Cyborg locust designed to sniff out explosive vapors like dynamite and could help find bombs

Cyborg locust designed to sniff out different explosive vapors like dynamite could one-day be used by Homeland Security to search for bombs Scientists implanted electrodes into the antennal lobe of a locust This allowed them to see what the creature is picking up in its sense of smell The locust can detect and decipher between different … Read more

Liverpool fans throw smoke bombs as they ignore police advice and gather at Anfield

Liverpool fans hurled smoke bombs this evening outside Anfield as they ignored police advice to stay at home ahead of their side’s Premier League trophy presentation. The team play Chelsea tonight and later will be presented with the Premier League trophy after the match. It will be their first title victory in 30 years. Merseyside … Read more

Daredevils dodge lava bombs while crossing an active volcano on a tightrope to set world record

Two adrenaline junkies have set a world record by walking the first slackline over an active volcano. Alexander Schulz, 28, from Germany, and Rafael Bridi, 33, from Brazil, crossed the crater of the Yasur volcano on Tanna Island, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean – walking on a one inch wide strip of webbing. The volcano … Read more

Airbus developing electronic odor detector to sniff out bombs and banned substances in airports

Airbus will debut electronic odor detector to sniff out explosives and other hazardous substances in airport security lines by the end of 2020 The plane manufacturer will begin using a new sensor to detect bombs The cutting edge device will use a processor with integrated biological cells Airbus says the sensors will roll out in … Read more

How stink bombs and rotten tomatoes struck the first blows for #MeToo

When the reigning Miss World appeared on stage in 1969 in war-torn Saigon, alongside comedian Bob Hope, she received a rapturous reception from thousands of salivating US troops recovering from their brutal battles in Vietnam. Just weeks earlier more than 100 million viewers worldwide watched on TV as Eva Rueber-Staier, Miss Austria, was crowned as … Read more