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An artist impression of a UFO

Scientists have a new way to find aliens - and they could be closer than we think

Channel: Tech Tech June 4, 2025 By Josh Milton
Map shows where Northern Lights are visible in the US tonight

Map shows where northern lights will be visible tonight in the US

Channel: US US June 2, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur visual of what it would have looked like in nature.

70,000,000-year-old dinosaur could unlock key cancer discoveries

Channel: Tech Tech June 1, 2025 By Ryan Prosser

Elon Musk unveils plan to colonize Mars fresh off exiting Trump White House

Channel: US US May 30, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Radiologist Examines UFO Sphere That Crashed in Buga, Colombia

Scientists reveal truth behind 'UFO' spotted in major city with 'cryptic message'

Channel: US US May 29, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
CALIFORNIA, USA - APRIL 24: Stars in the sky and Milky Way captured near Death Valley in Panamint Springs of California, United States on April 24, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The Milky Way will be most visible until this date in the US - here’s how to see it

Channel: US US May 28, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Blue Underwater Sea with Sunlight

Riddle of a lost land may finally be solved thanks to 140,000-year-old skull

Channel: Tech Tech May 26, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen

Here's how you could soon be able to see in the dark - even with your eyes closed

Channel: Tech Tech May 24, 2025 By Jen Mills
(FILES) US President Donald Trump (L) and Apple CEO Tim Cook tour the Flextronics computer manufacturing facility where Apple's Mac Pros are assembled in Austin, Texas, on November 20, 2019. US President Donald Trump ratcheted up the US trade war on May 23, 2025, threatening to impose a new 25 percent levy against Apple, and a 50 percent tariff on the European Union. The president said Apple had failed to move iPhone production to the United States despite his repeated requests, and he threatened new duties of "at least" 25 percent if they did not comply. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump demands iPhones be made in the US – but is it even possible?

Channel: US US May 23, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
CHONGQING, CHINA - MAY 06: In this photo illustration, the logo of Coinbase Global, Inc. is displayed on a smartphone screen, with the company's latest stock market chart in the background, reflecting investor sentiment and recent trading activity, on May 06, 2025, in Chongqing, China. Coinbase is an American cryptocurrency exchange platform that enables users to buy, sell, and store digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)

Major crypto platform hit by '$400m' cyber attack with customers issued danger warning

Channel: US US May 21, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Here's the best spots to see the Northern Lights tonight

Channel: UK UK May 16, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Humans give off a ghostly glow that vanishes when we die

Channel: Tech Tech May 15, 2025 By Josh Milton
Los Angeles, California-December 26, 2024: A Waymo autonomous taxi picks up passengers in Downtown Los Angeles. The City of LA allows for self driving taxis driven by AI and Lidar Sensors under a pilot program.

Over 1,200 driverless cars recalled over crashes in the US

Channel: US US May 15, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
3d Render Testing Liquid from Glass Pipette to Moldy Fungi in Petri Dish on Reflective Background, Laboratory and Medical Concept (Depth Of Field)

Warning over killer fungus spread in the UK that eerily echoes The Last Of Us

Channel: Tech Tech May 7, 2025 By Brooke Davies
14681759 Elon Musk leaves Fox News host stunned as he reveals terrifying prediction all Americans should fear

Elon Musk reveals terrifying reason Mars is ‘life insurance for humanity’

Channel: US US May 6, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
This undated photo provided by Centivax in 2025 shows Tim Friede, who is hyper-immune to the venom of various snakes, with a water cobra wrapped around his arm. (Centivax via AP)

Scientist let deadly snakes bite him 200 times to create 'unparalleled' anti-venom

Channel: Weird Weird May 3, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Aerial view, looking north, of the eruption column from the Crater Peak vent on Mount Spurr volcano on Aug. 18, 1992. A light-tan cloud ascending from pyroclastic flows is visible at right. The 11,070-foot-high summit lava dome complex of Mount Spurr is visible at left.

Alaskan volcano set to erupt and 50,000ft ash cloud could trigger travel chaos

Channel: Tech Tech April 30, 2025 By Jen Mills
fresh tasty burger on wooden rustic cutting board on restaurant table

Thousands of UK deaths could be linked to ultra-processed foods

Channel: Tech Tech April 28, 2025 By Jen Mills
?? Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/04/2025. Whitby UK. The sun rises this morning over the West light house in Whitby harbour on the Yorkshire coast. Photo credit: Andrew McCaren/LNP

Plans to 'dim the sun' sparks conspiracy the government is 'changing the weather'

Channel: Tech Tech May 8, 2025 By Katie Boyden
This image from NASA?s Mars Perseverance rover, taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument?s right eye, shows the ?Skull Hill? target, a dark-toned float rock. The rover acquired this image while driving west downslope towards lower ?Witch Hazel Hill?. Perseverance acquired this image on April 11, 2025, or sol 1472 of the Mars 2020 mission NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Nasa finds mysterious ‘Skull Hill’ on Mars and doesn't know where it came from

Channel: Tech Tech April 22, 2025 By Jen Mills