What Car? says Peugeot 5008 is UK’s best used car in 2021

Used Value Car of the Year Winner: Kia Picanto (2017-present) Also consider: Hyundai i10 (2014-2020) & Volkswagen Up (2012-present) Used Small Car of the Year Winner: Skoda Fabia (2015-present) Also consider: Seat Ibiza (2017-present) & Suzuki Swift (2010-2017) Used Family Car of the Year Winner: Audi A3 (2013-2020) Also consider: Skoda Octavia (2013-2020) & Volkswagen … Read more

231-million-year-old fossil discovered in Argentina is the ancestor to most reptiles 

Scientists have found an ‘almost perfectly preserved’ skull of a previously unknown animal that lived some 230 million years ago and is the ancestor of most modern reptiles. Known as Taytalura alcoberi, this member of the Lepidosauromorpha, a group of reptiles that predates the dinosaurs, lived in what is now modern-day Argentina during the Late … Read more

Apple unveils a $329 iPad that features the tech giant’s new A13 Bionic Chip

Apple hosted its annual product event on Tuesday, which opened with the unveiling of a new iPad that is three times more powerful than a Chrome book and six times more powerful than an Android Tablet. The iPad features the tech giant’s new A13 Bionic Chip, giving it 20 percent faster performance than its predecessor with … Read more

Amateur astronomers capture the moment mysterious object slams into Jupiter

A mysterious object slammed into Jupiter this week, causing a bright flash of light that was captured by amateur astronomers 382.76 million miles away on Earth. German astronomer Harald Paleske was watching the shadow of Jupiter’s moon, Io, create a solar eclipse in the planet’s atmosphere of Jupiter when he spotted the probable impact. ‘A bright … Read more

EIGHT additional miles of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave have been uncovered

EIGHT additional miles of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave are uncovered that extends the 10-million-year-old structure to at least 420 miles long Explorers have uncovered eight additional miles of passageways inside Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave The discovery brings the system to at least 420 miles long and officials say there could be more to find  The 10-million-year-old cave was … Read more

Lucid beats Tesla in most miles on a single charge

Lucid’s upcoming Air Dream electric car found to get 520 miles on a single charge – beating Tesla by more than 100 miles EPA confirmed Lucid’s Air Dream Range Edition gets 520 miles on a single charge This surpasses the Tesla Model S Long Range by more than 100 miles The Tesla vehicle was held … Read more

World’s largest cruise ship the Wonder of the Seas completes sea trials – and will debut in 2022

Amazing video footage has been released showing the world’s largest cruise ship – Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas – completing her sea trials. And it has been announced that the 1,188ft- (362m) long behemoth will debut in the U.S and Europe next year, sailing from her home in Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean on … Read more

Winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 are revealed

The winning images from the Royal Museums Greenwich Astronomy Photographer of the Year have been revealed. Shuchang Dong was crowned the overall winner of Astronomy Photographer of the Year for his mesmerising photograph The Golden Ring. The image shows an annular solar eclipse taken in the Ali region of Tibet on 21 June 2020. ‘This … Read more

‘Vampire’ catfish which can swim up man’s urethra use larger host fish as Amazon water taxis

Notorious ‘vampire’ catfish which crave blood and can swim up a man’s URETHRA travel through the Amazon river by using larger host fish as ‘water taxis’, study finds A new study suggests vampire fish attach themselves to a larger host to navigate the difficult waters of the Amazon river In April 2019, researchers saw several … Read more

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: It’s the best of British for Alan Bennett’s black comedy 

National treasures Dame Judi Dench and Sir Derek Jacobi will star in a new film based on a play by another legend, Alan Bennett. The playwright’s last work, hospital drama Allelujah!, has been adapted by Heidi Thomas, creator of the BBC‘s award-winning period drama Call The Midwife. Thomas, the brains behind the BBC1 series set … Read more