Every single one of those red lines isn’t a strand of hair or a plant – they’re worms (Picture: Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, CAS) Next time you’re taking a dip in the ocean, just know some very, very strange things are underneath you. And no, we’re not talking about sharks. It’s the depths…
A chemical that has been around for decades is increasingly popping up in rain (Picture: Shutterstock/Sven Hansche) You remember acid rain, right? Acid rain, like holes in the ozone layer, was a phrase that almost everyone knew from the 1970s to the 2000s. People had images of taking out their umbrellas only to see the…
A solar eclipse in Ohio last year (Picture: Getty Images North America) If there’s one thing that the Earth, Moon and Sun have in common, it’s that they love to get their groove on. The three celestial bodies are forever dancing around the cosmos and now and then, they line up perfectly, creating an eclipse….
The Delta Aquariid will sprinkle the night sky for weeks (Picture: Getty Images) Stargazers are in for a treat as a breathtaking meteor shower peaks across the UK this week. The Delta Aquariid, also known as the Southern Delta Aquariids, will light up the sky most brightly tomorrow night. While the meteor shower is more…
Do you have any of the ‘data hungry’ apps installed? (Picture: Shutterstock/Thaspol Sangsee) Some of the most popular smartphone apps have been downloaded by hundreds of millions of people. But experts have warned that some of these seemingly harmless apps are in fact requesting ‘shocking’ levels of access to your personal data. An investigation by…
Starting today, Ofcom is introducing age checks to protect children accessing porn (Picture: Getty Images) Since Friday July 25, porn sites across the UK require age checks for users to access saucy video content. That means they are legally obligated to ask for your ID or even your credit rating upon logging in, landmark methods…
In one section, users can walk on the deck of the Titanic (Picture: Eclipso) At the bottom of the Atlantic, a dusty leather suitcase sits on the sand as fish slowly swim by. Surrounded by mangled, corroded wreckage from the Titanic, you wouldn’t notice it unless you looked hard. It belonged to William Harbeck, a…
Pornhub has committed to following the new law, while others have vowed to defy it (Picture: Shutterstock / platinumArt) It’s not often your boss asks if you could check out a few porn websites at work. Today, though, there’s a very good reason for doing so – one of the biggest changes to the way…
The space rock, 2025 OW, is one of five asteroids veering towards us (Picture: Getty) If you’ve always wanted to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, all you’ll need to do is look up next week. An asteroid roughly the size of the famous Italian landmark is currently hurtling towards Earth at 46,908 miles per hour….
The object, officially a comet, was spotted earlier this month (Picture: Getty Images) An ‘interstellar visitor’ spotted drifting into our solar system weeks ago is either a massive dirty snowball or an alien probe. At least, this is according to a leading UFOlogist and a Harvard theoretical physicist, who believe the massive object could have been…