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29  mars     13h38
Fraudsters are using AI to churn out fake IDs before selling them to under-18s for as little as 12 - and experts say supermarkets, pubs and airports need to be on ’red alert’
   Yoti, which provides facial estimation systems for British supermarkets and pubs to check users are over , said the forgeries were so ’sophisticated’ they were hard to spot.
    13h15
Sausage dogs are here to stay Germany denies it’s planning to ban dachshunds
   According to Germany’s agriculture ministry, the ban on breeding dachshunds, also known as sausage dogs, won’t happen.
    12h55
Make way for the ’super spud’ British scientists are altering the DNA of potatoes so they cook as fast as pasta
   The days of waiting for your potatoes to cook could soon be over, as British scientists are working on a ’super spud’ that cooks as fast as pasta and rice.
    12h09
The 7 SONIC wonders of the world: The incredible sounds to hear before it’s too late - including laughing hippos in Kenya and Iceland’s Vatnajokull Glacier
   Your bucket list is about to get even longer, as experts have created a new list of must visit destinations.
    11h36
US government plans to unleash ’hunters’ to KILL half a million owls in three US states to save its endangered cousin
   Roughly , barred owls will be culled over the next years in the Pacific Northwest to protect the endangered spotted owl. Barred owls have overtaken the spotted owl’s territory.
    11h34
CERN to test world’s most powerful particle accelerator during April’s solar eclipse to search for ’invisible’ matter that secretly powers our universe
   The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful accelerator, is set to smash protons at near speed of life next month for the first time in two years.
    11h17
Is Netflix trivialising teen PAIN? Scientists claim popular shows including Sex Education and Stranger Things play down suffering in youngsters
   In Netflix shows and films, depictions of pain experienced by teen characters are unrealistic and ’misleading’, report experts at the universities of Bath and Calgary in Canada.
    10h20
Is this the real-life Dune sandworm? Blood-sucking ’vampire’ creature with mouth full of swirling teeth is found on a beach in Devon
   Will Miles, , encountered the bizarre creature on the beach near Exmouth Marina in Devon while taking a post work stroll last week.
    09h17
Britain’s ’drone superhighway’ will be completed this SUMMER: 165-mile long network will let pilotless devices fly between the Midlands and the Southeast - but sceptics warn it will be ’annoying and intrusive’ for people living under the flight path
   The UK is set to open the world’s first drone superhighway this summer, stretching miles across the country. However, critics say it poses a risk to public safety and privacy.
    07h39
Scientists warn one in every 50 Americans in nearly 25 coastal cities at risk of excessive flooding due to sinking land and rising sea levels
   Home property damages could cost billion by , scientists estimate. But the findings are likely an underestimate ignoring damage to bridges, hospitals and more
28  mars     21h07
Conservatives launch new probe into Canada’s lab leak scandal: National security failure saw Chinese scientists send Ebola in the mail to Wuhan and spy on top research hub
   About a month after a bombshell page report showed how Chinese scientists in a Winnipeg lab shared secret materials with China, Canadian MPs opened a new inquiry into the incident.
    18h44
Indian police spot glowing UFOs zig-zagging over nuclear power plant - mirroring reports of craft at sensitive bases in US
   DailyMail.com has obtained two UFO videos recorded by an Indian police official, depicting an apparent craft near India’s Kudankulam nuclear plant.
    18h19
iPhone users find hidden emoji hack - saying it’s the greatest feature no one knows about
   An iPhone hack that lets you layer emojis and send texts with invisible ink has been revealed. IPhone users are calling the hack the ’greatest of all time’ as they send stacked emojis to their friends.
    16h24
Anti-aging elixir could be hiding in ’indestructible’ tardigrades, say scientists who found microscopic creature’s proteins slow cell damage
   Tardigrades are tiny animals that can enter a hibernation state to survive hard times. Scientists found the proteins enabling this process can also slow down and protect human cells.
    16h00
Song lyrics have become simpler and more repetitive over the last 40 years, study finds
   Researchers analysed , rap, country, pop, R B and rock songs released since and found musicians have largely abandoned the lyrical poetry of Bob Dylan, and other all time greats.
    16h00
Uncanny Valley Watch as a creepy humanoid robot mimics a researcher’s facial expressions in real time - with eerie precision
   The Emo robot, from experts at Columbia University in New York, can smile at the same time as humans.
    15h58
Officials urge public to destroy spongy egg masses across the US to avoid infestation of lanternflies in May
   Millions of spotted lanternflies will soon emerge from their eggs and feast upon crops in US states. To lessen the effects, agriculture officials urge Americans to destroy the egg masses on sight.
    15h34
Picky eaters rejoice Knorr develops a SUPER stock cube that promises to mask the bitter taste in vegetables
   The days of trying to cajole your children into eating their vegetables could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to Knorr’s new ’Supercube’.
    15h14
Remains of George Washington’s long-lost grandnephews are identified using DNA from 200-year-old bones found in unmarked graves
   Researchers have identified the remains of two of George Washington’s grandnephews years after their deaths. The team used new DNA sequencing techniques.
    14h26
British households are hoarding 880 million unused gadgets containing nearly 1 billion worth of precious materials, report reveals
   Researchers from Material Focus say that UK households are hoarding million unused gadgets and throwing away , tonnes of electricals.
    13h18
Britain’s greenhouse gas emissions FELL by 5.4% last year, promising analysis reveals
   Greenhouse gas emissions fell by . per cent last year from as the UK used less natural gas due to soaring prices.
    12h32
Revealed: The popular dog breeds vets say you should AVOID buying because they have been cruelly overbred to look ’cute’ - is yours one of them?
   From pugs to dachshunds and Cavalier King Charles spaniels, several breeds suffer from ’extreme conformation’, where exaggerated body shape negatively affect their health and welfare.
    11h56
Marvel announces new free-to-play multiplayer game that some are calling ’Overwatch for heroes’
   Marvel has teamed up with Chinese studio NetEase to launch multiplayer game Marvel Rivals, which will enter closed beta in May. It features heroes like Iron Man, Black Panther, and Spider Man.
    08h20
How dogs can be used to detect PTSD: Scientists train pups to sniff out an oncoming flashback by smelling your breath
   Scientists from Dalhousie University have discovered that dogs can smell trauma as they train pooches to sniff out the signs of an impending PTSD flashback.
27  mars     22h43
UFO-nuke mystery goes global: Indian newspaper reports craft flying over nuclear power plants ’every few days’
   Senior Indian police officials reported the UFOs made baffling ’zigzag movements.’ Apparent UFO craft came near local nuclear plants over times in August, per police
    21h30
How a drunk dial from a friend led to paralyzed man becoming Neuralink’s patient zero - five months later he is playing Mario Kart with his mind
   Noland Arbaugh became the first person to receive a Neuralink brain chip implant after he received a drunk phone call from his friend. From the moment he applied, it took five months until the surgery.
    21h27
Shuttered Michigan nuclear plant gets 1.5bn federal loan to restart operations by 2025 - and could power at least 800,000 homes
   Michigan’s nuclear power plant, outside of Kalamazoo, was shuttered in due to safety issues, but is set to be revived thanks for a loan from the Biden Administration.
    21h21
Bridges across the US that suffered same fate as Francis Scott Key in Baltimore - as several states launch safety projects to shore up infrastructure
   On Tuesday the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore crumbled into the water after being struck by a ship, much like bridges in Georgia, Kentucky, and Oklahoma, which met the same fate.
    19h42
Antarctica ’super vortex’ is speeding up due to climate change - and it could melt thousands of square miles of sea ice, study reveals
   A team of about scientists pulled deep ocean sediment samples out of the most remote region of the Southern Ocean discovering how a vortex melts Antarctic ice
    18h48
West Virginia says no to Biden’s solar panel push: State’s billionaire coal magnate governor vetoes renewable energy bill - claiming it would’ve ’put miners out of work’
   West Virginia Governor Jim Justice rejected a renewable energy bill, claiming it would increase the cost for consumers. Instead, he said the state should focus on coal fueled energy.
    17h12
New image of supermassive black hole resembles the Eye of Sauron from the Lord Of The Rings
   Astronomers captured the most detailed image of the supermassive black hole that sites in the center of our Milky Way, revealing stunning orange swirls around the edge of Sagittarius A .
    16h37
Why time will stop in 2029: Scientist says a ’negative leap second’ will be needed to adjust for Earth’s rotation speeding up
   Professor Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at UC San Diego, says one second should be removed from the year in .
    15h51
Scientists find human brain has grown by whopping 7% since 1930... but there are signs IQs have gone backwards in recent years
   The size of the brain has increased since the s by an average of . percent, a new study revealed. This comes as IQs for Gen Z and Gen Alpha have dropped in recent years.
    15h50
Is it cruel to buy a sausage dog? As Germany inches closer to banning dachshunds, vets warn our obsession with ’stubby’ legs means the breed now endures a ’lifetime of suffering’
   For hundreds of years, dachshunds also known as sausage dogs have been bred to accentuate harmful features, like a long, sausage like torso, to make them appear ’cute’.
    15h15
Britain’s phone boxes get a 21st century makeover BT is turning thousands into hi-tech Street Hubs with WiFi and free phone chargers
   BT is turning the phone boxes into Street Hubs with Wi fi, phone chargers, and screens showing real time council updates.
    14h13
YouTube pranksters expose how social media giants are allowing adverts for vapes, knives, alcohol and gambling to children
   In their latest stunt, popular duo Josh and Archie, who have . million followers, filmed fake ads and paid to post them on Instagram , TikTok and X.
    13h45
Engineers blame 3m structural ’flaw’ for Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge collapsing - and tens of thousands of bridges across US could also have fault
   No bridge can withstand millions of pound of force from a strike, as with the cargo ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge. But structures can help protect it. Unfortunately none were in place.
    12h49
Top scientists call for an end to daylight saving time: Experts warn clock change fuels a rise in cancer, traffic accidents and sleep issues - and claim it should be ditched entirely
   Top sleep scientists say that shifting the day by just an hour can have massive consequences and claim it should be ditched entirely.
    12h42
The real-life Jetsons Futuristic European flying ’AirCar’ that can transform from a road vehicle into a plane in under three minutes is sold to China - and flying taxis could take to British skies by 2028
   While the car is already certified to fly in Slovakia, the technology has been sold to a Chinese company, which will ’accelerate progress towards mass market flying car manufacturing.’
    12h09
Women are 40% more likely to have their work replaced by artificial intelligence with up to eight million jobs in the UK at risk, experts warn
   Analysis has found nearly two thirds of tasks carried out by workers could be automated by AI, with admin and entry level jobs most at risk.
    10h47
Countdown’s Susie Dent reveals the historic words she wants to see back in the English language - so, how many do you know?
   Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Susie says that there are hundreds of words ’waiting to be revived magically’.
26  mars     23h10
Barbie pigs’ and ’unicumbers’ among several bizarre, new species discovered at proposed site for deep-sea mining site in the Pacific
   Scientists catalogued new species in the mile deep Clarion Clipperton Zone. The CCZ, between Hawaii and Mexico, interests the deep sea miners of battery metals needed for EVs
    22h31
Has AI discovered the next Ozempic? Researchers in Spain race to patent two plant extracts they think could be the next big thing for weight loss
   Researchers have identified two plants that could offer the same weight loss results as Ozempic or Wegovy. The plant extracts mimic the hormone response that affects your eating habits.
    22h08
Apple reveals dates for World Wide Developers Conference that could see a new iOS powered by AI
   Apple has announced dates for its annual World Wide Developers Conference WWDC , where it is likely to unveil updates that power the iPhone and other devices.
    20h38
Scientists create plant-based plastic that doesn’t create cancer-causing microplastics because 97% of it breaks down in the environment
   Scientists have created a biodegradable plant based polymer plastic to replace regular plastic in the long term. The researchers found that percent of the bioplastic broke down within days.
    20h17
World’s largest snake is ’shot dead’ by ’sick’ hunters in the Amazon rainforest - just a month after biologists discovered the 26ft-long anaconda
   Biologists are mourning the loss of the world’s largest snake that was just discovered in February in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest. The anaconda was found shot dead and lifeless in a lake.
    20h11
Scientists solve 20,000-year missing gap in human history after uncovering ’hub’ where first humans lived after emerging from Africa
   Scientists have known that Homo sapiens left Africa , years ago and spread throughout Asia and Europe , years ago but where they spent the time in between has long been a mystery.
    17h53
April’s solar eclipse could lead to over 1,000 car crash deaths, shock study warns
   There could be a major rise in fatalities from car crashes in the aftermath of April’s solar eclipse, scientists reported, basing their findings on more than, deadly accidents during the event.
    16h42
Dachshunds could soon be BANNED in Germany amid concerns their short legs and elongated spines make them more vulnerable to back issues
   The draft animal protection law could ban breeds with particular features, such as spinal problems linked with the short legs and long back of the dachshund.
    16h20
Why did the Baltimore bridge collapse so quickly? Engineers reveal how the ’flimsy’ structure came crashing down like a house of cards after being struck by the Dali container ship
   Speaking to MailOnline, engineers explained that while the bridge was not inherently unsafe, its ’flimsy’ structure meant it was prone to collapse if the supports were damaged.