Construction and operation of buildings accounted for more than a third of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions last year, a new UN report reveals. Emissions from keeping global residential and non-residential buildings running, as well as emissions during the construction of new buildings, made up 38 per cent of total global energy-related CO2 emissions. But emissions … Read more
An avocado a day keeps the doctor away: Millennials’ toast-topper of choice protects the gut by breaking down fibre, reducing unhealthy acids and balancing good and bad fats Researchers had 163 adults aged 25 to 45 follow a specific diet for 12 weeks Half of the volunteers had an avocado in at least one meal throughout … Read more
Experts slam the use of infrared forehead-scanning thermometers to screen for Covid-19 as ‘unreliable, inaccurate and ineffective’ Experts from the US penned an editorial article for a scientific journal Revealed that the non-contact thermal imaging technology is ineffective Regularly fails to spot fever and other forms of screening should be used instead By Joe Pinkstone … Read more
Facebook takes advantage of Brexit to move all UK users onto US privacy agreements – which offer fewer protections and increase the risk of surveillance UK Facebook customers will be moved over to US-based user agreements This will happen next year after Brexit and will see UK users lose protections EU’s digital privacy laws are … Read more
Kangaroos intentionally communicate with humans in similar way to pet dogs and other domesticated animals, using an ‘intense gaze’, a new study claims. Aussie and UK researchers found kangaroos gaze at humans when they’re having trouble accessing food, as if to implore us to help. In experiments, the experts tested kangaroos at various wildlife sanctuaries … Read more
Gmail is down AGAIN! Google’s email service is experiences an outage that leaves thousands of people worldwide without access to inboxes or ability to send messages – just one day after the tech giant’s massive outage Gmail is experiencing issues in the US and UK that started around 3pm ET Users say they cannot access … Read more
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have officially announced the crew members for the next SpaceX Crew mission that will soar to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2021. The three astronauts are NASA’s Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, along with ESA’s Matthias Maurer – a fourth member is expected to be added in … Read more
‘Chrome is Bad‘ is the title of a website released by developer Loran Brichter that claims Google Chrome is slowing down Apple Mac computers. Brichter says the web browser installs the auto-update mechanism Keystone in the background, which hides from the Activity Monitor, and results in the WindowServer having high CPU usage. The solution, he … Read more
First invented in the 1980s by Chuck Hull, an engineer and physicist, 3D printing technology – also called additive manufacturing – is the process of making an object by depositing material, one layer at a time. Similarly to how an inkjet printer adds individual dots of ink to form an image, a 3D printer adds … Read more
Genetically engineered pigs have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration – the first time an intentional genomic alteration has been given clearance for both food and medical use. The pigs, called GalSafe pigs, are without a sugar on their skin that can cause a severe allergic reaction among some people. Without the … Read more