Deborah Bloomfield

From space travel to that Twitter debacle and a cybertruck that could “serve briefly” as a boat, there’s no denying that Elon Musk has a knack for occupying the headlines. From humble beginnings, he’s had a meteoric rise in status to one of the richest people in the world (it bounces between him and Jeff […]

The votes are finally in, and bear 747’s chunky folds have seen him officially crowned winner of Fat Bear Week 2022. Unsurprisingly, this absolute unit is a veteran champion, having won the title back in 2020. However, this victory was almost a near miss for 747, as his semi-final title was almost snatched from his […]

The winners of Nikon’s Small World Photomicrography Competition 2022 have just been announced, showcasing the most beautiful images of the tiny world that exists under a microscope. This year’s top prize was given to Grigorii Timin, supervised by Dr Michel Milinkovitch at the University of Geneva, for his stunning detailed image of a hand of […]

A case report published by urologists has detailed the case of a man who developed an allergy to his own orgasms. Yes, that’s right, you can become allergic to your own orgasms. A healthy 27-year-old man presented himself to the urology department at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine with an unusual complaint. […]

Fresh off the back of the cheating scandal that rocked Fat Bear Week, New Zealand’s contentious Bird of the Year Competition is already off to a suspect beginning. The two-time winner of the competition, the kākāpō, New Zealand’s famous flightless parrot, has been barred from entering.  Despite claiming the title in 2020 and 2008, the […]

A bunch of brain cells in a dish has learned to play the classic video game Pong, demonstrating that neurons lacking a body are inherently endowed with intelligence. By developing this disincarnate model of sentience, researchers expect to learn more about the fundamental nature of consciousness and open up new possibilities for studying neurological disorders.  […]

In August, we reported a breathtaking image of binary star system WR140 taken by JWST. Astronomers have now published scientific results related to that incredible object – and more.  Combining the latest space telescope and decades of observations from Earth, scientists have obtained the best understanding of what these shells are, how they are produced, […]

Alongside an unnerving number of dead bodies, droughts in the US have brought out a new mystery: how did a boat that sank by an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean during World War II end up in a dried-up Californian reservoir? On Sunday, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest put out a number of […]

So, you want to become an Adobe wizard? Good choice. If you’re working in media, marketing, advertising or any other creative industry, Adobe knowledge is a winner for a number of reasons. Not only does it tell your future company that you are an inherently creative person, it also says that you are also the […]

This week saw the second US Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a day dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the histories and cultures of Indigenous Americans – as well as the hardship they have endured. One initiative designed to educate the world about Indigenous peoples is Native Land Digital, a brilliant interactive globe that shows the Native territories, […]

The 1999 cult classic film Office Space depicts Peter’s dreary life as a cubicle-dwelling software engineer. Every Friday, Peter tries to avoid his boss and the dreaded words: “I’m going to need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow.” This scene is still popular on the internet nearly 25 years later because it captures […]

The Internet has given the Metaverse a kicking after the company made an exciting new announcement: legs. The Mark Zuckerberg-headed company announced on Twitter that legs will be added to the metaverse, in a move that will surely save the struggling “digital world”. The announcement asked Twitter users whether they were excited about legs. Advertisement People, […]

The world’s first flying car race has taken flight across the pink salt flats of South Australia, and it looks just as awesome as it sounds. In the first race of its kind, pilots Zephatiali Walsh went head-to-head with Fabio Tishcler, guiding their remotely operated flying vehicles around the 1-kilometer-long (0.6 miles) circuit near Adelaide […]

Video games – and particularly war games – could be a potential trigger for lethal heart events in susceptible children, according to a new study. In children with various heart conditions predisposing them to cardiac arrhythmias, playing video games could raise blood pressure to the point at which an attack is more likely to occur […]

In 1955, the US Atomic Energy Commission came up with a plan to collect human tissue and bone, particularly that of children, in order to carry out ethically-dubious experiments that wouldn’t be known about fully and publicly until 40 years afterward. There was nothing 1950s and 60s America loved more than dropping big nuclear bombs […]

There are around 64 species of fish in the family Exocoetidae, colloquially referred to as “flying fish”. These saltwater fish are found in large numbers across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. In short, no, flying fish do not technically possess the ability for powered flight. What they have instead is the sophisticated ability to […]

The Earth, traditionally a planet known for having ice caps at either pole, is quickly shaking its cold reputation, as its snowiest regions heat up beyond recognition. That makes predicting the increasingly imminent results of global warming a top priority for scientists seeking to understand the future of the planet – and nowhere is that […]

A particularly cold September has given us a glimpse of the winter to come. The cold will bite hardest for the 13% of England’s households that are already in fuel poverty. As the energy crisis intensifies, this is expected to rise further. European leaders have therefore rushed to implement measures to protect households. The UK’s […]

Two weeks of observations of the Didymos/Dimorphos system have confirmed NASA’s DART mission has substantially changed Dimorphos’s orbit, the first time humans have changed the motion of a natural object in space and altered its orbit forever.  The finding demonstrates that under the right circumstances, smashing a spacecraft into a space rock can be all […]