Science & tech from Daily Mail Online

on 2021-10-16

Lucy is scheduled to launch on Saturday, October 16 at 05:34 ET (10:34 BST) on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

on 2021-10-16

The man was between 40 to 45 years old and may have been a fugitive who escaped from a docked ship in search of cover from the scorching magma, ash and toxic gas.

on 2021-10-15

More than 75 percent of the 69 men who ruled the Roman Empire from 63BC to 395AD died from violent deaths either on the battlefield or they were brutally murdered by conspirators.

on 2021-10-15

Swedish scientists isolated a molecule that can make mosquitoes drink any liquid by imitating the smell of a human infected with malaria. Mixing it with plant toxins they were able to poison the insects.

on 2021-10-15

Certain breeds of dogs and young and male dogs suffer from symptoms commonly associated with ADHD, such as hyperactivity and inattention, a new study has found.

on 2021-10-15

Tadpoles without the ability to breathe on their own were kept alive after algae was injected into their hearts. The algae moved through blood vessels to the brain and light shined on them created oxygen.

on 2021-10-15

The deaths, caused by a bird flu strain H5N8, were at an undisclosed wildlife rehabilitation centre, according to the government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

on 2021-10-15

The mysterious gap between Mars and Jupiter could have been caused by a young Jupiter or a wind from the solar system emerging, experts in Massachusetts say.

on 2021-10-15

Porsche sold 28,640 Taycans in the first nine months of 2021, compared to 27,972 of the 911. Porsche expects electric vehicles to make up more than 80 percent of global sales by 2030.

on 2021-10-15

The remnants of more than 150,000 sticks are exposed during low tide in Canada’s Comox estuary, off Vancouver Island, spread out across the intertidal zone.

on 2021-10-15

Apple took down a popular Koran app in China after it allegedly hosted ‘illegal religious texts,’ though the developer said China ‘requires additional documentation’ for mainland apps to work.

on 2021-10-15

The spacecraft is scheduled to blast off on Saturday at 05:34 ET (10:34 BST) on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

on 2021-10-15

Brassica carinata, a non-edible seed crop, can be grown and processed into oil to be used as biofuel for airplane engines. After extracting the oil, the residue can then be ground into feed for cattle.

on 2021-10-15

Most research has focused on the benefits of social networks, experts at University of Technology Sydney claim – but this means negative effects of sites like Facebook and Twitter are overlooked.

on 2021-10-15

Boston Dynamics engineer Zack Jackowski says Spot can collect data in plants, utilities [and] installations, and develop ways to boost safety and efficiency that have have never been considered before.

on 2021-10-15

The risk of fatal cardiovascular events could increase when circadian rhythms in our heart cells are disrupted by sporadic shift work, researchers in London report.

on 2021-10-15

The rare show of solidarity came hours after Prince William offered an unexpected rebuke of the pair’s race to leave Earth during a BBC Newscast interview at Kensington Palace.

on 2021-10-15

The Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed that Jupiter’s ice moon, Europa, has persistent water vapor on just one hemisphere – the trailing hemisphere.

on 2021-10-15

A megaton nuke, exploding near the surface of an asteroid would destroy it without leaving thousands of fragments, a team from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland found.

on 2021-10-15

Future climates were modelled under three greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios by an international team of researchers led from Leeds University.

on 2021-10-15

The feature is being rolled out globally to iOS and Android users to provide an ‘optional extra layer of protection’ to existing backups, says the Menlo Park, California based tech giant.

on 2021-10-15

The way that the body responds to cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength and anaerobic power exercises is influenced by 13 specific genes, Anglia Ruskin University experts found.

on 2021-10-15

Chlamydia incidences are high in South East Queensland and New South Wales, but experts led from the University of the Sunshine Coast hope vaccination help the animals survive.

on 2021-10-14

Known as The Sphinx, the 13ft strip of snow at Braeriach, in the Cairmgorms, is known to have survived virtually every summer since records began.

on 2021-10-14

The all-electric, autonomous truck features a load carrier for carrying materials. Volvo said it was made using electricity from renewable sources to create the clean-burning gas.

on 2021-10-14

William Shatner, 90, has earned the title of oldest person in space after he and three others soared 65 miles above Earth Wednesday aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.

on 2021-10-14

Facebook is creating an artificial intelligence capable of viewing and interacting with the outside world the same way a person can, letting the AI learn from ‘videos from the center of action.’

on 2021-10-14

Residents say the ‘confused’ Waymo self-driving vehicles are driving through the dead end all hours of the day and multiple cars are sometimes coming to the street at the same time.

on 2021-10-14

This rapid diversification led to the nearly 4,000 species we see today, according to researchers from the University of California and University of Michigan.

on 2021-10-14

A rare 4.5-foot fish known as an alligator gar was caught in Kansas for the first time ever last month, baffling experts as to how it arrived in the state.