New research on an ancient “Deep Skull” discovered in Southeast Asia has revealed the remains had no links to Indigenous Australians as initially thought. Moreover, the skull was that of an older woman and not a teenage boy.
Bungie has finally made the move—its next expansion will be leaving behind the older consoles, PS3 and Xbox 360 from further adventures in “Destiny.” This was first hinted at when the developer announced its plans for Rise of Iron.
It has been a while since The Pokemon Company released some new information about “Pokemon Sun and Moon.” The developer is planning to remedy that by teasing a new info release come July.
Ubisoft has finally released the patch notes for the Underground DLC of “The Division.” Two platforms, Xbox One and PC already have access to the new content, while PS4 players will have to wait for some weeks until the Aug. 2 release date.
Supercell is bringing a new mode for its popular battle-strategy title, “Clash Royale.” The developer announced the new mode following some teasers that it had previously made.
A new gameplay footage has been revealed for “Battlefield 1.” This time, it features a sneak peek of some unfiltered gameplay that shows the Conquest mode.
The beta for the “Halo Wars 2” may have already ended, but fans who want to get in on the action before the actual release date of the game still have a chance.
Dr. Michel Desjardins from the University of Montreal and Dr. Heidi McBride from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI) at McGill University led a team of scientists who discovered two genes associated with Parkinson’s disease. The genes are key regulators of the immune system.
Scientists from The Ohio State University have been able to squeeze the last drop of shampoo out of a bottle, thanks to a bio-inspired surface they created. The surface ensures that sticky liquids such as detergent and shampoo slide cleanly out of their bottles.
Kentucky Fried Chicken has come up with what many consumers have either hoped for or dreaded: a takeaway box that can charge mobile phones. KFC India is giving their customers meal boxes with built-in mobile phone chargers called Watt a Box.
While installing drains near the village of Tultepec, Mexico, workers accidentally uncovered the remains of a Pleistocene-era mammoth in December 2015. Now, experts are completing work on digging up the fossilised bones of the mammoth.
A team of scientists used cutting-edge satellite imagery to find out that the Chinese capital of Beijing is slowly sinking. Parts of Beijing’s central business district are descending by 11 centimetres annually. Researchers believe that excessive pumping of groundwater underneath the city is the main reason behind the slow collapse of the city.
Researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands have revealed that cereals and vegetables they grew in “Martian” soil for two years are safe for human consumption. The Dutch researchers successfully raised peas, radishes, tomatoes and rye in soil that was made to match that of the red planet. This has provided researchers the hope of growing food on Mars. The food grown was found to contain “no dangerous levels” of heavy metals.
Canberra scientists have developed a self-pumping straw that can propel liquid with a new material that fold into a tube when water touches it. Researchers from Australian National University have created a new paper-like material that responds to even a tiny droplet of water by folding into a tube several centimetres long. The material self-assembles itself into a tube-like straw and once assembled, the capillary delivers fluids.
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have made a breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells spread around the body and form tumours. The study says that a cancer cell’s ability to survive as it spreads may well be the weapon to fight the disease. As per the scientists, cancerous cells depend on an unusual survival mechanism to spread around the body. Thus, how cancer spreads and survives could well be the key to curing it.
Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) applied NASA technology in a breast cancer study on microbes. This has set the stage to further analyse the role of microbes in causing or preventing breast cancer. Researchers from Western University in Ontario also found a link between breast cancer and “bad” bacteria.
“Destiny” is set to come strong with the arrival of its Rise of Iron expansion. Even though the game is still trudging through its second year, developer Bungie is looking forward to improving the way it delivers content for the game’s third year.
The expected “The Division” 1.3 update will finally roll out next week. Developer Ubisoft will drop it in the game alongside the scheduled maintenance during the three-hour window from 9:00 to 12:00 CEST.
A new study has predicted that climate change will put New Yorkers at the risk of overheating. The study has predicted thousands of heat deaths by 2080. If no steps are taken to reduce emissions and adapt to warming, as many as 3,331 people may die every year in New York alone by 2080. By that time, the number of hot days is going to triple, and that would cause heat deaths due to respiratory conditions, heart problems, dehydration and heat exhaustion.
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza, has a serious structural flaw, engineer Glen Dash and his team has revealed. The gigantic structure, built some 4,500 years ago, has a slightly elongated west side compared to its east side. This means the base of the pyramid is not a perfect square as previously known.
The newest “Star Wars Battlefront” DLC Bespin has just debuted, and it brings in tow a lot of new content and characters. Spearheading the new content are two heroes, Lando Calrissian and bounty hunter Dengar.
Humans didn’t even exist 25 million years ago but agriculture did and so did termites. The oldest fossil evidence of agriculture discovered by scientists is pointing towards termites and insects.
A bar set to open in Geneva, Switzerland, later this year will have the most-bizarre offering. It will offer its customers oral sex and coffee, albeit at a high price.
The June update for “Street Fighter V” is finally here, and with it comes more than just the promised DLC. New content will be decking some of the roster members in new, amusing and quite colourful costumes.
Blizzard’s latest update to the “Overwatch” title is now being publicly tested for PC players. The ‘Overwatch” Public Test Region is already available for players who already have a licensed game for Windows and a Batttle.net account in good standing.
A team of scientists that included researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA) have developed a blood test that can identify women at risk of having premature births, but not displaying symptoms as early as 18 weeks into their pregnancy. The breakthrough blood test builds on previous work by scientists who developed a similar test for women hospitalised with early contractions.
“GTA Online” for PS4, Xbox One and PC has just received a new update, and it’s bringing quite a lot of punch and car power into the game. Dubbed as Power Play, the new update gives new abilities to help pave the way towards victory against opponents.
The Delta Aquarid meteor shower is coming, and Australians will be able to view the celestial event after its peak in late July. Like the recent Eta Aquarid meteor shower in May, the Delta Aquarid will be most visible in the Southern Hemisphere.
Astronomers from the University of Michigan and University of Maryland have for the first time mapped the flow of gas near a supermassive black hole, Swift J1644+57, that woke from its dormant state to destroy and devour a star that drifted close to it. The astronomers are the first to document X-rays bouncing from deep within the walls of the black hole’s newly-formed accretion disk after a tidal disruption event.
A Caribbean Sea study by ocean scientists from the University of Liverpool has revealed something very interesting. They discovered an area in the ocean that behaves like a whistle amidst all the noise of the ocean. The whistle is so loud that the noise can be heard from space in the form of oscillations of the Earth's gravity field.
