Dinosaurs were not in decline at moment asteroid hit and wiped them out

Monstrous reptiles might have continued to dominate among land animals had the impact of the celestial event not been so great | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Elon Musk suggests Bitcoin is ‘ghost money’

World’s third-richest person was replying to a question from Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Zuckerberg denies senator’s plea to remove Bannon for threat to behead Fauci

‘That’s not what our policies suggest that we should do,’ Facebook CEO calmly tells Democrat | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Researchers: Coronavirus has been circulating in Italy since September last year

Findings ‘may reshape history of pandemic’, scientists say | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

How Apple made its new M1 chip (interview with Joz, Federighi and Ternus)

Exclusive: Apple’s hardware, software and marketing chiefs explain how the company’s new processors came to exist | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

People who regularly eat chilli peppers live longer, research suggests

Large scale study finds correlation between consumption of spicy capsicums and ‘significant’ reductions in disease mortality | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Scientists 3D print microscopic starship that moves on its own

The platinum coating on the ship allows it to reach to a hydrogen peroxide solution and move on its own | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Philadelphia: Evacuations underway after bomb threats near vote counting centre

Security officials received two calls from the same individual were received on Friday | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine trial issues warning after participants share swabs

Oxford University says trial results won’t be affected by the ‘borrowed’ swabs | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

The Trump lawyer has alleged ‘massive cheating’ in the battleground state | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Mysterious Radio Signal Is Coming from Inside Our Galaxy, Scientists Announce

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Spacex promises to rule Mars with its own law with Elon Musk as its leader

‘No Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities,’ SpaceX claims | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Jeremy Corbyn Suspended from Labour Party

Former leader stripped of Labour whip after refusing to accept findings of antisemitism report | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Reviewed by Ziauddin Sardar (2010)

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‘Through this order, President Trump has declared war on the professional civil service by giving himself the authority to fill the government with his political cronies who will pledge their unwavering loyalty to him, not to America’ | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Biden proposes federal mask mandate to stop Covid

Mr Trump has also claimed that Mr Biden wears “big” face masks | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Earth Could Be Seen by Alien Civilisations on Nearby Exoplanets, Scientists Find

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Bot posing as human fooled people on Reddit for an entire week

‘The quality was incredibly good, no machine could have written these even a few years ago’ | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

NASA and Nokia to Build Internet on the Moon

The network will allow robots to navigate and astronauts to communicate using audio and video. | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

NASA to Make Major Announcement of ‘Exciting News’ About the Moon

Flying observatory that made new discovery is able to ‘pick up phenomenon impossible to see with visible light’, space agency notes | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

France declares anti-Zionism a form of antisemitism (2019)

French president says surge in antisemitic attacks was unprecedented since World War Two | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Machine to replace net cord judge (1995)

John Roberts on the latest step in the march of tennis technology | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

The silence of the press on the Julian Assange hearings is a disgrace

Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Black hole seen eating star, causing ‘disruption event’ visible in telescopes

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Nine in 10 Adults Think Buying Latest Smartphone Is ‘Waste of Money’

Third of people will spend less on mobiles and other gadgets over next two years | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

‘Rapid evolution’ means humans now being born without wisdom teeth

Other changes include increasing prevalence of additional artery in the forearm, and changes to face shape as jaws become less powerful | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Record 16 climate disasters have hit US in 2020 costing more than $1B each

The first nine months of 2020 are tied with the annual records of 2011 and 2017 - with at least two more months of hurricane and wildfire season to go this year | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Energy from another, older universe is coming out of black holes

Sir Roger Penrose also claims that another universe will exist after this one | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

'Kid influencers' classed as child labour under new French law

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Earth is not the best place to live, scientists say

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Backlash as Twitter says wishing harm on Trump violate social network’s rules

New policy on threatening behaviour sparks incredulity among those who have faced targeted abuse for years | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Scottish startup launches first electric bus company: Ember

Exclusive: Ember, a Scottish start-up, promises a luxury journey for £7.50 each way | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

An Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom

Assange and WikiLeaks did everything journalists should do by finding out important information about US government misdeeds and handing it over to the public | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Moon has hazardous radiation levels, scientists warn

Future moon explorers will face ultrahazardous radiation levels | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Julian Assange is not on trial for his personality

By drawing attention away from the principles of the case, the obsession with his character pushes out the significance of WikiLeaks’ revelations | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

TikTok will be banned in the US from Sunday, report claims

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

WWF: Natural world being destroyed at rate ‘never seen before’

We are working with conservation charity Space for Giants to protect wildlife at risk from poachers due to the conservation funding crisis caused by Covid-19. Help is desperately needed to support wildlife rangers, local communities and law enforcement personnel to prevent wildli … | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Covid-19 vaccine: Final stage of Oxford trial paused after participant falls ill

‘We are working to expedite the review of the single event to minimize any potential impact on the trial timeline’

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Scientists develop ‘light tweezers’ that are small enough to move DNA

The tweezers could help researchers study cancerous cells or Alzheimer’s disease

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Sid Meier: “I don’t think I could make Civilisation today”

The creator of one of the most complex and influential video games of all time talks to Ed Cumming about his new autobiography, developments in technology, and storytelling

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Earth is making the Moon rust, scientists find

Scientists could not understand how oxygen was moving to the moon, but found it travels via magnetic field

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Pangolins became the ultimate luxury good

We are working with conservation charity Space for Giants to protect wildlife at risk from poachers due to the conservation funding crisis caused by Covid-19. Help is desperately needed to support wildlife rangers, local communities and law enforcement personnel to prevent wildli … | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Elon Musk says Tesla batteries could power electric planes within three years

Billionaire first hinted plans for a battery-powered jet in 2010

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

HCQ and azithromycin found to increase coronavirus deaths by 27%

‘No need for further studies’ into unproven Covid-19 treatment supported by US president, researchers say

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Companies are trying to make concrete more environmentally friendly

Concrete is responsible for 8 per cent of global carbon emissions and developers and architects want their buildings to be greener, so concrete needs to find a new recipe, writes Jane Margolies | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Will ‘Tenet’ save the cinema?

The industry could really do with one of the time-bending machines straight out of Christopher Nolan’s secret agent spectacular, writes James Moore | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Elon Musk’s ‘working Neuralink device will debut this Friday over a live webcast

Billionaire says humans risk being overtaken by artificial intelligence within the next five years | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

German university offering grants to people who want to do nothing

Researchers say project will help us discover how to step off ‘life’s hamster wheel’ | Continue reading


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