Rishi Sunak races to build 100bn job creation scheme amid fears 2MILLION will lose their jobs

Rishi Sunak is racing to build a £100bn job creation scheme amid fears two million Britons will lose their jobs when the furlough scheme ends.   During the Downing St press conference the Chancellor promised to address the looming employment crisis with a scheme to create additional jobs.   Mr Sunak announced that the furlough scheme, which … Read more

‘Passive’ visual stimuli is needed to build sophisticated AI

‘Passive’ visual experiences play a key part in our early learning experiences and should be replicated in AI vision systems, according to neuroscientists. Italian researchers argue there are two types of learning – passive and active – and both are crucial in the development of our vision and understanding of the world.   Who we become as … Read more

Cambridge developers build parking space-sized ‘micro-homes’

Shoe-box flats the size of disabled parking bays have been green-lighted for construction, flying in the face of a fierce backlash. Developers have brushed off criticism over their 182-square foot apartments and insist the micro-homes are ‘a perfectly reasonable size’.   A kitchen, bathroom and bedroom cram inside the proposed rooms, which will be fitted inside … Read more

Russia plans to build its own space station when the ISS reaches the end of its life

Russia aims to build its own orbiting space base when the International Space Station (ISS) is no longer serviceable – to launch missions to the Moon and Mars.   The ISS has been under constant occupation by astronauts since November 2000 but due to structural fatigue needs to be decommissioned by 2030.  After this Roscosmos plans … Read more

Gypsies use 1,000 TONNES of rubble and 12 dumper trucks to build illegal camp in just three days

Travellers have built an illegal permanent camp using 1,000 tonnes of rubble and 12 dumper trucks in just three days after moving onto a field in the middle of the night, despite being denied planning permission.  Truckers arrived on the land close to the Swan With Two Necks pub at Blackbrook, in Staffordshire, at 3am last … Read more

Ministers vow to build 3,300 homes over a year to ‘end rough sleeping for good’ in £160m drive

Government homelessness investment is being fast-tracked to ensure more than 3,000 new homes for rough sleepers aided during the coronavirus pandemic.  The investment will be available in the next 12 months and will see £160million of a £281million four-year pot brought forward to be spent this year. It aims to prevent those taken off the … Read more

Elon Musk says SpaceX plans to build a reusable rocket ship every 72 HOURS to colonizing Mars 

Elon Musk says SpaceX plans to build a reusable rocket ship every 72 HOURS to fulfill his dream of colonizing Mars Elon Musk revealed his latest plan to colonize Mars during an all-hands meeting He wants to build 1,000 Starships and wants to make one every 72 hours The ships would be reusable and have … Read more

Wayne Rooney ‘plans to build a GOLF COURSE in the 120 acre grounds of his new £20m mansion’

Wayne Rooney ‘plans to build a GOLF COURSE in the 120 acre grounds of his new £20million mansion which also has a football pitch and fishing lakes’ Wayne, 34, is believed to have asked for full-length holes and a pitch and putt The grounds already boast a football pitch and two fishing lakes for the … Read more

Fitbit is shifting its resources to help build ventilators designed to treat COVID-19 patients

Fitbit is shifting its resources to help build ventilators designed to treat COVID-19 patients The Google-owned company will shift its resources into building ventilators  It’s not immediately clear what the exact cost will be It says the ventilators will be ‘advanced’ but will be moderately priced Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19 By James … Read more

Mysterious underwater insect uses microplastics to build protective microshelters for itself 

Revealed: Caddis flies use plastic waste from their surroundings to build shells but the new protective layer actually makes it EASIER for predators to attack the mysterious underwater insects Caddis flies are small insects that live on riverbeds and pond bottoms Scientists found they built narrow shells for themselves with plastic waste The plastic shells … Read more