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Bizarre flat plastic wine bottles go on sale in the UK that are seven times lighter than glass versions – and experts maintain the unusual design doesn’t affect the taste

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They look more like cheap bottles of cooking oil than a superb selection of ‘vin de pays’.  But UK retailer The Wine Society claims its new ‘flat’ wine bottles are easier to transport – reducing the firm’s carbon footprint but without affecting flavour.  The bizarre packaging is lighter – 63g each compared to an average of … Read more

Discovery of cracked mud on Mars has alien hunters excited about finding life on the Red Planet

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Martian hunters are getting excited by cracked mud on the Red Planet. A new paper suggests the same conditions that created the cracks could have been favorable to microbial life.  Scientists aren’t certain how life began on Earth, but one prevailing theory says persistent cycles of wet and dry conditions on land helped assemble the … Read more

iPhone users issued warning to change buried setting which would prevent mobile fraud

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iPhone users issued warning to change buried setting which would prevent mobile fraud By Madison Burgess Published: 10:20 BST, 9 August 2023 | Updated: 11:59 BST, 9 August 2023 iPhone users have discovered a buried setting that can help combat mobile fraud. It takes just two minutes to enable it and it could stop fraudsters … Read more

Spectacular supermoon lights up the night sky as stargazers across Earth catch glimpse of August lunar event

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A FULL MOON  is the phase of the moon in which its whole disc is illuminated. During the 29.5-day lunar cycle, we observe a new moon (with 0 per cent illumination), a waxing moon (when the amount of illumination on the moon is increasing), a full moon (100 per cent illumination) and then a waning moon … Read more

Scientists can now control human DNA with electricity using new tech that ‘sparks genes back to life’

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Scientists can now control human DNA with electricity using new tech that ‘sparks genes back to life’ By Matthew Phelan For Dailymail.Com Updated: 23:13 BST, 1 August 2023 Scientists have for the first time managed to control human DNA with electricity in what could be a breakthrough. A team in Switzerland successfully switched human genes … Read more

This portable bluetooth speaker with ‘amazing sound quality’ is on sale for under £36 at Amazon

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Music to your ears! This ‘phenomenal’ palm-sized speaker with ‘amazing sound quality’ is on sale for under £36 at Amazon By Emily Scrivener For Mailonline Published: 07:40 BST, 4 May 2023 | Updated: 07:40 BST, 4 May 2023 SHOPPING — Contains affiliated content. Products featured in this Mail Best article are selected by our shopping … Read more

Sweden is building world’s first permanent electrified motorway

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Sweden is building world’s first permanent electrified motorway that will charge drivers e-vehicles while they drive It will be built on a 13-mile part of E20 motorway between Hallsberg and Örebro It comes after EU passed law requiring cars to have no C02 emissions from 2035 By Alexander Butler Published: 18:22 BST, 29 April 2023 | … Read more

Is Stone of Destiny FAKE? Relic used in the King’s coronation is ‘unlikely original’, expert says

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The Stone of Destiny – an oblong block of sandstone – will be under the Coronation chair where King Charles will be sitting when he’s officially crowed in ten days’ time. Also known as Stone of Scone, it’s long been an ancient symbol of the Scottish and British monarchy, used since the 1300s for the … Read more