Robo Revenge app allows people to automatically SUE robocallers that inundate them with spam for $3,000 per call The Robo Revenge app automates legal action against frequent robocallers It gives users a fake credit card to create a transaction record with spammers Once the transaction is logged, Robo Revenge can serve legal notices Subsequent spam … Read more
Biggest ever blind subterranean fish discovered in Indian cave that is over a foot long which is five TIMES larger than its closet cousin Experts discovered the biggest ever subterranean fish in a cave in India The fish, similar to a carp, is over a foot long – the average grows up to 13 inches … Read more
Temperatures in Antarctica hit all-time high of nearly 21C – just DAYS after previous record was broken Scientists say that temperatures hit 20.7C on Antarctica’s Seymour Island This would be the second record setting temperature in just a week Data has not been confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization A previous record was broken last week … Read more
MIT researchers find voting app used in West Virginia’s 2018 midterm election is ‘riddled with security risks’ allowing hackers to easily alter, stop or expose how an individual voted Voatz app was used in West Virginia during the 2018 midterm elections MIT experts investigated the app and found ‘it is riddled with security issues’ They … Read more
Academics have identified 18 reasons why so-called megaprojects — like High Speed Two (HS2) and Crossrail — so often fail and propose 54 preventative solutions. Researchers from University College London and the University of Sussex conducted the first comprehensive review of studies into megaproject performance. From this, they have determined that there is no one … Read more
Mice serenade each other with love songs in the hope of attracting a mate and females prefer a tune that has a nice rhythm Female mice were played recordings of male mice singing courtship songs Some of the tracks played to the mice were natural recordings and others edited The edited tracks included artificial stuttering, … Read more
The next Mary Anning? Fossil-hunting Somerset schoolgirl, 8, scours Britain’s Jurassic Coast and finds ancient ammonites and Victorian jewellery Amelie Rosser lives in Dorset and scours the Jurassic Coast for treasure She has previously found ancient fossils and a silver Virgin Mary pendant Proud dad Mark, 45, described his daughter as ‘like a human metal … Read more
Conservationists deploy an ambitious surveillance system across South Africa’s biggest state park, using infrared cameras and motion sensors to protect rhinos from poachers Kruger National Park in South Africa has developed a system to protect rhinos It’s an ambitious network of surveillance cameras and motion sensors The sensors can differentiate animal and human movement and … Read more
There is hope for transplant patients, from technology which may keep a heart alive for 24 hours. At the moment, a donated heart can usually only last around four hours as it is rushed to the person who needs it. But by pumping fluid through its blood vessels, and using pulses of oxygen which mimic … Read more
Three will finally begin rolling out its 5G service to mobiles at the end of the month after delaying the launch last year The next-generation network comes to Three phones from the end of February Phones will get Three 5G in 65 locations, including London, Cardiff and Glasgow The network is the last of the … Read more