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France implements harsh new law that makes it illegal to hot rod e-bikes to make them go faster, punishable by up to a year in prison, a $34,000 fine, and a three year license suspension A new law in France makes it a crime to hot-rod e-bikes to make them go faster The legal limit … Read more
France proposes harsh new law that would make it illegal to hot rod e-bikes to make them go faster, punishable by up to a year in prison, a $34,000 fine, and a three year license suspension A new law in France makes it a crime to hot-rod e-bikes to make them go faster The legal … Read more
Hackers are using the world’s fear of coronavirus against them. Security experts found fraudulent websites are using maps tracking the outbreak to infect people’s computers and steal personal information. The malicious software being used is known as AZORult, which was first discovered in 2016 and currently sold in Russian forums with the sole purpose of … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,500 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 125,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more
Gorillas are territorial and claim ‘ownership’ of their home ranges while peacefully co-existing with their neighbours – just like humans Gorillas claim ownership of specific ‘private’ areas that can be easily defended They aren’t as aggressively territorial as chimpanzees but do protect their range These findings contradict long-held views gorillas are non-territorial primates By Ryan Morrison … Read more
Palaeolithic artists in northern Spain were more prolific than first thought as researchers discover new cave paintings dating back 40,000 years in ‘two distinct artistic styles’ Discoveries of new cave art helps ‘fill a void’ where art was assumed to exist Until the new sites were found in recent years only six cave art sites … Read more
Smartphones with multiple cameras and blurry photos could become a thing of the past as engineers have created a flat lens that doesn’t need focusing. The technology — which uses a single lens covered in tiny patterns that is just one-thousandth of an inch thick — was developed by experts from the University of Utah. Not only … Read more
A new virtual library in Minecraft will let people in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Russia and Vietnam read stories from banned journalists Reporters will be able to use Minecraft as a workaround for censorship The popular videgame will host a new virtual library filled with censored news stories in both English and the language they … Read more
Nearly 140 new minor planets are discovered beyond Neptune that scientists hope will help track down the mysterious Planet Nine Experts found 316 minor planets and determined 139 haven’t been documented The team took the first four years of that data from the Dark Energy Survey Then they applied new techniques to spot objects moving across … Read more
NASA astronauts have started growing human cells aboard the International Space Station to help understand the production of human tissue in low gravity. 250 test tubes containing adult human stem cells were sent aboard the SpaceX CRS-20 resupply mission that arrived at the ISS this week. Scientists say that due to the weightlessness on board … Read more