Even vampire bats enjoy dinner with friends! Females who roost together tend to forage for blood together too, study finds Researchers strapped backpack sensors to 50 female vampire bats in Panama Just over half were wild bats and the rest had been in captivity for two years The team found that females who roost together … Read more
Arctic summer sea ice is at its twelfth lowest extent on record, dropping to 1.82 million square miles in 2021, NASA reveals Experts have been using satellite data to monitor Arctic sea ice since 1978 The ice’s extent wax and wanes annually — reaching a minimum in September However, four decades of records have revealed significant … Read more
Spot turns watchdog! Hyundai is using Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot to patrol its motor plants in South Korea Hyundai has upgraded Spot with new sensors, AI and autonomous navigation The robot will work to monitor factory safety and support night security patrols Spot will first be trialled in one factory before being deployed to work in others Hyundai purchased … Read more
Notorious ‘vampire’ catfish which crave blood and can swim up a man’s URETHRA travel through the Amazon river by using larger host fish as ‘water taxis’, study finds A new study suggests vampire fish attach themselves to a larger host to navigate the difficult waters of the Amazon river In April 2019, researchers saw several … Read more
The winning images from the Royal Museums Greenwich Astronomy Photographer of the Year have been revealed. Shuchang Dong was crowned the overall winner of Astronomy Photographer of the Year for his mesmerising photograph The Golden Ring. The image shows an annular solar eclipse taken in the Ali region of Tibet on 21 June 2020. ‘This … Read more
Lucid’s upcoming Air Dream electric car found to get 520 miles on a single charge – beating Tesla by more than 100 miles EPA confirmed Lucid’s Air Dream Range Edition gets 520 miles on a single charge This surpasses the Tesla Model S Long Range by more than 100 miles The Tesla vehicle was held … Read more
EIGHT additional miles of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave are uncovered that extends the 10-million-year-old structure to at least 420 miles long Explorers have uncovered eight additional miles of passageways inside Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave The discovery brings the system to at least 420 miles long and officials say there could be more to find The 10-million-year-old cave was … Read more
A mysterious object slammed into Jupiter this week, causing a bright flash of light that was captured by amateur astronomers 382.76 million miles away on Earth. German astronomer Harald Paleske was watching the shadow of Jupiter’s moon, Io, create a solar eclipse in the planet’s atmosphere of Jupiter when he spotted the probable impact. ‘A bright … Read more
Apple Watch Series 7 with a 20% larger display and $399 price tag is unveiled at the tech giant’s annual product event Apple debuted its new Apple Watch Series 7 that will be available in the fall It has a nearly all-screen design, providing a face that is 20% larger than the Series 6 It … Read more
Apple hosted its annual product event on Tuesday, which opened with the unveiling of a new iPad that is three times more powerful than a Chrome book and six times more powerful than an Android Tablet. The iPad features the tech giant’s new A13 Bionic Chip, giving it 20 percent faster performance than its predecessor with … Read more