By the end of 2024, any new iPhones produced by Apple must include the USB-C port to be sold in Europe. That’s the directive that has been overwhelmingly voted for by the European Parliament as a way to reduce electronic waste. It…
Perfect for the oligarch on the run? A company has unveiled a £22m superyacht – that can go underwater for four days. Dutch boatbuilder U-Boat Worx say their Nautilus vessel will offer the luxury of a yacht, but can head beneath the…
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If there's one thing Twitter is famous for, it's preserving stupid things people have said and making it almost impossible to take it back. But the social media platform could be about to change in a dramatic way following the launch of…
A 150-year-old painting appears to show a 'time traveller' playing with an iPhone—but art critics have insisted it's nothing of the kind. 'The Expected One' by artist Ferdinand George Waldmüller shows a young woman walking through the countryside with her eyes glued…
The ongoing radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster 36 years ago is having weird effects on local wildlife. When the reactor blew, in April 1986, it generated the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human history. In the subsequent…
A planetary rover potentially destined for missions on the moon or Mars has been put through its paces at a quarry in Milton Keynes. The Sample Fetch Rover (SFR), affectionately known as Anon, was intended to collect sample tubes left on the…
Elon Musk has found himself wrapped up in yet another Twitter controversy after posting a peace proposal to settle the Ukranian conflict. Trying his hand a bit of international diplomacy, the billionaire tweeted out four points that, he felt, would settle the…
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Every blue-eyed person on Earth can trace their ancestry back to a single individual who lived between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago. Scientists have worked out that, long long ago, all humans had brown eyes. Until a specific gene mutation caused them…