AI is one step closer to beating Ronaldo at the beautiful game, thanks to new breakthrough research by Google DeepMind. DeepMind, which is one of the tech giant's artificial intelligence divisions, trained virtual bots to play matches of 2v2 football with one…
Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope has spotted thousands of never-before-seen young stars in a region nicknamed the ‘Tarantula Nebula’. The nebula called the ’30 Doradus’, has been pictured containing dusty filaments in previous telescope images. The Webb images provide a sharper glimpse of…
Scientists have learnt an important — if brutal — lesson from a rare snake spotted in the Florida Keys. The Tantilla oolitica (rim rock crowned snake) was recently spotted on the island chain for the first time in four years. Unfortunately for…
Brazil has fined Apple and banned the sale of iPhones until the company puts chargers back in the box. Apple stopped including chargers with its phones back in 2020 in a move that angered consumers but reportedly saved the firm billions of…
Scientists have harnessed the power of a woman’s hyper-sensitive sense of smell to develop a test to determine whether people have Parkinson’s disease. The test has been years in the making after academics realised that Joy Milne could smell the condition. The…
Children born from frozen embryos may have a higher chance of developing cancer, a study of nearly 8 million Scandinavian children shows. Researchers said the risk was still very small, but encouraged clinics who freeze embryos for ‘convenience’ to reconsider the practice….
The Star Trek world of fully-immersive visual reality isn’t quite as far away as you might think. The Teslasuit, with its “full-body haptic feedback system”, offers two-way interaction with virtual environments. Not only can the suit project the wearer’s presence into a…
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Seagulls can swoop to steal our chips by changing the shape of their wings, a study has found. The greedy birds react to changes in wind currents by adjusting wrist and elbow joints, and morphing their wings. Study leader Dr Christina Harvey…
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