- Children that grow up without a sibling are no more selfish than those who have brothers and sisters around, according to a new study into only child syndrome. Volunteers were asked to complete a range of tasks related to altruism from the…
- A piece of the driveway where an 'extremely rare' meteorite worth £100,000 crashed will go on display at the Natural History Museum along with the space rock. The meteorite fell to Earth in a fireball seen from across the UK, tracked by doorbell…
- Transporting rhinos upside down, testing chewing gum, and clearing a blocked nose with sex are among the experiments to win prizes at the 2021 'Ig Nobel' awards. Organised by science humour magazine the Annals of Improbable Research as a spoof of the…
- Facebook has partnered with Ray-Ban to launch a range of smart glasses that feature two hidden cameras, allowing you to secretly snap photos and video on the go. Named Ray-Ban Stories, they cost £299 in the UK ($299 in the US) and come with dual…
- The best images yet of a bizarre dog bone-shaped asteroid named Kleopatra have been taken by astronomers, revealing the rock is larger than previously thought. The mostly-metal asteroid orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter, and is 168 miles long…
- Nuclear fusion is a step closer to reality after scientists tested a magnet 12 times as powerful as those used for MRIs, with the hope of working reactors by the 2030s. Unlike current nuclear fission technology, fusion replicates the process at the…
- The algorithm TikTok uses to decide what videos users will see is promoting sexual content, drugs and alcohol to children as young as 13, an investigation revealed. As part of the Wall Street Journal investigation, a '13-year-old user' searched for…
- The majority of fossil fuels, such as oil, gas and coal, 'must not be extracted' by 2050 if the world has a chance of limiting global warming to 2.7°F (1.5°C), study shows. This is the maximum annual average temperature increase scientists say the…
- The highly-anticipated next generation James Webb space telescope will launch on a European Space Agency Ariane 5 rocket on December 18, according to NASA. The launch of this successor to Hubble has been delayed multiple times, with the most recent…
- A breathtaking photo of the edge of the Earth, showing city lights 'battling it out' with lights from distant stars has been captured by an astronaut on the space station. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured the image from…
