Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a nine-point lead over President Donald Trump as both candidates gear up for nominating conventions in the next two weeks, a new national poll shows. The Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Sunday found that 50 percent of US voters intend to vote for Biden this November, compared with … Read more
Sweden’s Prime Minister orders a public inquiry into the country’s handling of coronavirus amid rising criticism of its soft lockdown as its death toll passes 5,000 – the fifth-highest in the world per capita More than 5,300 Swedes have died compared to around 250 in Norway, 600 in Denmark and 325 in Finland, all of … Read more
A delicate, soft coral garden has been found near Greenland at a depth of 1,600 feet underwater — where the pressures is 50 times greater than at the surface. Experts from the UK and Greenland made the discovery — the first of its kind to have been seen in the region — using an innovative and … Read more
Professor Robert Dingwall warned the measures were ‘extreme’ and risked making children ‘miserable There is no need to remove soft toys from classrooms or ban children from touching books when schools eventually reopen, one of the government’s experts has claimed. Professor Robert Dingwall warned the measures were ‘extreme’ and risked making children ‘miserable’ when they … Read more
Researchers build the world’s fastest ‘soft’ robot, which can travel more than THREE TIMES faster than the previous record holder using movements that mimic a cheetah Researchers at North Carolina State University built a new ‘soft’ robot using silicone bands to mimic the gait of a cheetah It’s just 2.7 inches long but travels nearly … Read more
A very impawtant job: Adorable police dog Ozzie who was sacked from the force ‘for being too soft’ finds a new calling chasing birds away from planes Ozzie was training for the Queensland Police Service’s canine program in 2018 However he was deemed too soft and the search was on to find him a new … Read more
People applying for credit cards with two major UK lenders have to roll the dice to check if they will be accepted, putting their credit score at risk in the process. HSBC and Tesco Bank require applicants to do a ‘hard search’ which shows up on their credit file, and can damage their credit score … Read more