What is driving the sudden rise in demand for donkey meat and skins? The global demand for donkey skins and meat is mostly driven by Chinese markets. In China donkey meat and skins are used to produce snacks, beauty products, sex stimulants, anti-ageing products and traditional medicine known as ejiao.

In mid-March, a cruise ship departed from Ushuaia, Argentina, and set sail towards Antarctica following explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 1915 route. The passengers and crew aboard didn't know their ship would become a floating Petri dish of Covid-19. Eight days after embarking, the first passenger got a fever and the cruise ship instituted isolation and testing measures. Almost two weeks later, 59 percent of the 217 passengers and crew tested positive for Covid-19. Out of that group, more tha...

Since the pandemic began, pollution levels have dropped, animals are returning to areas they had previously abandoned and more people have taken to travelling on foot and by bicycle. Although short-lived, we have already seen some of the effects changing our behaviour can have on our own lives and on the natural world.

Scientists discover a new behaviour among bumblebees that tricks plants into flowering early.

The Siri grading whistleblower who revealed that private conversations were overheard by contractors working on improving Apple’s intelligent assistant has today revealed his identity.

If you currently have a live television streaming service like YouTube TV, Sling TV, or Hulu with Live, there’s about a 50% chance you’re a cable convert. According to a recent study from Leichtman Research Group, 44% of live TV streaming customers switched after canceling a big cable subscription.

Huawei relies heavily on chips from TSMC, which may no longer be able to sell to the Chinese tech giant. Meanwhile, finding alternative suppliers could be a huge challenge.

More than 1,000 scientists in the Asia-Pacific region are harnessing particle accelerators to look deep into the human brain

New research shows that every 7 to 12 minutes, a small, and safe, earthquake occurs beneath the Mauna Kea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii.

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the television industry in recent months, and it's [...]

Foot Print Farms is 68 acres (0.3sq km) of farmland in Jackson city proper, just half a mile (1km) from the street. When you come onto the farm you see rolling hills, fields of crops, fresh produce, the poly tunnels we use for growing some crops year round – everything you would expect to find on a farm. We have goats and horses, too. And a little further back you see my home. This is truly where we live and work.

The FBI obtained a warrant for Sen. Richard Burr's Apple iCloud account as part of a probe into his stock trades, according to the Los Angeles Times. An unnamed law enforcement official told the Times that FBI agents served Apple with the warrant and got hold of data that was then used as evidence to obtain a second warrant for the North Carolina senator's cellphone.

CEO announces electric carmaker would begin production Monday following weekend of threats over Covid-19 restrictions

Ross Marquand, who took over the role of Red Skull from Captain America: The First Avenger star Hugo Weaving, hopes to see the villain return in a standalone movie following former enemy Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) on his mission to travel back through time and return the six Infinity Stones plucked from the past in Avengers: Endgame. Revealed as the ghostly keeper of the Soul Stone in Avengers: Infinity War — where warmonger Thanos (Josh Brolin) made the required sacrifice for the Soul Stone b...

The private information of some 4.5 million Israeli citizens, including biometric facial features, stored in the Transportation Ministry database for drivers licenses and a private database for smart biometric bus cards, is not getting the highest-level encryption and security to prevent data breaches or exploit attempts, found a report by the State Comptroller, writes the Jerusalem Post.

The heavyweight champion has been hitting the mitts in preparation for his return to the ring.

When Gustavus, Alaska, was cut off from its grocery supply chain, one resident decided to take matters into his own hands.

AMD takes a different approach when naming their processors. In this guide, we explain AMD Ryzen CPU names and letters. There are so many AMD processors out there but we are focusing on the Ryzen family because they are the most popular processors in laptops and desktops.

The Xbox Series X is still slated to release later this year, and head of Xbox Phil Spencer continues toContinue Reading