A leading Egyptologist has claimed that the Egyptian queen Nefertiti could in fact be hiding behind a hidden door within Tutankhamun’s tomb after the discovery of hidden hieroglyphics unleashed new evidence to boost the famous theory. Nicholas Reeves, a former curator in the British Museum’s Department of Egyptian Antiquities, has claimed that while the theory remains unproven, he found ancient cartouches exposing new Egyptian secrets. The expert discovered that cartouches depicting Tutankhamun buried under Ay, his predeccessor, had in fact…

A surrogate Beagle mother has given birth to a wolf cloned in a Beijing lab in a fascinating world-first. The Arctic beast has been named Maya, and her birth could represent a major breakthrough in “the protection and breeding of wild and endangered animals”. Born back in June, the wolf was cloned by Chinese scientists who took skin cells from a 16-year-old female wolf at a lab in the country’s northeast region. These were then inserted into the mother Beagle’s…

Germans have urged Tesla to slam the brakes on production on its electric vehicle (EV) plant in Berlin – the location he chose over the UK due to Brexit – after a fire broke out at the factory in a humiliating turn of events for Elon Musk. The blaze broke out at gigafactory (large-scale EV manufacturing facilities) in the early hours of the morning and was put out by 50 firefighters from Tesla’s own brigade and the local fire department…

Do you ever feel like your dog knows to come over for a cuddle just when you’re starting to feel stressed or down? Well, they just might! New research suggests our furry friends are able to smell when we are under pressure by detecting chemical changes in our breath and sweat. Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast got four dogs – Treo, Fingal, Soot and Winnie – to sniff samples of the bodily fluids taken from stressed and relaxed people. The…

Archaeologists working to unlock all the secrets of ancient Pompeii recently used a tool that doesn’t spring to mind when you think of excavations – an iPad Pro. Mixed in with more standard equipment like trowels, buckets and brushes, archaeologists at the site that was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted are now harnessing the computational power and versatility of Apple’s iPad Pro. Researchers who are prone to scribble notes about artifacts or other technical details during digs on paper now…

Asteroid impacts on the moon millions of years ago coincided with some of the largest meteorite impacts on Earth — including the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. That is the discovery of a new study which also found that major impact events on our planet did not happen in isolation, but rather were accompanied by a series of smaller impacts. Experts say their findings shed new light on the asteroids in the inner solar system, including the likelihood of…

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti completed a yoga class that is out of this world – she performed the Jedi warrior, shooting star and other poses in microgravity while aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Cristoforetti, who on Wednesday became the first female European commander on the station, followed along with certified yoga teacher Jaime Amor who conducted the class from an Earth-based studio. However, the astronaut had to secure her feet to the floor with a bar…

The Government has urged the public to keep watch for the Asian “predatory wasps” after bee experts confirmed the sighting of the terrifying insects in Essex. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) warned on Wednesday that the “invasive species”, which was spotted in the Raleigh area of Essex, pose a threat to honeybees. But the authorities have stressed that Asian hornets do not cause any more harm to human health than regular wasps or hornets. DEFRA is…

Berlin has been forced to consider delaying its nuclear phaseout as it scrambles to avert a crisis amid supply shortage fears. It comes as imports of crucial Russian gas have plummeted, as has France’s nuclear power output. This has forced Germany to consider keeping two of its three remaining plants open until mid-April 2023, despite the fact all its nuclear stations had been scheduled to close. German state officials have said that this is a “necessary” step to swerve shortages…

The steamship which sent an iceberg warning to the Titanic before it sank has been discovered broken in two at the bottom of the Irish Sea. SS Mesaba transmitted a caution signal to the ‘unsinkable’ vessel while it crossed the Atlantic on April 15, 1912. This message was received, but never reached the bridge. Later that night the Titanic famously hit an iceberg and plummeted nearly two-and-a-half miles to the bottom of the ocean on her maiden voyage. The SS…

An ancient armored ‘shark’ that roamed the oceans 436 million years ago is believed to be humans’ oldest jawed ancestor – predating the previous specimen by 15 million years. Paleontologists reconstructed tiny skeletal fragments unearthed in China that belonged to a creature with an external body ‘armor’ and several pairs of fin spines that separate it from living jawed fish like cartilaginous sharks and rays. The team also uncovered about 20 teeth from this new species named Fanjingshania, allowing them…

Nuclear fusion is a process that occurs naturally in stars like the Sun, taking hydrogen nuclei and combining them to form helium — releasing colossal amounts of energy in the process. Dubbed the ‘holy grail’ energy source, fusion has the potential to generate more than four million times the amount of energy released by an equivalent chemical reaction — such as the burning of coal, oil or gas — and four times that of nuclear fission, which involves the splitting…

A WhatsApp chief has warned ministers that aspects of the new Online Safety Bill could risk the security of more than two billion users, including the government’s own departments. Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp at Meta, said plans to override encryption technology would have implications for the security of the government’s own communications, and that what the UK decides will have global repercussions, such as emboldening authoritarian regimes. In an interview with the FT, he said: ‘If the UK decides…

Apple’s shares dropped by 3.9 percent in premarket trading on Wednesday following news that the tech giant is cutting production of its new iPhone 14 after seeing a weaker-than-expected demand. Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Apple is forgoing an additional six million handsets this year on top of the already 90 million units that were produced in 2021. The lack of enthusiasm among consumers is likely due to price increases for markets outside of the US and…

Huge leaks in the two largest gas pipelines linking Russia to Europe are spewing out vast quantities of natural gas – at an estimated rate of 500 metric tons per hour when first breached. As well as the potentially devastating implications for global energy supply, the leaks could also have an ‘unprecedented’ environmental impact, experts have warned. Gas has been spewing from both Nord Stream 1 and 2 since Monday, after three leaks mysteriously appeared in the system. One has…

The world’s first all-electric passenger plane took to the skies for the first time to reach an altitude of 3,500 feet during an 8-minute flight in Washington. After years of development by Eviation Aircraft, the inaugural flight of the zero-emissions plane that’s powered by two 640-kilowatt electric motors went off without a hitch when it look off at 7:10 am on Tuesday from Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington. Alice is targeted for commuter and cargo markets and…