Slingshot spider launches itself 100 times faster than cheetah by creating spring coils in its web – and experts say the design could improve robots Launching from a spring-like web, the acrobatic arachnid hits speeds of 4,300 feet a second squared Barely 1/25 inch tall, it can take down much larger flies and mosquitoes It’s one … Read more
SpaceX celebrated its 100th successful launch Tuesday morning, sending 58 Starlink satellites into orbit aboard the Falcon 9 rocket from Florida‘s Cape Canaveral. Along with the internet beaming devices were three SkySat observational satellites owned by Planet Labs, a private Earth-imaging company. Falcon 9 is the first reusable rocket designed to take cargo and passengers … Read more
Police patrolling one of Britain’s richest villages have begun a crackdown on wealthy boy racers using its genteel streets to engage in ‘Fast and Furious’ race meetings in high performance cars. Officers have been inundated with complaints from locals in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, about ‘loud revving of engines, rapid acceleration from junctions and general exhibitionist … Read more
Chinese smartphone maker ZTE will launch the world’s first mass-produced 5G smartphone with an under-display camera next month. The ZTE Axon 20 5G, which is launching in China on September 1, will be the first under-display camera smartphone to be released to the market. The so-called ‘under-display’ camera is concealed entirely behind the phone’s screen, with no … Read more
Police launch murder probe after good Samaritan, 24, is beaten to death trying to break up fight outside pub The fight was outside The Clifton Wetherspoons pub in Sedgley, near Dudley A 24-year-old male suffered fatal head injuries and died at the scene West Midlands police cordoned off the High Street as investigations are ongoing … Read more
The Bachelor premieres to its LOWEST ever audience – as more people watch ABC’s Hard Quiz than the first episode of Locky Gilbert’s season By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:30 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 04:43 BST, 13 August 2020 The eighth season of The Bachelor pulled in 681,000 metro viewers … Read more
A man in his 20s was shot dead by a hooded gunman on the doorstep of his £500,000 northwest London home, as police today launch a murder investigation – the 78th this year in the capital. Armed officers swooped on Hansel Road, Kilburn, in the early hours of this morning after reports of a shooting. … Read more
Microsoft has confirmed its fourth-generation Xbox, the Xbox Series X, will be released this November to square up with Sony’s PlayStation 5 in the gaming market. The new games console, which Xbox has described as its ‘most powerful ever’, will feature processing power twice that of the current generation Xbox One X. Xbox Series X … Read more
Brian Austin Green enjoys a lunch date with Jane Seymour’s daughter Jennifer Flynn ahead of their joint business launch By Kellie Chudzinski For Dailymail.com Published: 03:53 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 03:53 BST, 12 August 2020 Brian Austin Green got down to business on Tuesday as he joined his business partner Jennifer Flynn in … Read more
The Shetland Islands have been picked as the location for the UK’s first commercial rocket launch in 2021 when Lockheed Martin will put a small satellite into orbit. The island of Unst has been picked as the location of a spaceport and Lockheed Martin is moving its £23.5 million grant to the island, Mail on … Read more