Sci-Tech news

• Apple is in talks with luxury automaker McLaren to make supercar

  21-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reports claim Apple is in discussions with British supercar maker McLaren about an investment or acquisition. Some view this as way for Apple to revive its secretive self-driving electric car effort.
  
  Read more

• Philadelphia set to test pee-resistant paint for subway walls to spray urine back

  21-09-2016 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Philadelphia is set to test pee-resistant paint in its train systems to combat complaints of ‘human waste’ on the walls and floors. This spray will repel urine and spray it right back at the offender.
  
  Read more

• Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla pledge $3bn to wipe out ALL disease in 80 years

  21-09-2016 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a goal that's even more ambitious than connecting the entire world to the internet: He and his wife want to help eradicate all disease by the end of this century.
  
  Read more

• All non-Africans today can trace ancestry to ONE population emerging 72,000 years ago

  21-09-2016 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a genomic study of Aboriginal Australians, researchers confirmed that along with European and Asian ancestral groups, Papuan and Australian genomes trace back to one migration from Africa.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Secrets of a charred 1,500-year-old Hebrew scroll revealed using 'virtual unwrapping'

  21-09-2016 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Over 45 years ago, archaeologists discovered a burned 1,500-year-old Hebrew scroll on the shores of the Dead Sea in Israel. Researchers have now used digital analysis to decipher the writings.
  
  Read more

• Has Apple turned its sights to SUPERCARS? Report claims the firm is in talks with luxury automaker McLaren

  21-09-2016 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reports claim Apple is in discussions with British supercar maker McLaren about an investment or acquisition. Some view this as way for Apple to revive its secretive self-driving electric car effort.
  
  Read more

• Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to wipe out ALL disease by the end of the century

  21-09-2016 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a goal that's even more ambitious than connecting the entire world to the internet: He and his wife want to help eradicate all disease by the end of this century.
  
  Read more

• Zuckerberg and Chan aim to tackle all disease by 2100

  21-09-2016 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook's founder and his wife aim to cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Paignton Zoo breeds rare lemur leaf frogs by replicating the rainforest

  21-09-2016 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lemur leaf frogs are critically endangered in the rainforests of Costa Rica and Panama. Keepers at Paignton Zoo in Devon created a special rain chamber to get the amphibians in the mood.
  
  Read more

• Adidas Predator boots bare striking resemblance to 2,000 year old Roman sandals

  21-09-2016 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ancient shoe was discovered two weeks ago in a ditch at Roman fort Vindolanda close to Hexham, Northumberland.It will now go on permanent display in the site's museum.
  
  Read more

• Experts say the ocean soundscape is changing

  21-09-2016 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Greenhouse gas emissions are destroying the physical and chemical makeup of the oceans. And the University of Adelaide warns it will be much quieter by 2100 if we continue to ignore it.
  
  Read more

• Crater under small Scottish town could be site of British Isles' first meteorite

  21-09-2016 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Palaeontologist Dr Mike Simms believes he has found the 25 mile-wide impact crater under the small town of Lairg in northern Scotland and says the meteorite would have been two miles wide.
  
  Read more

• Humans arrived in Europe up to 30,000 years earlier than believed

  21-09-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa used computer models to re-create the journey of Homo sapiens over the past 125,000 years and how climate change affected them.
  
  Read more

• Clash Royale dethrones Pokémon Go as top-grossing iOS app

  21-09-2016 20:00
  
  By: Matt KamenContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Females who are at their most fertile become more attractive to other women

  21-09-2016 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Chapman University in California asked women to rate sample smells from women without deodorant or perfume, presented to them in terms of sexiness and intensity.
  
  Read more

• DNA hints at earlier human exodus from Africa

  21-09-2016 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Evidence for an early exodus of modern humans from Africa may have been detected in living humans.
  
  Read more

• Lord of Sipán brought back to life with reconstruction of 2,000-year-old skull

  21-09-2016 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Forensic dentist Dr Paulo Miamoto and 3D graphics expert Cicero Moraes reconstructed the face of the ancient ruler whose remains were first discovered in 1987 near Sipán in Peru.
  
  Read more

• WIRED Gear: our pick of the hot products in 2017

  21-09-2016 19:34
  
  By: Jeremy WhiteContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• WIRED Gear: our pick of the hot products in 2016

  21-09-2016 19:34
  
  By: Jeremy WhiteContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Gear WIRED loves: the best new products of 2016

  21-09-2016 19:34
  
  By: Jeremy WhiteContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Massive crater under small Scottish town could be the crash site of the first meteorite to hit the British Isles

  21-09-2016 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Palaeontologist Dr Mike Simms believes he has found the 25 mile-wide impact crater under the small town of Lairg in northern Scotland and says the meteorite would have been two miles wide.
  
  Read more

• Fish recorded SINGING a dawn chorus just like birds by Perth researchers

  21-09-2016 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Exeter University and Curtin University, in Perth recorded the unusual audio using two underwater devices positioned 21.5 kilometres apart.
  
  Read more

• Out of Africa thanks to climate change: Humans arrived in Europe up to 30,000 years earlier than believed

  21-09-2016 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa used computer models to re-create the journey of Homo sapiens over the past 125,000 years and how climate change affected them.
  
  Read more

• MI6 set to recruit 1,000 extra staff

  21-09-2016 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Security service MI6 is to recruit nearly 1,000 extra staff by 2020, as it battles against the challenges of the internet age, BBC Newsnight learns.
  
  Read more

• Is loneliness in your DNA? Study reveals some people are 'genetically programmed to get depressed when they feel neglected'

  21-09-2016 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of California San Diego study found our brains react to loneliness in the same way that our brains respond to pain, triggering a reactionary response.
  
  Read more

• Expensive and underwhelming: hands-on with GoPro's Karma drone

  21-09-2016 18:30
  
  By: Matthew ReynoldsContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• It's hard being green: Zoo breeds rare lemur leaf frogs by creating artificial storms to replicate the rainforest

  21-09-2016 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lemur leaf frogs are critically endangered in the rainforests of Costa Rica and Panama. Keepers at Paignton Zoo in Devon created a special rain chamber to get the amphibians in the mood.
  
  Read more

• Lenovo's Signature laptops refuse to install Linux

  21-09-2016 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lenovo confirms that some of its laptops refuse to install Linux but says it has not deliberately blocked the software.
  
  Read more

• Hay, I'm cold! Scientists discover horses can communicate with humans by pointing at signs

  21-09-2016 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute taught horses to point their heads at different symbols when they felt cold and needed a blanket, or when they wanted the blanket off.
  
  Read more

• Asian hornets are HERE... those honey bee murdering BASTARDS

  21-09-2016 17:34 via go.theregister.com
  
  Flying death spotted in the Cotswolds, boffins move in for the kill A sleepy Cotswold town could be about to witness the genocide of local honey bees following the discovery of invasive predatory giant Asian hornets.…
  
  Read more

• Did Adidas take inspiration from the ROMANS? 2,000-year-old shoe looks just like Predator boots

  21-09-2016 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ancient shoe was discovered two weeks ago in a ditch at Roman fort Vindolanda close to Hexham, Northumberland.It will now go on permanent display in the site's museum.
  
  Read more

• Skylanders Academy animated series is Netflix's latest exclusive

  21-09-2016 17:00
  
  By: Matt KamenContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• McLaren denies claims it is about to be bought by Apple

  21-09-2016 16:52
  
  By: Victoria WoollastonContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Apple in talks to buy McLaren Technology Group

  21-09-2016 16:52
  
  By: Victoria WoollastonContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Malware-infected USB sticks posted to Australian homes

  21-09-2016 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian police have warned the public not to use unmarked USB sticks found in their letterboxes.
  
  Read more

• Instagram addicts rejoice! App introduces 'Save Draft' feature so you have time to choose the perfect filter

  21-09-2016 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California-based Instagram began running A/B tests on some users in July, but have now announced on Twitter that the feature is available to all users of the app.
  
  Read more

• Mystery messages carved into Scotland's rocks up to 5,000 years ago may soon be revealed using 3D scans

  21-09-2016 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new project will use 3D scanners to record and analyse more than 2,000 piece of rock art scattered around the Scottish countryside in the hope of revealing new links between the carvings.
  
  Read more

• Simple blood test that could diagnose the 10 year risk of heart attack and save thousands of lives each year

  21-09-2016 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Developed by the University of Leicester, it works out how to calculate an accurate coronary risk score through analysis of nearly 50,000 minute differences in DNA.
  
  Read more

• Samsung Pay now lets you buy shopping using your eyes

  21-09-2016 15:49
  
  By: Amelia HeathmanContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• China space station to fall to Earth in 2017

  21-09-2016 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China's first space station is expected to fall back to Earth in the second half of 2017, amid speculation authorities have lost control of it.
  
  Read more

• Illuminating discovery: Ottoman period 'lighthouse' and fisherman's home unearthed on hill in Israel 

  21-09-2016 15:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The building was unearthed on a hill above the beach of Ashkelon, Israel, and was part of a fishing community that lived there 500 years ago. Fish hooks and a bronze bell were found inside.
  
  Read more

• Google weakens Allo chat app privacy promise

  21-09-2016 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google launches its new chat app with less privacy protection than previously promised.
  
  Read more

• Search on for the Asian hornet queen

  21-09-2016 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How the government is trying to trace nests of invasive hornet which kills honey bees
  
  Read more

• Mobile phone roaming charge abolition plan rewritten

  21-09-2016 14:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Proposed time limits on cost-free roaming for travellers with mobile devices have been scrapped under new European Commission plans.
  
  Read more

• North Korea has just 28 websites registered to its domain - and most celebrate Kim Jong-Un

  21-09-2016 14:27
  
  By: Matt BurgessContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Daan Roosegaarde wins the Design Innovation Medal at London's Design Festival

  21-09-2016 14:08
  
  By: Victoria WoollastonContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Serious drug side effects are massively underreported in medical papers

  21-09-2016 14:03
  
  By: Liat ClarkContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Think twice before getting bulldogs or pugs: Demand for 'flat-faced' canines could damage their health, warn vets

  21-09-2016 13:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A recent survey conducted by the London-based Royal Veterinary College suggests that many owners of dogs with breathing difficulties are unaware how common the health problems are.
  
  Read more

• Fearnley-Whittingstall on ivory trade 'ban'

  21-09-2016 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall says trading ivory not verified as antique should be banned
  
  Read more

• Is there alien life on Europa? Nasa to reveal a 'surprising' discovery about the icy moon's subsurface oceans

  21-09-2016 13:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Nasa HQ in Washington, along with others from Baltimore, Atlanta and Maryland will speak at the event at 14:00 ET (19:00 GMT) on Monday.
  
  Read more

Follow @scitech_UK on Twitter!