World’s first wireless brain-computer interface is successfully tested on the human brain

The first wireless brain-computer interface (BCI) system is not only giving people with paralysis the ability to type on computer screens with their minds, but the innovation is also giving them freedom to do so anywhere. Traditional BCIs are tethered to a large transmitter with long cables, but a team from Brown University has cut … Read more

Coronation Street star Bill Roache, 88, is seen for the FIRST time after successfully battling Covid

Coronation Street legend Bill Roache was seen for the first time on Thursday after successfully battling coronavirus.  The veteran actor, 88, was forced to take time away from the cobbles after testing positive for Covid and is looking forward to returning to the ITV soap. Bill was spotted enjoying a drive in his white Audi A3 TDI after ‘recovering well’ … Read more

Lori Loughlin requests the return of her passport after successfully serving prison sentence

Lori Loughlin is asking a judge to order the return of her passport, following the completion of her two month prison sentence in late December. In recently filed documents, the 56-year-old actress’ legal team stated that the passport is currently in the possession of the United States Pretrial Services Office, as per TMZ. Loughlin was forced … Read more

China’s Tianwen-1 space probe successfully enters orbit of Mars

China‘s spacecraft has entered orbit around Mars following a 500-million-km journey from Earth that started seven months ago.  Tianwen-1 – which consists of an orbiter, lander and rover – completed its journey just before 1PM GMT on Wednesday as it entered orbit around the Red Planet. However, it will remain paired in orbit until May, … Read more

Nature: Great tits who meet their ‘spouses’ earlier are more likely to breed successfully 

The sooner birds pair, the better they fair: Great tits who meet their future ‘spouses’ earlier in the year are more likely to breed successfully Researchers tracked 766 great tits living in Oxford’s Wytham Woods for six years They found earlier pairings led to earlier breeding — and more eggs being laid  This raised the chance … Read more

How do you successfully get a pay rise from your current job?

Britons are the second most optimistic nation in Europe when it comes to their 2021 pay prospects according to research conducted by the global job site, Indeed. Despite, swathes of job losses this year and the highest unemployment rate seen in over 4 years, Britons are twice as optimistic as the French and Italians about … Read more

Drone successfully flies NHS supplies from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly for the first time

Tonic boom! Drone successfully flies NHS supplies from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly for the first time – before being sent back with local GIN It marks the first drone freight delivery between commercial airports in the UK Drones could potentially now carry items including medical supplies  The aircraft was returned back to the … Read more

Russia successfully tests new missile capable of destroying Western satellites

Russia has successfully tested a new missile capable of destroying Western satellites, followed by another weapon ‘to be used on US cities in the event of a nuclear war’. The US warned that the first missile tested will be capable of destroying Western satellites in low earth orbit.  Meanwhile, Russia today claimed a successful test launch … Read more

Massive 115ft Rosalind Franklin rover parachutes successfully tested ahead of Red Planet launch

The UK build Rosalind Franklin rover is a step closer to landing on the surface of the Red Planet after parachute tests in the Oregon desert proved a success.  A pair of parachutes – each with a diameter of 115ft – will be used to slow the UK’s first ever Mars rover as it lands … Read more

Elephant is successfully hauled out of a well in India after 14-hour rescue operation 

Elephant is successfully hauled out of a well in India after 14-hour rescue operation A farmer in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu heard the cries of the elephant  Rescue staff hoisted animal out 55ft-deep well on November 20 with team of 50  Villagers dropped banana leaves down the well to access the 25-year-old male  By … Read more