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A dinosaur similar to the T-Rex has been discovered in Argentina and given the menacing name “the one who causes fear”. It lived around 80 million years ago, at the same time as the Tyrannosaurus rex in the northern hemisphere, but instead roamed Earth’s southern continents. Llukalkan aliocranianus measured up to five metres long and

The last two multimillion dollar spots on the three-day SpaceX flight into orbit have been filled by a science teacher and a data engineer. The SpaceX Dragon capsule is scheduled to launch in mid-September to an altitude of 335 miles – 75 miles higher than the International Space Station and on a level with the

Virgin Galactic has unveiled its latest spaceplane model, the SpaceShip III, the first of which will be named VSS Imagine. Ground testing is starting immediately and glide flights are planned for this summer to launch from Spaceport America in New Mexico. Unveiling the design, Virgin Galactic celebrated the plane being “finished entirely with a mirror-like

PayPal is to launch a cryptocurrency service, initially allowing consumers in the US to spend a range of currencies when making purchases with millions of online merchants globally. The move, first reported by Reuters, is set to provide a huge boost for people using Bitcoin, Ether, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin for everyday transactions, being able

Mice and even people could have the potential to become venomous, according to new research. Scientists have found that the genetic foundation needed for oral venom to evolve is in reptiles and mammals. The study shows the first evidence of a link between the venom glands in snakes and the salivary glands in mammals. Study

New observations from NASA have determined that the asteroid Apophis, which was thought to pose a risk to impacting Earth in 2068, actually won’t come close to hitting us for at least a century. Astronomers got a scare when the asteroid was first discovered in 2004 as their calculations showed a possibility it would collide

Thierry Henry will disable his social media accounts and says he will not return until those in charge treat racist abuse with the same seriousness as they approach copyright infringement. The former Arsenal and France striker is not the first high profile sporting figure to raise the issue of racist abuse online, but he is

The Last of Us Part II and Hades were the big winners at Thursday night’s Bafta Game Awards. The Last of Us Part II (TLOU2), the sequel to the 2013 post-apocalyptic PS3 game, won EE Game of the Year – an award voted for by the public in record numbers. However, despite racking up a

Miscarriage could be linked to early death in women, researchers have said. A study published by the British Medical Journal suggested the risk may be higher for younger women or those who suffer repeated miscarriages. US-based researchers said women who had a miscarriage could be 19% more likely to die early, suggesting miscarriage may be

Researchers in Bordeaux are analysing a dozen of bottles of French wine and snippets of grapevines which have returned to Earth after spending a year at the International Space Station. The purpose of the space mission was part of a long-term effort to make plants on Earth more resilient to climate change and disease by

Penises are shrinking and genitals becoming malformed because of pollution, an environmental scientist has warned in a new book detailing the challenges facing human reproduction. Dr Shanna Swan writes that humanity is facing an “existential crisis” in fertility rates as a result of phthalates, a chemical used when manufacturing plastics that impacts the hormone endocrine.

Unless you are an avid gamer – or have one in your family – you may not have heard of Discord. Yet following its most recent funding round, in December last year, the communications and messaging platform beloved of gamers is already valued at $7bn. That looks to be only the start. Image: Discord founder

Twitter founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey has sold a digital certificate connected to his first ever tweet for just over £2m. The digital certificate was purchased in an auction by Sina Estavi, a Malaysia-based entrepreneur, who said: “This is not just a tweet!” The tweet itself, which said “just setting up my twttr”, was

Parents who repeatedly get angry at their children can harm the physical development of their brain structures in a similar fashion to how those structures are impacted by serious abuse. While serious abuse and neglect are already known to stunt the growth of victim’s brains, the impact of so-called “harsh parenting” practices below that threshold

President Joe Biden has picked former space shuttle payload specialist Bill Nelson to lead NASA over the course of his administration. Mr Nelson, 78, became the second sitting member of Congress to travel in space in 1986, when he boarded the shuttle Columbia as a payload specialist – rather than a full-on astronaut – while

Police are warning students and universities not to access Sci-Hub, an “illegal website” that allows users to download scientific research papers normally locked behind expensive subscriptions. Russia-based Sci-Hub describes itself as “the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers”, and is run in