Reporters Without Borders opens a new virtual library inside Minecraft to share banned news stories

A new virtual library in Minecraft will let people in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Russia and Vietnam read stories from banned journalists Reporters will be able to use Minecraft as a workaround for censorship The popular videgame will host a new virtual library filled with censored news stories in both English and the language they … Read more

Scientists develop new way to grow tiny organ samples to minimize the need for animal testing 

Stem cells used to grow tiny but functional human organs that can fit together on a computer chip and could be used to finally end animal testing in medical research Medical researchers grew human organs one millionth the size of normal The organs functioned normally, including a heart that beat 60 times a minute The … Read more

Scientists develop new way to grow tiny organ samples to minimize the need for animal testing 

Stem cells used to grow tiny but functional human organs that can fit together on a computer chip and could be used to finally end animal testing in medical research Medical researchers grew human organs one millionth the size of normal The organs functioned normally, including a heart that beat 60 times a minute The … Read more

National Trust reveals the weirdest jetsam that has washed up on Britain’s beaches

From a bin called ‘Pete’ to Russian bug spray: National Trust reveals the weirdest jetsam that has washed up on Britain’s beaches as it shines light on the problem of marine pollution The National Trust looks after 780 miles of coastline around the United Kingdom  Waste washed up from the sea continues to blight UK beaches, the … Read more

Tinder postpones ‘apocalyptic’ Swipe Night due to worries that it trivializes coronavirus pandemic

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 5,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 140,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type … Read more

Nearly 140 new minor planets are discovered beyond Neptune that could help find the Planet Nine

Nearly 140 new minor planets are discovered beyond Neptune that scientists hope will help track down the mysterious Planet Nine Experts found 316 minor planets and determined 139 haven’t been documented The team took the first four years of that data from the Dark Energy Survey  Then they applied new techniques to spot objects moving across … Read more

Civil Liberties group sues US government for records of facial-recognition use at airports

Civil Liberties group sues US government for records of facial-recognition use at airports claiming the technology ‘enables surveillance on a massive scale’ The American Civil Liberties Union sued the US government on Thursday  Seeking records on the use of facial recognition deployed in US airports They say the technology can be used to track people … Read more