Gen Zers hate capital letters
2025-02-27 12:00:43 Gen Zers do not like capital letters. Those who were born between 1997 and 2012 fear them because they give off a “stern or abrupt” tone. With this,…
London Eye-sized asteroid NOT hitting Earth
2025-02-26 14:14:59 A death-defying asteroid is not going to cause havoc on Earth. Astronomers previously predicted that 2024 YR4 – which was zooming down towards the planet at 38,000 mph…
Robotic body parts to soon become available for humans
2025-02-26 14:08:44 Humans will soon be able to get extra parts to their bodies. ‘The Third Thumb’ has been made by Dani Clode, an augmentation and prosthetics designer at Cambridge…
Belgians banned from 'drinking' fish
2025-02-26 14:06:36 Belgians are banned from “drinking” fish. The Krakelingen festival, in the town of Geraardsbergen, saw gudgeon fish consumed from silver cups of red wine, and it dated back…
Elvis had a fascination with pyramids
2025-02-25 11:12:14 Elvis Presley was fascinated by pyramids. A new book that explores the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s fascinating mystical life has revealed that the music legend was keen…
Chickens can help bring the dodo back to life
2025-02-25 11:08:27 Chickens could be used to revive the dodo. Experts at New York University Langone have devised a technique that involves creating genetically modified birds by taking cells from…
Mars formerly had an ocean with sandy beaches
2025-02-25 11:03:26 Mars was once home to an ocean with sandy beaches. Scientists have discovered that the Red Planet once boasted sandy shores after analysing below-ground imaging data from China’s…
NASA could launch alien-finding mission
2025-02-24 12:57:08 Rocket launches could be scrapped in a bid to find aliens. Elon Musk has asked US president Donald Trump to use his SpaceX rockets to put a man…
University slaps nudity warning on Birth of Venus painting
2025-02-24 12:54:58 The University of Roehampton has slapped a trigger warning on the Birth of Venus painting. Students at the London university have been alerted that Sandro Botticelli’s 15th-century piece…
Learning another language can stave off dementia
2025-02-24 12:53:26 Learning a second language can help reduce the risk of getting dementia. Natalie Phillips, from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, told New Scientist that being bilingual makes the…
