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Now Roman coins really ARE a national treasure! Ancient objects dug up by metal detectorists will be reclassified to protect Britain’s heritage Ministers said items of value found by bounty hunters will belong to the nation The change was prompted after a rise in the popularity of metal detecting The artifacts can go on display … Read more
York museums staff bemuse social media users with offbeat thread that compares their exhibits Sir Patrick Stewart and Dame Judi Dench – including a 17th century BOX and a 1920s Easter Egg York Museums Trust has delighted social media with clever Twitter thread Compared Dame Judi Dench and Sir Patrick Stewart to objects in its collections … Read more
Researchers in Hungary are testing the limits of canine ability – and they have found two new stars in border collies Max and Squall. Every Wednesday, in a live-streamed online contest, two dogs from different countries are pitted against each other in the ‘Genius Dog Challenge’. The latest contestants, Max in Hungary and Squall in … Read more
Cyborg cockroaches designed to complete tasks inside your HOME can carry objects across the room, transform into a display and draw objects on paper Cyborg cockroaches could soon be unleashed in homes to complete tasks Scientists programmed them to transport objects, along with other skills The team calls them ‘Calmbots,’ which can reach places other robots … Read more
Virtual reality objects you can FEEL just like on Star Trek’s holodeck move a step closer thanks to new ‘universal law of touch’ Birmingham researchers studied ‘Rayleigh waves’ generated from skin touch They found these waves are picked up by the body’s touch receptor cells The way the waves interact has led to the creation … Read more
President Donald Trump objected Thursday to the Commission on Presidential Debate making changes to the rules for his second and third face-offs against Democrat Joe Biden. ‘Why would I allow the Debate Commission to change the rules for the second and third Debates when I easily won last time?’ Trump tweeted Thursday afternoon as he … Read more
Elgin Marbles: The Elgin Marbles are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures, inscriptions and architectural members that were mostly created by Phidias and his assistants. The 7th Earl of Elgin, Thomas Bruce, removed the Parthenon Marble pieces from the Acropolis in Athens while serving as the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799 to … Read more
China objects to £30bn Arm takeover deal: Beijing’s state newspaper claims UK tech firm could be ‘politicised as a technology weapon’ By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 16 September 2020 China has emerged as a potential opponent to the American takeover of British chip … Read more
Kelly Ripa recreates a hilarious family picture from 2003 with her three grown-up kids: ‘Objects may appear larger’ By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 03:44 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 03:44 BST, 21 August 2020 While a lot has changed in the last seventeen years, Kelly Ripa rewound time by recreating a hilarious family photo with her … Read more
Giving names to children’s toys does help infants with their recognition skills early in life, a new study shows. One-year-olds successfully recognised cuddly toys from earlier if they’d already been told them their names, experiments in the US show. This compared with other one-year-olds in the experiments who had seen the toys before, but hadn’t … Read more