This is the largest fine ever imposed on a porn company under the Online Security Act. 8579 LLC, a pornography provider with several popular sites, was fined a record £1.35 million for not checking age, as well as £50,000 for failing to respond to an information request. Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, which issued the…
A new medical tampon may be able to detect early signs of ovarian cancer, scientists have said. researcher in southampton The aim is to test a new device that detects biological signals in vaginal fluid. Researchers have reported nearly 7,600 new cases of ovarian cancer. cancer occurs every year in the UK. Many of them are…
Galileo Galilei (Image Source: Wikipedia) Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who lived in the 1500s and 1600s. Many people consider him one of the most important scientists in history because he discovered things that changed the way people thought about the universe. Galileo’s work laid the foundation for modern physics and…
Did alien signals reach Earth? If they did so, then why were they not detected? For more than six decades, astronomers have heard possible signals from extraterrestrial civilisations, but there has been no confirmation to date. A new statistical study considers a narrower and more inconvenient possibility. It asks whether one or more alien signals…
“An ineffective form of renewable energy…carpet-bombing the countryside…irreversible damage.” These are loud, angry and organised campaigners against onshore wind in Wales. Dozens of new projects are set to break ground on the hills of Cymru as the government races to meet its clean energy targets. It says it is ready to take on “disruptors” to…
Why do some people sneeze when they see the sun? For many people, going outside in bright sunlight makes them feel warmer or clearer. Some people suddenly sneeze when exposed to bright sunlight. Doctors and scientists have been trying to figure out this strange reaction for decades. A person walks from a dark room into…
Parts of the UK could be at risk of further flooding in the coming months because of so much rainfall so far this year, according to new analysis. The latest official data from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) shows that rivers in the south and south-west of England reached exceptionally high levels…
