An email received this morning… “England is being released from lock down fairly rapidly (in relative terms!) but Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are still effectively locked down.  Why is this?  Is the population of England so great they had to give some kind of release to prevent social unrest? or are they experimenting on the […]

A team of British scientists has called for more research into the animals susceptible to Covid-19, including pet cats and dogs, for fear they could re-infect human populations who have fought to control the disease. Researchers from University College London say if the Covid-19 virus becomes common in animals in close proximity to humans – […]

Capable of carrying a machine gun, the small ground robot can traverse complicated terrains and replace human soldiers in dangerous reconnaissance missions. Photo: Screenshot from China Central Television. More robot warriors are entering the arsenal of the Chinese military, with the latest additions being a small model that’s equipped with a machine gun and a […]

While other countries and societies are getting back to life as normal, in Britain, the social distancing folly continues. For whatever reason, UK government officials seem desperate to cling to the crisis, and impose new restrictions every week which are only really effective at one thing: hampering business and trade. Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains confused on […]

The Government is abandoning efforts to develop its own coronavirus contact-tracing app in order to focus on technology from Apple and Google. In a major U-turn, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said on Thursday that efforts would be targeted on developing a programme to support the NHS Test and Trace service based […]