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Young great white sharks use certain parts of the sea to fine-tune their hunting skills, research suggests. A study published in the journal Environmental Biology of Fishes looked at more than 3,000 shark sightings off the coast of Mossel Bay in South Africa. Researchers wanted to see if the sharks used different habitats during various

A bottle of wine that spent more than a year orbiting Earth on the International Space Station has been put up for sale. The French wine, named Petrus 2000, is one of 12 bottles sent into space in November 2019 by researchers hoping to learn more about the potential for “extra-terrestrial agriculture”. The wine returned

Life-threatening coronary heart disease could be diagnosed and treated five times faster with the help of new 3D technology. The technology turns a CT scan of the heart into a 3D image, which allows doctors to diagnose the problem in just 20 minutes, NHS England said. Previously, diagnoses would require a more invasive and time-consuming

Technology giant Apple is facing a trial that threatens to upend its control over its lucrative App Store. The federal court case in the US is being brought by Epic Games, maker of the popular video game Fortnite. Image: The trial is expected to last for most of this month Why is Epic Games taking

MI6 is looking for a new “Q” to be the intelligence agency’s technology mastermind, Britain’s spy chief says. Richard Moore, the head of MI6, tweeted: “We’re looking for a new ‘Q’. If you want to serve your country by helping MI6 to develop the operational technology of the future, please take a look.” Q is

Stuck at home during lockdown you’ve spent a lot of time on your phone. With schools shut and kids learning from the living room, you may have used it to buy more devices. You might have upgraded the TV too, what with all the time they were spending streaming in the evening. Image: Wireless headphones

A one billion-year-old fossil found in the highlands of Scotland suggests the earliest forms of life on Earth may have developed in freshwater lakes instead of the ocean. Researchers from the University of Sheffield and Boston College in the US found a microfossil that contains two distinct cell types. They say the find could be

Self-driving cars could be allowed on UK motorways by the end of this year. The Department for Transport says it will allow hands-free driving in vehicles with lane-keeping technology on motorways with slow traffic, at speeds of up to 37mph. The technology monitors speed and keeps the car at a safe distance from other cars,

A rare pink supermoon lit up dawn skies this morning, with sightings expected to be even bigger and brighter tonight. In April, the full moon is called a “pink moon” after the pink phlox flowers which bloom in springtime. Image: The supermoon rises above the Emirates Air Line cable car in London It is also

The tyrannosaurus rex was able to bite through bone by keeping a joint in its lower jaw steady like an alligator, a new study suggests. The anatomy of the carnivorous dinosaur has puzzled palaeontologists, but new research has shed some light on how it was able to crush animals’ bones without breaking its own jaw.

A bigger and brighter “pink supermoon” will be seen in the night sky this week, but there’s one catch – the moon won’t actually be pink. The April full moon is called “pink” due to springtime being when the phlox flower blossoms in vibrant shades of that very colour. And this year it is also

“Cute” fluffy, bushy tailed rats twice the size of grey squirrels once roamed Earth thousands of years ago, scientists have discovered. The fossilised remains of this giant cloud rat species were dredged up in a series of caves in the Philippines, after the rodent went extinct a few thousand years ago. Larry Heaney, curator of

UK scientists have been investigating whether rats could infect humans with coronavirus – and whether the disease could mutate in wild rodents before being passed to people. Researchers say laboratory evidence indicates that while rats and mice appear unable to contract the most common forms of COVID, the N501Y spike protein mutation found in several

New research shows vaccines, and not lockdowns, are the key to controlling the coronavirus pandemic – but they only reduce “silent infections” by 57%. These are infections without symptoms, which mean even vaccinated people can spread the virus without knowing it. So what does this mean for the wider picture? These new results add to

The former children’s commissioner for England has launched legal proceedings on behalf of 3.5 million children under 13 against TikTok. Anne Longfield has alleged that the social media platform has illegally collected personal data from millions of children since May 2018 – when General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced. The lawsuit is seeking compensation

Police in Texas will serve search warrants on Tesla after a vehicle crash which killed two people. A Tesla 2019 Model S was being driven at high speed near Houston on Saturday night when it left the road, hit a tree and burst into flames, police said. The bodies of two men were found inside