Sci-Tech news

• First children's climate trial in US history is set for 2023, as 16 youngster sue Montana

  05-10-2022 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first children's climate trial in US history will start on June 12, 2023 and conclude on June 23. The case will hear 16 youngsters who will argue how Montana contributed to the climate crisis.
  
  Read more

• YouTube comments on Bill Gates videos dominated by Covid-19 CONSPIRACIES as misinformation spread

  05-10-2022 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Conspiracy theories about Covid-19 thrived in the comments on YouTube videos featuring Bill Gates despite the Google-owned platform's policies against misinformation.
  
  Read more

• Nicole Mann: Astronaut becomes first Native American woman in space

  05-10-2022 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Marine Colonel Nicole Mann tells the BBC she hopes her achievement will inspire future generations.
  
  Read more

• Climate change made 2022 summer droughts at least 20 times more likely, study finds

  05-10-2022 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists with the World Weather Attribution group have found that droughts like this summer's can be expected to occur in the Northern Hemisphere every 20 years due to climate change.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Micro molten salt reactor can fit on a truck, power 1k homes. When it's built

  05-10-2022 22:26 via go.theregister.com
  Small, safer vessels could be 'silicon chip' that ushers in new nuclear age As the US Department of Energy (DoE) continues to look for ways to improve molten salt nuclear reactors (MSRs), a team from Brigham Young University in Utah has designed one it says can fit safely in the bed of a 40-foot truck. …
  
  Read more

• Moment giant 'slingshot' hurls payloads 25,000 feet above Earth's surface

  05-10-2022 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The accelerator, which stands taller than the Statue of Liberty, hurled payloads provided by NASA and Airbus 25,000 feet into the air using a giant rotating arm that moves at 5,000mph.
  
  Read more

• The Psychological Impact of Consuming True Crime

  05-10-2022 20:02
  From Serial to Netflix's Jeffrey Dahmer series, it's time to think about what pop culture's fascination with murder cases does to viewers—and victims.
  
  Read more

• Stroking dogs engages the part of the brain responsible for social interactions, study finds

  05-10-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland scanned the brains of study participants while they stroked a pooch and a cuddly toy, and found it boosted activity in the prefrontal cortex.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Scientists link 'fear of missing out' with illicit behaviour

  05-10-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study by experts at Southern Connecticut State University suggests 'fear of missing out' (FOMO) makes youngers more prone to breaking the law.
  
  Read more

• MRI scans reveal how our brains enter a sleep-like state when we zone out 

  05-10-2022 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Liège looked at 36 people who were put into an MRI machine and asked to describe their thoughts.
  
  Read more

• Tesla to REMOVE sensors from new cars in a bet on cameras and AI - amid scrutiny of crashes

  05-10-2022 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla is removing sensors from its cars as it shifts toward a system based solely on eight cameras that feed information into its self-driving artificial intelligence.
  
  Read more

• Charge a future EV in less than five minutes – using literally cool NASA tech

  05-10-2022 18:45 via go.theregister.com
  Well, yeah, when the batteries and power supplies can handle it, too Experimental tech designed to cool NASA equipment in space has an Earth-bound use as well: slashing electric vehicle charging times to five minutes or less.…
  
  Read more

• SpaceX launches a Russian cosmonaut to the ISS amid global tensions over the war in Ukraine

  05-10-2022 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX's first female-led mission launched the first Russian to board an American spacecraft amid global tensions over the war in Ukraine, along with the first female native American.
  
  Read more

• Ex-Google ad boss builds tracker-free search engine

  05-10-2022 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Sridhar Ramaswamy says the technology sector has become "exploitative" of people's data.
  
  Read more

• The extraordinary winning images in The Nature Conservancy's 2022 Photo Contest revealed

  05-10-2022 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Nature Conservancy's 2022 Photo Contest received more than 100,000 entries, with the 'amazing' winning shots capturing the world's 'natural wonders'.
  
  Read more

• Astronomers spot a pair of stars with shortest orbit detected to date

  05-10-2022 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is one of a rare class of binaries known as a 'cataclysmic variable,' in which a star similar to our sun orbits tightly around a white dwarf, experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say.
  
  Read more

• Third of Gen Z now prefer VOICE NOTES to texts:as they are the fastest way to communicate

  05-10-2022 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Voice notes have grown more in popularity than any other communication method, according to a survey by Mobiles.co.uk. They are most popular with Generation Z, and more so with men.
  
  Read more

• SpaceX is set to launch a Russian cosmonaut to the ISS amid global tensions over the war in Ukraine

  05-10-2022 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Crew-5 mission will launch the first Russian to board an American spacecraft amid global tensions over the war in Ukraine, along with the first female native American.
  
  Read more

• How A British Teen’s Death Changed Social Media

  05-10-2022 17:17
  An inquest found content on Pinterest and Instagram contributed to the 2017 death of Molly Russell. The sites say they’ve changed—with opposing strategies.
  
  Read more

• Cat-sized reptile with a short neck and long tail roamed Scotland 240 million years ago

  05-10-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from National Museums Scotland has reanalysed a tiny Triassic fossil reptile, first discovered over 100 years ago in the northeast of Scotland.
  
  Read more

• Renewable Energy Fails Sweden, Braces For Winter Of Power Cuts

  05-10-2022 16:50 via technocracy.news
  Note that when the wind doesn’t blow, windmills don’t spin, energy is not delivered and the lights go off. Every nation that has bought the alternative energy scam, proffered by unelected and unaccountable Technocrats, will pay a steep price short-term and will eventually return to traditional and nuclear energy sources. ⁃ TN EditorEmergency scenarios are being prepared in Sweden in case of power cuts. The Scandinavian country has had a dry and windless summer, which has result
  
  Read more

• Water quality in 40% of US threatened by thawing frozen pollution thanks to much warmer winters

  05-10-2022 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A huge amount of nutrient pollution is being unleashed into lakes, rivers and streams, putting water quality at risk in over 40 U.S. states, because of warmer winters brought on my climate change.
  
  Read more

• Buttigieg Pushes Total Transition To EVs By 2035

  05-10-2022 16:31 via technocracy.news
  “What, me worry? Buttigieg lives in a fantasy world where just imagining something can make it a reality. A nation full of EVs would outstrip the energy grid and cause an environmental catastrophe. Green dreamers do not care about either, but only pushing their agenda to drive the world into Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. ⁃ TN Editor
  On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated that st
  
  Read more

• Global Warming: UN Claims To ‘Own The Science’, Partners With Google To Stifle Skeptics

  05-10-2022 16:06 via technocracy.news
  The United Nations makes tall claims about global warming: “We own the science”, they say, and therefore have the right to impose it on the rest of the world while quashing all dissenting views. In fact, the UN’s science has been solidly refuted and destroyed multiple times but the facts of the matter are discarded and ignored. ⁃ TN Editor
  A United Nations representative revealed her globalist organization had partnered with Google to prioritize messages underscoring the
  
  Read more

• Three scientists win Nobel for chemistry 'Lego'

  05-10-2022 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Their work on linking molecules like in living cells can be used in cancer treatment drugs.
  
  Read more

• Apple AirPod and Apple AirPod Pro ear buds are both reduced on Amazon now with prices from $119

  05-10-2022 15:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: Act fast as Apple rarely reduce tech! Pick up a pair of official Apple AirPods on Amazon now for just $119 or save $70 on the Pro version that has Spatial Audio and Active Noise Cancellation
  
  Read more

• UK politico proposes site for prototype nuclear fusion plant

  05-10-2022 14:30 via go.theregister.com
  Nottinghamshire picked by British minister famed for top hats and love of imperial measures UK business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has proposed building the UK’s first nuclear fusion power plant in a center of industrial decline.…
  
  Read more

• Elon Musk's Twitter deal: Here's what we know about his 'grand vision'

  05-10-2022 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Explaining the move, the billionaire US entrepreneur said the social media giant was part of his plans to create a mysterious 'everything app', known simply as 'X'.
  
  Read more

• Elon Musk says buying Twitter for $44 billion is 'an accelerant to creating X, the everything app'

  05-10-2022 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Explaining the move, the billionaire US entrepreneur said the social media giant was part of his plans to create a mysterious 'everything app', known simply as 'X'.
  
  Read more

• Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless

  05-10-2022 13:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for 'click' chemistry, which involves snapping together smaller molecules to form larger and more complex ones.
  
  Read more

• Fish finger fans rejoice! Shoppers are urged to buy tinned or frozen seafood

  05-10-2022 12:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Good Fish Guide recommends shoppers choose Alaskan pollock and Icelandic cod - both popular frozen varieties - as well as tinned seafood such as Albacore tuna and Atlantic salmon.
  
  Read more

• Having a flutter on a horse? Better check how old its parents are!

  05-10-2022 12:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study by the University of Exeter has shown that the speed of thoroughbred horses can be affected by the age of their parents at the point of conception.
  
  Read more

• The James Bond gadgets that now exist in real life

  05-10-2022 11:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To celebrate 60 years since the iconic spy first hit our screens on October 5 1962, MailOnline takes a look at the Bond gadgets that once seemed far-fetched, but now exist in real life.
  
  Read more

• Waxworm's spit shows promise in puncturing plastic pollution

  05-10-2022 11:30 via go.theregister.com
  Scientists believe moth larvae saliva can oxidize, degrade polyethylene The caterpillar larvae of the wax moth produce saliva with enzymes capable of oxidizing and degrading polyethylene, offering a potential solution to the plastic pollution challenge.…
  
  Read more

• From jet packs to underwater cars: The James Bond gadgets that now exist in real life

  05-10-2022 11:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To celebrate 60 years since the iconic spy first hit our screens on October 5 1962, MailOnline takes a look at the Bond gadgets that once seemed far-fetched, but now exist in real life.
  
  Read more

• Wax worm saliva breaks down plastic bags within hours at room temperature

  05-10-2022 10:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Spanish National Research Council hope the breakthrough will lead to new natural and cost-effective ways to deal with plastic pollution.
  
  Read more

• Elon Musk, Twitter and the mysterious X app

  05-10-2022 10:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The story of Musk buying Twitter, and how it began with "X, the everything app".
  
  Read more

• Physics Nobel Prize in a superposition between three quantum physicists

  05-10-2022 09:37 via go.theregister.com
  How apt Physicists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics this week for performing breakthrough quantum entanglement experiments.…
  
  Read more

• Elizabeth Holmes: Theranos founder gets hearing on new trial

  05-10-2022 06:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Elizabeth Holmes requested a new trial after claiming federal prosecutors presented misleading evidence.
  
  Read more

• Asteroid struck by Nasa probe leaves 10,000km trail

  05-10-2022 06:01 via bbc.co.uk
  A telescope in Chile captures an image of a comet-like plume of debris behind the giant rock.
  
  Read more

• Elon Musk claims buying Twitter will help him build an everything app

  05-10-2022 03:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app,' Musk tweeted on Tuesday night, hours after he offered to complete the buyout at his original offer price of $44 billion.
  
  Read more

• 'Humble' worm saliva can break down tough plastic

  05-10-2022 02:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Could the solution to plastic pollution be found inside the mouths of tiny wax worms?
  
  Read more

• COP27: Activists 'baffled' that Coca-Cola will be sponsor

  05-10-2022 02:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Climate activists say Egypt should reverse its decision because of Coca-Cola's plastic pollution.
  
  Read more

• King Charles should attend climate summit, COP26 president says

  05-10-2022 00:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Alok Sharma says the King has been a champion of the environment and other countries want him to attend COP27.
  
  Read more

Follow @scitech_UK on Twitter!