Could llamas hold the key to curing Covid-19?
If this works out, the llama may pip the unicorn to the title of Most Magical Animal.Β As you will have heard a thousand times before, mostly on morning news shows, Covid-19 has all of usΒ navigating throughΒ βunprecedentedΒ timesβ. Social distancing regulations may be easing worldwide, but getting back to living the...
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Social media is getting Gen Z to the voting booth
New data suggests that apps such as Snapchat are making a sizeable difference to voting turnouts, which in turn could dramatically shift election results moving forward. One of the biggest challenges in modern politics is getting young people to vote. Millennials and Gen Zers now make up more than...
SpaceX and NASA successfully launch Dragon Capsule
Itβs the first time NASA has launched astronauts since 2011, and could usher in a new age of commercial and government space innovation. Amidst all of the memes and baby names, I sometimes forget that Elon Musk is an actual billionaire with a huge, privately owned space tech company....
The βDoomsday Vaultβ preserving agricultural biodiversity
This Norwegian vault holds nearly one million preserved seeds from all across the world, just in case theyβre needed in the future. When I first played Bethesdaβs Fallout video game series, in which you are thrown into a giant vault underground and then eventually released hundreds of years later,...
Can gaming become an arm of educational discovery?
In conjunction with ever improving tech, Ubisoft continues to bring historical periods to life with unerring accuracy in its games. But has its latest development opened a door to educational discovery that we never knew was there?Β As gaming technologies become more intricate and advanced, so too do the digital...
AR lenses to cure the visually impaired?
These days most of us wake up to the sight of a smartphone screen, so why not cut out the middle man completely?Β Thanks to the likes of Elon Musk and Drew Perkins, I can scarcely remember a time where nutty human tech projects werenβt βcloseβ to commercialisation. Nowadays, stories...
Investors bet on permanence of lockdown gaming habits
Lockdown restrictions have meant that many of us are flocking to online video games to distract ourselves, and investors are hoping the trend continues well beyond the pandemic. Iβm sure Iβm not alone in saying that Iβve chucked more than a few extra hours into playing video games since lockdown began over three months ago. While nearly every other industry has struggled to cope with the unpredictable changes surrounding the...
People are experiencing strange dreams en mass during lockdown
Disturbed sleeping patterns and heightened anxiety induced by the current crisis has led to a sharp increase in vivid and unusual dreams, though experts claim it's no cause for concern. Since we began isolating all those weeks ago, you've probably been having some pretty strange dreams. While you're definitely not the only one (check out theΒ #pandemicdreams trend on Twitter if you're after some interesting stories), the vivid-nature of these...
Robot baristas help customers social distance in South Korea
South Korea is showing the rest of the world how to social distance in style. The lengths people go to for coffee... You know that awkward moment when youβre approached by a needyΒ waiterΒ at a local cafΓ© and have to reassure them that your order is βdeliciousβ through a mouthful of carrot cake? Well, thatβs no longer an issue at a nifty joint in Daejeon, South Korea.Β As the nation loosens its...
Amazon-related beauty content is booming on TikTok
TikTok has become an unlikely source of beauty sales for Amazon during the Coronavirus pandemic.Β TikTok has emerged as a new source for brands struggling during COVID-19 to push sales on Amazon. Looking beyond the potential stigma of selling on a platform that has deterred retailers in the past with the amount of control it exerts over the process of getting products to customers, Amazon is rife with opportunities for...
