof panels go on sale later today

  11-08-2016 12:20
  
  By: Amelia HeathmanContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Genes are seen 'switching off' in the brain for the first time: Breakthrough could help treat Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia 

  11-08-2016 12:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team at Harvard Medical School’s Martinos Center believe the imaging technique (pictured) could provide new insight into diseases of the brain by looking at changes to gene expression.
  
  Read more

• Star Trek: Discovery is getting a female lead and will be set 10 years before Captain Kirk

  11-08-2016 12:15
  
  By: Matt KamenContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Bizarre red 'UFO' spotted hovering above in the skies above Paris

  11-08-2016 12:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A couple were taken by surprise when they spotted a bright red orb in the skies above Paris. Having just left their vehicle, the pair looked up to see the red light hovering in the sky.
  
  Read more

• London's Night Tube is being tested this weekend ahead of its official launch

  11-08-2016 12:04
  
  By: Matt BurgessContinue reading...
  
  Read more

Follow @scitech_UK on Twitter!