‘Like having billions of tiny 3D printers’: Scientists train BACTERIA to build complex microscopic structures
Researchers at Finland’s Aalto University have successfully turned bacteria into a microscopic workforce of nanobots, using molds made of hydrophobic material to create incredibly intricate three-dimensional objects. The More...
Covid-19’s an adult disease: Children at ‘tiny’ risk of acute coronavirus, UK academics claim
The chances that children infected by Covid-19 could die are slim, as underage patients’ symptoms are markedly less acute than in those across other age groups, a promising study has suggested. The research published in More...
Germany joins tiny host of European nations by making ‘upskirting’ punishable crime
German MPs have followed their UK and French colleagues, backing legislation that carries a fine or even a prison term for taking unsolicited photos under somebody’s clothing. The Bundestag voted in favor More...
Ukraine to please its tiny Muslim population by making Islam’s major holy days national holidays
Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha may soon become state holidays in Ukraine, where Muslims constitute… anywhere between 0.2 and four percent of the population. The somewhat puzzling change to Ukraine’s working More...
Tiny island nation of Comoros donates €100 to China to help fight Coronavirus
The Union of the Comoros, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, has presented the Chinese ambassador with a symbolic gift of a hundred euro to help in the fight against the coronavirus. The gift-giving ceremony More...
‘I have a tiny violin somewhere’: Private schools roasted online after complaining about plans to get more poor students into uni
Leading private schools in England have criticized plans to improve access to top universities for poorer students, saying it could lead to discrimination of rich kids based on “class,” provoking ridicule on More...
Tiny Penis and Turned-On by Whipping Dogs: Historian Shares Claims About Hitler’s Sex Life
The personal life of the man behind the Nazi atrocities and the death of millions of people has been puzzling researchers and history fans since his suicide, inspiring some of the most bizarre theories and providing More...
Xenobots are here: Tiny bio-robots inside your veins may heal you & will definitely be weaponized by West to take out ‘bad guys’
Xenobots — tiny, biological robots swarms designed by a computer — are upon us. What does the birth of these strange not-quite-alive creatures mean for robotics — and for us? Real robots are not two-legged More...
