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A flash of luck, 6 inches of metal pipe and a few cake tins helped astronomers trace the source of a mysterious fast radio burst to a strange star in the Milky Way. California Institute of Technology and MCGill University astronomers identified a magnetar star 32,000 light years from the Earth as the source of … Read more
The director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the US must immediately develop a testing strategy to find and isolate symptom-free coronavirus cases. In a tweet on Wednesday, Dr Robert Redfield described a meeting he and Dr Deborah Birx, another member of the White House coronavirus task force, had with Utah … Read more
Could YOU recognise this woman? Police ask if anyone can identify fraud suspect in blurry photo even though she is wearing an all-covering Covid visor West Midlands Police have appealed for help tracking a fraudster in Birmingham But suspect photo only gave blurry outline of woman wearing a Covid face visor It is believed she … Read more
A tricky new brainteaser will put the knowledge of even the biggest of film buffs to the test. The graphic, created by UK-based family entertainment venue Tynemouth Aquarium, asks puzzlers to try and identify all 12 horror films in the say-what-you-see design based image. Creators have revealed it’s taken the average person four-and-a-half minutes to complete … Read more
The remains of a missing model whose body was discovered in a secret mass grave with six other bodies in northern Mexico last month, has been identified. Yessenia Alvarado, 24, a mom-of-one who worked as a model in Mexico, was shopping in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, on August 18 when a several armed men wearing masks … Read more
Microsoft has launched a new tool that can identify ‘deepfake’ videos that were designed to present false information and a quiz to help people spot them. There were at least 96 ‘foreign influenced’ deep fake campaigns on social media targeting people in 30 countries between 2013 and 2019, according to Microsoft. Deepfakes, also known as … Read more
This dazzling photos of replica royal rings promises to put the knowledge of even the most dedicated royal watchers to the test. Katherine, who runs German-based royal fan account @katsroyalletters, shared a snap of her collection of 10 copycat rings twinkling in a jewellery box on Instagram yesterday. Each stone is a replica of one … Read more
Scientists identify the key enzyme behind the pungent smell of ‘BO’ – and it could lead to the development of a new generation of deodorants BO enzyme is created by Staphylococcus hominis bacteria which lives in armpits Enzyme turns odourless chemicals in sweat into pungent compounds Believed the enzyme was inherited from now extinct ancient … Read more
Robot can identify birds with around 90 per cent accuracy – so amateur twitchers never get in a flap AI has been found to identify smaller birds with up to 90 per cent accuracy Researchers trained the AI using pictures of wild great tits and sociable weavers, and captive zebra finches The technology works in … Read more
Pensioners who can identify distinctive smells like roses, lemons, turpentine and paint-thinner are half as likely to develop dementia, a study has revealed. In a study of nearly 1,800 participants tracked for a decade, US scientists found that a decline in the ability to smell was an early indicator of the syndrome. A keen sense of … Read more