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Not for the first time, Elon Musk has people looking to jump ship from Twitter. The billionaire sent many of the platform’s users into a frenzy at the weekend when he applied temporary reading limits for all accounts, with even more stringent restrictions for those who don’t pay for its subscription service. For some who

Scientists have observed the early universe running in extreme slow motion for the first time. Researchers achieved the feat by using data from quasars, which are outer-space objects so enormous, bright, and far away from Earth that astronomers can use them as “beacons”. As light from a quasar travels through the universe, it leaves a

The night sky was lit up by a supermoon last night, making the lunar surface appear larger than at any point this year so far. The striking reddish orb rose above cities from London to Washington DC, as the full moon made its closest pass of Earth during its orbit. It made the moon seem

A European space telescope has been launched on a million-mile journey to map the dark universe. The Euclid space telescope, named after the ancient Greek mathematician, will spend six years venturing through space, observing billions of galaxies as it does so. It was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida

Four years after Samsung spearheaded their arrival, foldable phones are still waiting for their mass market breakthrough. Not helped by the fact that the South Korean company’s first attempt in 2019 was plagued by reports of screens breaking when users tried to, well, fold them, take-up for smartphone-tablet hybrids has been undeniably slow. There were

Scientists have developed a pair of smart gloves that could allow patients who have limb weakness to relearn to play the piano. Those who have had a stroke may often show a reduced ability or be completely unable to move their hands, fingers, or wrists, making it difficult to carry out manual movements. The exoskeleton

Environmental teams have been put on stand-by to oxygenate England’s rivers in a bid to protect fish in the event of a heatwave. The Environment Agency (EA) says it has recorded “hundreds of fish kill incidents” already this year – with drops in oxygen levels in rivers and canals blamed. The Angling Trust claims it

Virgin Galactic is due to send its first commercial flight into space on Thursday. The spaceflight, dubbed the Galactic 01 by Sir Richard Branson’s private space tourism company, is set for take off at 4pm UK time. But what is a commercial spaceflight? What will happen on board? And what does this mean for the future

Intermittent fasting is just as effective as calorie counting for weight loss, a new study has found. Scientists from the University of Illinois Chicago looked at 77 adults who suffered from obesity in Greater Chicago from black or Hispanic backgrounds. In a study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers assigned the participants

A cleaner turned off a freezer at a university – leading to decades of research to be ruined, a million-dollar lawsuit has claimed. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute filed the lawsuit against a cleaning company, after one of its employees tried to stop an “annoying beep” by turning off the freezer. The New York-based institution used Daigle

Child exploitation taking place on popular chat platform Discord is “horrifying”, the company’s chief executive has said. Jason Citron said any cases of child sexual abuse material, grooming, or abduction linked to the service, which he founded back in 2015, would be taken “very seriously”. “As a parent, it’s horrifying,” he told Bloomberg’s Tech Summit

NASA has shared two stunning ultraviolet images of Mars. The pictures, taken by the space agency’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission, were taken at different points along the planet’s orbit of the sun. One was snapped in July 2022 and one in January 2023, when the planet was at the near opposite end

Billionaire technology rivals Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have agreed to fight each other in a cage match. Twitter owner Musk, 51, said on his social media platform he was “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, 39. The Facebook founder and Meta chief executive and chairman then captioned a post “send me location” to

A clinical trial testing the effectiveness of faecal transplants for patients suffering from advanced liver disease is being launched in the UK.  The trial will test whether faeces from healthy people, which are freeze-dried into capsules that can be ingested, reduces the likelihood of patients with cirrhosis getting infections. Cirrhosis is a condition that results

Trainers are big business. Helped by celebrity collaborations, social media, and one-of-a-kind special editions that get fans queuing up outside stores on launch day, they have perhaps never been as desirable a fashion item as they are today. I treat myself to the odd fresh pair, usually bought online with a cursory glance at the

Taking a nap during the day can leave you feeling refreshed, recharged and ready to take on the world. Now new research suggests it could be good for your brain too. A study which analysed data from people aged 40 to 69 has shown daytime napping could slow the rate at which the brain shrinks