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Don't dry your iPhone in a bag of rice, says Apple
If your iPhone gets wet don't dry it in a bag of rice, Apple has advised.
Tinder introduces passport-scanning ID checks for UK users
Tinder is introducing enhanced identity checks for UK users, involving a passport...
Xbox games coming to Nintendo Switch and PS5 named
Four games that were formerly exclusive to Microsoft will soon be available on rival...
European mission approved to detect cosmic ripples
What will be one of the most ambitious and most expensive space missions ever mounted...
Migrating species crucial to planet under threat, says...
The world's most vulnerable migratory species face an increasing risk of extinction,...
Mercury mystery: Poisonous element persists in tuna
Levels of mercury persist in tuna, decades after pollution controls were introduced...
Pioneering European ERS-2 satellite burns up over Pacific
A European satellite that pioneered many of the technologies used to monitor the...
Whale song mystery solved by scientists
Scientists have worked out how some of the largest whales in the ocean produce their...
How AI is helping the search for extraterrestrial life
There are between 10 and 50 billion potentially habitable worlds in our galaxy,...
Cerrado: Beef trade risks key Brazil ecosystem - campaigners
Beef production by three of the world's biggest meatpackers has been linked to illegal...
Brightest and hungriest black hole ever detected
The most luminous object ever detected has been spied in the distant Universe.
New coffee genetic map promises better brews
Scientists have unravelled the genetic secrets of coffee in a discovery they say...
Amazon's record drought driven by climate change
One of our planet's most vital defences against global warming is itself being ravaged...
US stingray falls pregnant despite having no mate
A stingray called Charlotte is pregnant despite not sharing her tank with a male...
Ransomware attack hits dozens of Romanian hospitals
Over a hundred Romanian healthcare facilities have been been affected by a ransomware...