UK law: clicking on propaganda once could result in 15 years in prison (2019)

Head of counterterror policing says there will not be an 'explosion in arrests' | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Inspiration4: What is the private SpaceX trip to orbit?

The Inspiration4 is about to take a trip into space, setting new precedents as it goes. | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

PFAS in indoor air linked to cancer

‘We need to stop all unnecessary uses of PFAS as soon as possible’, researchers say | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Breast milk of vaccinated mothers contains antibodies, study shows

More research is needed to determine the effects of the antibodies on infants’ immunity | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Earth’s inner core is growing unevenly. Why isn’t the planet tipping?

Scientist have worked out that the inner core of our planet is growing more on one side than the other, so why isn’t the Earth tipping? Jessica Irving and Sanne Cottaar explain | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Might be the most impressive geological structures in the solar system

David Rothery believes that geology isn’t only beautiful on Earth, but also throughout the solar system, here are five that might be some of the most impressive | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

A unique mixture of salts may have sparked life on Earth, study suggests

Salt balance needed to sustain life may have been achieved on Earth’s conditions 4 billion years ago | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Boris Johnson prepares to overrule experts and offer jabs to all teenagers

Government orders swift review that could see healthy 12 to 15-year-olds cleared to get the jab within days | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Ohio judge orders hospital to treat Covid patient with horse medicine Ivermectin

Authorities warn taking the drug for Covid is ineffective and could cause serious health effects | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Briton to be deported from Singapore for refusing to wear mask

Benjamin Glynn will immediately leave the country due to time already served | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Taliban likely to have access to biometric database of Afghans who helped U.S.

Experts say at-risk Afghans can avoid recognition from the Taliban, but outdoing technology can come at a great risk | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Bitcoin price shoots past $50k amid ‘buying frenzy’

The price of bitcoin has shot above $50,000, taking it to its highest level since May. | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Kiwi population up in parts of New Zealand due to pest and dog control efforts

The bird was detected in an additional 93 sites, where they were not found earlier | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

G7 nations will have stockpiled a billion Covid vaccine doses by end of 2021

Many of the world’s poorest nations will struggle to vaccinate even 20 per cent of their populations by early 2022, research shows | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Space debris will block humanity's path off earth

The laws that keep countries responsible for outer space are out of date and leave the planet at risk | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Ethereum inventor says blockchain with 'run the metaverse' in ten years

Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants Facebook to pivot into a metaverse company but Buterin said there was a ‘huge amount of mistrust’ around the social media company | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Elon Musk describes engineering philosophy for building ‘holy grail of rocketry’

Mr Musk described five steps he takes in the engineering process, but says he has ‘made the mistake on going backwards on all five steps’ | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

SpaceX’s Starlink near-misses with other spacecraft are getting ‘out of control’

Once Starlink launches its full 12,000 satellite network it will be involved in 90 per cent of all close approaches, which experts say is ‘getting out of control’ | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

The plant that cannot die

Welwitschia, found in the Namib Desert, is one of the longest living plants on the planet. Scientists are now discovering its genetic secrets, writes Richard Sima | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Prehistoric ‘hobbit’ among fossils showing evolution of mammals after dinosaurs

Animal named after Tolkien character due to the shape of its teeth | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

FTC requests Facebook to sell WhatsApp and Instagram

The US Federal Trade Commission has re-filed its complaint against Facebook, arguing that the company should be broken up and forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp. | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Sharks were spared during extinction event that wiped out dinosaurs, study finds

Research sheds light on how marine ecosystems changed after the dinosaur-killing extinction event | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Dopamine plays a key role in consciousness

We have shown the brain’s ‘pleasure chemical’ is linked to consciousness, so what can that mean for treatments? Writes Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Christelle Langley, Emmanuel A Stamatakis and Lennart Spindler | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

How to stop procrastinating using the Zeigarnik effect

The phenomenon was inspired by busy waiters | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Facebook is trying to analyse users encrypted messages without reading them

‘Homomorphic encryption’ could let Facebook or third parties perform services without having access to users’ raw data | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Chinese scientists develop world’s strongest glass that’s as hard as diamond

Material could find applications in solar cells due to its ‘outstanding’ mechanical and electronic properties, say scientists | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Anti-vax protesters attempt to storm studio at BBC Television Centre

Demonstrators gather outside west London complex, which corporation ceased broadcasts from in 2013 | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

PCR tests for travel: Could prices fall for post-arrival testing?

Competition watchdog to investigate if excessive profits are being made | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

World's 1.5C climate goal on brink of slipping beyond reach, warns IPCC report

‘It is clear that the next decade is going to be pivotal to securing the future of our planet,’ says UK prime minister Boris Johnson | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Covid Variants Could Be Named After Constellations

Names including Orion, Gemini and Aries could be assigned, suggests Maria Van Kerkhove | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Courts jail 845 for not paying TV licence fines (1994)

THE BBC and Home Office faced sustained criticism after the Prison Service revealed yesterday that 845 people were jailed last year for not having a television licence. | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Microsoft gives its 36 year-old Paint app a fresh update ahead of Windows 11

Paint will look more in line with other Windows 11 apps with quicker ways to switch between functions | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Covid spreading twice as fast in Republican counties than Democrat ones: report

Blue counties are seeing 10.2 new cases for every 100,000 residents while red counties are seeing 19.5 per 100,000 | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Coronavirus lockdowns have worsened hunger around the world

While North America and Europe were able to cushion the blow of coronavirus, food insecurity in other parts of the world became much worse, writes Anthony Faiola | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Scientists who declared climate emergency say Earth’s vital signs have worsened

‘It’s surprising that climate change impacts are happening so fast around the world,’ lead scientist tells The Independent | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Vaccine center in France vandalized with symbols of French Resistance

Health minister and town mayor condemn attack in Lans-en-Vercors | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

UK government orders councils to display EU flag as condition of receiving

Government accused of ‘absurd hypocrisy’ for taking Brussels cash with strings | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’

The metaverse will look like ‘a hybrid between the social platforms that we see today, but an environment where you’re embodied in it’, Mr Zuckerberg said | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Dubai is making its own fake rain to beat 122F heat

The enhanced rain is created using drone technology that unleashes electrical charges into clouds in order for them to clump together and form precipitation | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Spain’s top court rules pandemic lockdown ‘unconstitutional’

The ruling said that the limitations on movement violated citizens’ basic rights | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Elon Musk’s testimony in Tesla lawsuit paused as lawyer vomits in jury box

The civil suit concerns Tesla’s $2.6bn merger with SolarCity | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

World’s largest ever four day week trial in Iceland ‘overwhelming success’

Unions in the country are following up the trial by negotiating agreements that cut hours | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Chinese youth rejecting the pressures of hustle culture by ‘lying flat’

‘Most likely you will work hard your entire life but still not be able to afford a house’ | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Video shows 700k lightning strikes pound Canada as heatwave continues

The lightning comes amid—and will likely exacerbate—a deadly season of fire and heatwaves in the Pacific Northwest | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Arctic Circle Siberia land temperature reaches 48C during ‘persistent heatwave’

It comes month after scientists called temperatures in region ‘mind-boggling’ | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

LA reinstates indoor masking for Covid vaccinated due to delta variant

Ten fully vaccinated people in California infected with new strain of virus | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Uber CEO Works on App for a Day, Reveals Drivers Barely Make Minimum Wage

The company joined other gig economy firms to defeat an initiative last autumn that would’ve given drivers more benefits | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago

Tour de France: Police search for missing fan who caused crash with sign

The spectator responsible reportedly fled the scene and is yet to be found by authorities | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 3 years ago