TikTok and Twitter prank Trump’s ‘election fraud’ hotline
The Trump campaign has set up a hotline to report any ‘fraudulent activity’ from the election, but is instead receiving an abundance of prank calls from social media users. It’s been a rough week for Donald Trump. After losing the election to Joe Biden last Friday he has since...
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Will Pornhub’s ‘sex ed’ series be valuable to Gen Z?
Pornhub has launched a new sex education series to bridge the gap between porn and actual sex. Will it work? The largest host of digital pornography in the world has released an educational series to offer ‘real talk about sex from those who know it best,’ and its resources could...
World’s most endangered horse cloned from 40-year-old DNA
The Przewalski horse is one of the rarest in the world and has just been cloned in Texas. It’s a breakthrough that could allow us to restore genetic diversity for many other species in the future. US scientists have made a major breakthrough in restoring genetic diversity among horses...
Banksy’s ‘Show Me The Monet’ sells for almost $10 million
Banksy’s 2005 parody of Monet’s famous work ‘The Water-Lily Pond’ is a commentary on modern commercialism and the subsequent environmental damage. It’s also just made big bucks at auction. One of Banksy’s works titled ‘Show Me The Monet’ has just been sold at auction for $9.8 million USD. It’s the...
How to avoid doom scrolling on social media
2020 has been a rough one, nobody’s denying that, but our incessant flood of bad news stories is actively altering how we perceive the world. How many times in the last few years have we heard the phrase ‘this is the worst year ever’ or ‘I hope next year...
This new AI experiment uses robot swarms to make paintings
We tend to see fine art as the essence of human experience, but AI could soon be helping paint the world’s next masterpieces. I still remember the first time I became aware that the world’s biggest painters have assistants to help them create large bodies of work. It makes sense...
Struggling airlines make bank with pop-up plane restaurants
As airlines search for novel ways of generating revenue during Covid-19 without leaving the runway, jumbo jet restaurants are proving incredibly popular. Here I was thinking that airplane food was without doubt the least exciting aspect of flying through a tin can at 36,000 feet, but it would appear the powdered egg and liquid mash offered by economy class isn’t indicative of the overall quality of dining available to flyers. When...
This new ‘living’ fungi coffin is revolutionising our graveyards
A Netherlands start-up has created a nifty new coffin called the ‘Living Cocoon’ that completely disintegrates within weeks, turning graveyards into brand new ecosystems. You may be the most sustainable person in the world during your living years, but what about when you’re dead? Being an environmentally responsible individual doesn’t only apply to the mortal realm. Our mainstream methods of burial are actually surprisingly bad for the environment and use...
Kiss the Ground offers hope with regenerative agriculture
Woody Harrelson narrates this unusually optimistic film about the climate crisis, arguing that regenerative agriculture could be the key to turning things around. Netflix has released its latest documentary on the climate crisis called Kiss the Ground, which takes an extensive look at the use of soil and regenerative farming to reverse the effects of climate change. The film, which is narrated by Woody Harrelson, explains the emergence of industrial...
Disney responds to lockdown loneliness with GroupWatch
Disney Plus will now offer users the ability to share screens with up to seven viewers, giving it a significant advantage over Netflix. Despite its rocky launch and recent Mulan controversy, Disney Plus continues to enjoy huge subscriber numbers and viewing figures. In April of this year it managed to surpass 50 million paying users which will have likely increased significantly since then, making it a serious competitor to Netflix. It...
