Millennials are more likely to become agitated and aggressive when forced to wait without their smartphone, study shows Experts explored how concrete and abstract thinking changes our perception They made people wait various lengths for a delayed meeting with a person Those prompted to think about something concrete passed the time more easily However, the team … Read more
Cracks on old paintings like the Mona Lisa make the artwork tough help masterpieces survive for centuries Increase in cracks on a painting are directly linked to the painting’s strength A painting it less likely to snap and break if it has several cracks throughout Cracks are seen on many old paintings, such as Mona Lisa and … Read more
New class of ‘extra-large’ Manta Ray underwater drones will be built by Lockheed Martin after Pentagon awards the firm $12.3 million Lockheed Martin has been chosen by DARPA to start its Manta Ray program The firm received a $12.3 million contract to start the first phase of the program It will have long distance and range … Read more
Huawei has unveiled a new version of its foldable smartphone – the first that will be released outside of mainland China. The Mate Xs is the Chinese tech firm’s second folding phone after the Mate X, which launched last year. Like its predecessor, the Mate Xs has a screen that wraps around the outside of … Read more
A series of hidden chambers at the 3,400-year-old tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings could be the final resting place of ‘mysterious’ Queen Nefertiti. The famed female pharaoh ruled Egypt from 1353 to 1336 BC and was either mother or step-mother to King Tut – Egyptology believed she was laid to rest in … Read more
Lidl becomes the first UK supermarket to launch recycled packaging made from ‘ocean bound plastic’ collected from beaches in South East Asia The plastic is collected from beaches in South East Asia and then recycled It will prevent over 60 tonnes of plastic from entering the ocean each year The plastic will first be rolled … Read more
A frozen bird was so well preserved that fossil hunters thought that it had ‘died yesterday’ has turned out to be 46,000 years old, from the middle of the last ice age. The specimen — an ancestor of the modern horned lark — was found preserved in permafrost in a mine tunnel near the village … Read more
The mystery Rocket Man of the Highlands! Masked skier is caught on camera using a JETPACK to whizz to the top of Scottish slopes Video reveals an unidentified and masked skier using a jetpack for propulsion The contraption was filmed at Glenshee Ski Centre in the Scottish Highlands The skier was filmed using the machine to … Read more
Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox Series X will be EIGHT TIMES more powerful than its predecessor, the Xbox One Xbox Series X will pack serious power with 12 teraflops of GPU performance That means it will be eight times more powerful than the original Xbox One The added power will support higher frame rates and resolution It … Read more
Evidence of a previously unknown ancient civilisation that existed for around 800 years has been found in Southern Turkey. Archaeologists stumbled across an inscribed rock which reveals the existence of the long-lost civilisation after a farmer found it in an irrigation canal. The stone was inscribed with hieroglyphs in the ancient Luwian dialect and experts translated … Read more