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14/10/2017

The internet's scientific prayers have been answered: we now know definitively what happens when you spin a fidget spinner in space. And it is predictably awesome.
To spin the toy in space, an astronaut grips the center just like an earthling would do, and gives the outer ring a swirl. But things get interesting when the astronaut releases the spinner into the low-gravity environment of the space station. The spinner floats around, while continuing to spin, and even spins around itself in some sort of triple spin with no signs of slowing down. Things get taken to a whole other level when the astronauts themselves start spinning around the triple-spinning fidget spinners and ow... our brains hurt.

11/10/2017

How Plant Technology Can Save The World

Moderator Dr. Jason Jay, senior lecturer and director of Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan, had a direct question for all of the panelists in his conversation on how to save the world through plant technology at the Forbes Under 30 Summit.

10/10/2017

Robocops have been deployed in a busy city centre in a futuristic bid to control huge numbers of holiday crowds.

Police robots are being used for the first time by the authorities in China.

The bizarre looking bobbies have been used to control crowds during the recent public holidays.

But the made-in-China cops are nothing like the metallic bipedal humanoid android seen in the sci-fi film "RoboCop" and instead look like glorified vacuum cleaners.

07/10/2017

The FCC has given Google permission to deploy its Project Loon balloons over Puerto Rico.

Previously, the helium balloons were able to provide LTE coverage to Peru after extreme flooding. But in that case, Google had already partnered with a telecom provider on the ground, which it depended on to beam the signal to the balloons, for disaster relief.

In Puerto Rico, Google's innovation lab, X, is starting from scratch. It's unclear if Puerto Rico's stressed telecom companies even have the resources to partner with Google on this endeavor.

20/09/2017

Figuring out whether your boss, crush or—let's be honest—ex is still following you can be a bit of a faff. But, Instagram is rolling out a new feature that could tell you instantly whether a person has unfollowed you.

UGH, FINALLY.

13/09/2017

VR is the hot new tech that everyone is trying to get into these days — Facebook, Microsoft and even Dell are all moving into that space. So far they’re mostly focused on gaming and interactive experiences, with a few forays into short-form video content.

VR isn’t just for gamers anymore.

04/05/2017

Unicorn, Dragon and Mermaid Frappuccino

ust when you thought coffee shop orders couldn’t get more irritating than

extra hot, venti, soy, quadruple-shot lattes (minus the foam), Starbucks

27/04/2017

These Towie stars have HOW MUCH? Get the lowdown on their mega earnings

THE stars of The Only Way Is Essex are household names but do their bank balances reflect their star power? While the Towie newbies are reported to make around £100 per day for filming, some of the…

22/04/2017

Where Are The Former 'Britain's Got Talent' Now?

We check in with the likes of Paul Potts and George Sampson.

15/04/2017

Meet the boy to almost everything EXCEPT Chick Fil-A fries

Christopher Cataldo has a rare and incurable condition called eosinophilic esophagitis, which means eating or even smelling most foods could kill him - except Chick-fil-A fries.

12/04/2017

The WWE's 2016 has been revealed

Former UFC Champion Brock Lesnar was the highest paid athlete in WWE last year according to latest figures. The current WWE Universal Champion pocketed a cool $12 million during 2016 according to Forbes, whose estimations factor in the company’s public filings, contracts and pay documents.

07/04/2017

found around Earth-like planet GJ 1132b

Astronomers make the first detection of an atmosphere surrounding a "super-Earth" planet.