The scientific phenomenon known as STEVE has been spotted in the night skies above North America this week. STEVE – short for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement – is a long, thin hot slice of gas that cuts through the sky for…
New research has confirmed what many of us already suspected: Facebook is for old people and the cool kids use TikTok. The percent of American teens aged between 13 and 17 who say they use Facebook has plummeted from 71% in 2014-15…
In the months before it laid off almost one in five of its employees, the link-in-bio tool Linktree was declaring its business was “all growth” as it promised its staff a lifestyle payment, above-market wages and a fresh new office in the…
Amazon is allowing Whole Foods shoppers across California to pay using just a scan of their palm. The tech giant is expanding its palm-scanning technology, Amazon One, to 65 Whole Foods locations across California as reported by The Verge. Several Whole Foods locations have…
Children and their parents in the UK have ‘important gaps in their knowledge’ around cyber bullying, a new report on online safety says. It warns that both are failing to properly identify it – despite many young people being affected. The study,…
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink. No, really. From the Antarctic to the Tibetan Plateau, rainwater across the globe is too polluted for humans to safely drink, a study has shown. Researchers found significant levels of toxic ‘forever’ chemicals…
Women who follow a vegetarian diet have a higher risk of breaking their hips in later life, a new study suggests. Researchers said vegetarian diets “often have lower intakes of nutrients that are linked with bone and muscle health” after their study…
Occasionally, lightning will exit the top of a thunderstorm and connect to the lower edge of space, forming a gigantic jet. In 2018, a storm powered by dense clouds sent lightning 80 km upward, far enough to graze the ionosphere. Scientists began…
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