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Samsung’s ‘Bean’ earbuds could keep you in shape with workout tracker and audible fitness coach, trademark request reveals A new trademark filing from Samsung shows it could be making new earbuds Codenamed ‘Bean’, the set would be aimed at fitness packed with software One software is designed provide fitness coaching to the wearer Another that … Read more
A ‘wasted decade’ of inactivity and slow political progress mean nations must now do four times as much work to meet climate change targets, a new study claims. Nations must quadruple their efforts, or do the same in one-third of the time, to comply with the climate pact they made as part of the Paris … Read more
‘Spectacular’ 1,800-year-old Roman horse brooch made from copper is found in a Lincolnshire field by an amateur metal detectorist The 0.8ounce brooch was found in a ploughed field just outside Leasingham It was found by Armed Forces veteran Jason Price, 48, using his metal detector There is believed to be just one other item like it which … Read more
A Moscow court ruled on Tuesday that the city’s facial recognition system does not violate the privacy of its citizens – a blow to activists who had hoped to ban the technology’s use. City authorities are using facial recognition technology to ensure people ordered to remain at home or at their hotels under coronavirus quarantine … Read more
NASA scientists have joined others from around the world in a bid to push space agencies to launch a probe to Uranus and Neptune in the 2030s. At a meeting in the UK experts from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland joined a global pool of researchers to discuss the ice giants. The Royal … Read more
Emissions Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming. After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there, making it difficult for heat to escape – and warming up the planet in the process. It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and … Read more
Particle that may date back to the Big Bang could hold the key to understanding the dark matter that makes up 80 per cent of the universe The sub-atomic particle is called a d-star hexaquark and was discovered in 2014 Dark matter is a mass that only interacts with regular matter through gravity It does … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,200 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 94,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
Scientists create an environmentally-friendly bendable concrete made of industrial by-products that could prevent damage to buildings during earthquakes Video shows new concrete made from waste that bends under heavy loads The material uses industrial waste products such as fly ash produced by coal Engineers hope it could prevent disastrous building collapses during big quakes By Jonathan … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,200 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 94,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more