Fans at Taylor Swift’s Scotland concerts last weekend danced so hard they set off earthquake monitors, according to the British Geological Survey (BGS). Seismic activity was recorded up to six kilometres away during the three gigs last Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium, with some of her biggest…
NASA accidentally aired a medical drill meant for training on an official livestream which simulated an astronaut being treated for decompression sickness on the International Space Station (ISS) – prompting alarm on social media. The audio, which was broadcast on NASA‘s live YouTube channel, captured a female voice instructing crew…
Artificial intelligence (AI) can now detect whether your cat is in pain by looking at its face, using an app built by vets and developers in Japan. The AI app was trained using 6,000 pictures of cats, and developers say it is more than 95% accurate. The head of the…
Researchers have found the route of one of Europe’s busiest winter getaways – the annual migration of millions of insects heading south through a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees. Using video cameras and butterfly nets, researchers from the University of Exeter recorded an estimated 17 million flies, wasps, butterflies…
As climate change pushes temperatures up, invasive mosquitoes are embedding into European countries – bringing dengue fever with them. In 2023, there were 130 locally acquired cases of dengue reported in the EU, compared to 71 in 2022, according to an update from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and…
Elon Musk has moved to drop a lawsuit he filed against ChatGPT maker OpenAI and learned he is facing a fresh investor claim relating to his sale of Tesla shares. The tech billionaire, who had launched his complaint early this year, looked to drop the action just 24 hours before…
A Tory social media campaign suggests the party fears a Labour landslide in the upcoming general election, as minister Grant Shapps says they are fighting to avoid a Labour “supermajority”. The Conservatives’ latest advertising campaign appears to target potential Reform voters, warning them that the Tories could be reduced to…
A joint investigation into a data breach at a DNA testing company has been launched by UK and Canadian watchdogs. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) announced the investigation into the October 2023 incident. US-based genetics company 23andMe analyses its customers’…
Apple is set to integrate artificial intelligence into its new phones, but billionaire Elon Musk has threatened a ban of the devices at his companies over what he alleges are security fears. The tech giant held its annual developer conference in California on Monday during which it made the long-awaited…
Following a drab year for UK stock market flotations in 2023, there was a real shot in the arm for sentiment for the London Stock Exchange this morning, with the affordable computer supplier Raspberry Pi getting off to a rip-roaring start to life as a public company. Shares in the…