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BAFTA Games Awards: Baldur’s Gate 3 is the big winner, scooping five prizes | Science & Tech News
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Baldur’s Gate 3 was the big winner at this year’s BAFTA Games Awards, taking home five prizes including the prestigious best game. It also won BAFTAs for music, narrative, and performer in a supporting role for Andrew Wincott, along with the EE players’ choice award, which is voted for by the public. The Dungeons and…
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Meta criticised after lowering WhatsApp minimum age from 16 to 13 | Science & Tech News
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Meta has lowered the minimum age to use the popular messaging platform WhatsApp. The move, which came into effect on Thursday, reduces the age limit from 16 down to 13 in the UK and EU. It has been criticised by a number of campaign groups who have urged the company to reverse the decision. Smartphone…
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British astronaut Tim Peake hopes to return to space with first all-UK mission to International Space Station | Science & Tech News
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British astronaut Tim Peake hopes to take an all-British crew to the International Space Station (ISS), he has revealed to Sky’s FYI children’s news show. “Possibly as early as next year, we’re taking four astronauts back [to the ISS] to do lots of science and lots of education outreach,” he said. The 52-year-old became the…
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Frogs are screaming – we just can’t hear them, scientists in Brazil discover | Science & Tech News
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Some frogs scream at an ear-splitting volume for other animals but its frequency is inaudible to humans, scientists have discovered. While out in the Amazonian jungle studying frogs, researchers in Brazil noticed something strange. Small leaf litter frogs were arching their backs, throwing back their heads and opening their mouths wide. They looked like they…
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New Instagram safety tool will stop children receiving nude pictures | Science & Tech News
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The owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram is going to introduce a new safety tool to stop children from receiving nude pictures – and discourage sending them. It follows months of criticism from police chiefs and children’s charities over Meta’s decision to encrypt chats on its Messenger app by default. The company argues that encryption…
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Where and when you can see the next total solar eclipse | Science & Tech News
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Millions of people were mesmerised by a total solar eclipse in Mexico, the US and Canada on Monday which briefly plunged large parts into darkness. So, where you can see the next one? You will be able to witness the rare phenomenon in Spain and Portugal on 12 August 2026. It will also be visible…
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US launches another spy into orbit – here’s what we know about the hundreds of satellites watching us | Science & Tech News
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The US launched a reconnaissance satellite into orbit on Tuesday, the second reconnaissance satellite to go up in as many days. On Monday, South Korea sent its second into space, after the first went up in December. The country has a contract with SpaceX to send up three more reconnaissance satellites by 2025. North Korea…
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Professor Peter Higgs: ‘Pioneering’ physicist who gave name to Higgs boson particle has died | Science & Tech News
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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Peter Higgs, whose pioneering theory led to the discovery of the Higgs boson particle, has died aged 94. The “truly gifted” scientist predicted the existence of the new subatomic particle as far back as 1964. His theory would not be confirmed until 2012, when experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at…
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Animals reacted weirdly to the eclipse and NASA wants your help studying them | Science & Tech News
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While people across North America may have reacted in a range of surprising ways as they witnessed a total solar eclipse on Monday, humans were not the only species displaying unusual behaviour during the rare celestial event. A team of 40 people at Fort Worth Zoo in Texas watched as their animals offered some interesting…
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Long COVID leaves distinctive signs in blood which could be targets for treatment, study suggests | Science & Tech News
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Long COVID leaves distinctive signs in the blood which could potentially be targeted for treatment, research suggests. Findings from the largest UK study of patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus show long COVID leads to ongoing inflammation which can be detected in the blood. The analysis of more than 650 people who had been in…