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A robot dog is being trialled as a way of taking patients’ vital signs to minimise the risks posed to health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital are investigating the use of robots and have been using Spot – the good boy produced

The UK has fallen 13 places down the global broadband speed rankings and is now among the slowest in western Europe, according to new figures. An annual table compiled by Cable.co.uk showed Britain falling to 47th place, down from 34th a year ago. The figures suggest it would typically take twice as long to download

Samsung has unveiled its third attempt at a foldable phone today, which is also its first 5G-compatible foldable device. The Galaxy Z Fold2 5G follows the troubled launch of Samsung’s first foldable phone which was planned for release in April last year. The original device was shelved after journalists experienced breakages within a few days

An electronic skin developed by scientists can react to pain just like real skin, in a potential breakthrough for prosthetics and high-tech alternatives to skin grafts. The prototype developed by researchers at RMIT University (formerly known as Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) in Australia is capable of electronically replicating the way human skin senses pain.

Chinese-owned app TikTok has been accused of harvesting its users’ data, and was even described as a potential national security risk by White House officials. On Friday, President Trump said he intended to ban the video-sharing platform from the US because of these concerns, although over the weekend he appeared to approve of a potential

A fossilized egg laid by Mussaurus, a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that grew to 20 feet in length and lived in what is now Argentina is seen in image released June 17, 2020. Diego Pol/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have unearthed the first fossils of soft-shelled eggs laid by dinosaurs – two disparate species

(Reuters) – A mysterious 68-million-year-old fossil found on Seymour Island off Antarctica’s coast that looked like a deflated football has turned out to be a unique find – the second-largest egg on record and one that may have belonged to a huge marine reptile that lived alongside the dinosaurs. An illustration of a fossil egg

The launch pad of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center is seen the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch in Sichuan province, China June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins BEIJING (Reuters) – China indefinitely postponed on Tuesday the launch of the final satellite of

(Reuters) – Houston-based engineering company KBR Inc said on Monday it was awarded a $570.3 million contract by NASA to develop and execute spaceflight operations at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Under the contract, KBR will perform International Space Station payload operations and support the testing of NASA’s flagship space launch system. NASA

POSTOJNA, Slovenia (Reuters) – Three rare aquatic creatures known as baby dragons are going on display in an aquarium at Slovenia’s Postojna Cave, one of the country’s biggest tourist attractions. The cave-dwelling animals, officially called proteus or olms, have pale pink skin, no eyesight, a long thin body and four legs. They live only in

Twenty-six games were announced as coming to PlayStation 5 during Sony’s launch event for its new console back in June, including brand new titles and highly-anticipated sequels. Alongside a first look at the console, which has been unflatteringly compared to a WiFi router from the early 2000s, fans also got a chance to preview some

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be complete this month when its final satellite goes into orbit, giving China greater independence from U.S.-owned GPS and heating up competition in a sector long dominated by the United States. FILE PHOTO: A model of the BeiDou navigation satellites system is seen at an exhibition

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean and Argentine researchers have unearthed teeth in far-flung Patagonia belonging to a mammal that lived 74 million years ago, the oldest such remains yet discovered in the South American country, the Chilean Antarctic Institute reported on Thursday. Scientists uncovered the tiny teeth, which belonged to a species called Magallanodon baikashkenke, on

A miniature bird sculpture carved of burnt bone from China’s Henan Province dating to about 13,500 ago is seen in this photo released on June 10, 2020. Francesco d’Errico and Luc Doyon/Handout via REUTERS. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A tiny statuette of a bird carved from burnt bone about 13,500 years ago reveals the origins of

LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have used human embryonic stem cells to create an embryo-like research model to help them study some of the earliest stages of human development. The model overcomes some of the ethical restrictions on using human embryos for research and will allow scientists to study a period of human development known as

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The world’s largest population of nesting green turtles is nearly twice as big as previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday, after drones enabled better surveys of the animals. Australian scientists determined that there were about 64,000 green turtles waiting to lay eggs on Raine Island – a vegetated coral cay on the