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Rapid lateral flow tests 95% effective at detecting COVID if used when symptoms start

A study of more than 2,500 people saw 95% of COVID cases picked up by PCR tests also detected by LFT swabs.

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Lacuna raises $16 million in Series A to help cities manage mobility via digital twin

Lacuna Technologies, a startup that helps cities create and enforce transportation policies by building and managing open-source digital tools, has raised $16 million in a Series A round, bringing the

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Russian-speaking hackers claim major ransomware attack which has hit hundreds of US firms

The REvil gang, a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, has demanded $70m to restore the data.

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Pet owners can pass on COVID to their cats and dogs, study suggests

Scientists warn there is a risk that pets could act as a reservoir of the virus and reintroduce it into the human population.

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UK has no plans for investigation into UFOs after Pentagon report

Peers are told there will be no UK investigation because there has been no indication of "the existence of any military threat".

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NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock '10 times more stable' than existing space clocks

The size of a shoebox, the tiny system could be used as a space-based GPS for missions to Mars and potentially even further away.

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Long-awaited Pentagon report into UFO sightings finds 'no clear indication' of alien life

Officials say more information is needed to tell if any of the 144 sightings recorded since 2004 could be linked to alien life.

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'Maybe somebody is waving': Scientists identify planets where aliens could observe human activity

Scientists calculated that 1,715 nearby stars and hundreds of probable planets have had an unobstructed view of Earth.

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'Something's out there': UFO researchers welcome release of Pentagon report into 'unidentified aerial phenomena'

The US government taskforce has been investigating sightings between US military personnel and unidentified flying objects.

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Novavax COVID jab 100% effective in protecting against moderate and severe disease, trial suggests

President of research and development at Novavax, said: "Our vaccine will be a critical part of the solution to COVID-19".

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Delta variant 60% more transmissible than Alpha indoors and more vaccine resistant

The number of new Delta variant cases has increased by more than 240% in the past week.

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El Salvador votes to become first country to use Bitcoin as legal tender

Adopting Bitcoin will benefit more than a million low-income families, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele tweeted.

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Why the UK is still some way short of herd immunity despite impressive vaccine rollout

Most UK adults now have COVID-19 antibodies, but that doesn't mean herd immunity has been achieved, explains Sky's Thomas Moore.

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Fruit flies get 'hangry' without food, study shows

Researchers from the UEA and Oxford observed male fruit flies get more aggressive the longer they went without food.

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NASA release striking picture of Milky Way's 'downtown'

The galactic centre showing billions of stars was pieced together over two decades by NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory.

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COVID-19 can infect penis tissue and could lead to erectile dysfunction - study

A co-author of the study says this was "yet another reason that we should all do our best to avoid COVID-19".

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'Careful, these guys are filming everything': William and Kate launch own YouTube channel

William quips "Be careful what you say now because these guys are filming everything", and a laughing Kate replies "I know".