Birds: Clever cockatoos can learn to lift BIN LIDS to gather food by copying others 

Australia’s sulphur-crested cockatoos have begun lift wheelie bin lids in order to scavenge for food — and they appear to be learning the trick by copying each other. Based on surveys of where people have seen the birds exhibiting this skill across the suburbs of Sydney, researchers have concluded that the ability is spreading. When the … Read more

Photo of a supermassive black hole confirms that ‘little’ black holes act the same as the big ones 

Sensational radio images of jets pouring from a supermassive black hole have helped astronomers confirm ‘little’ black holes act the same way as the largest ones.  The Event Horizon Telescope, a global network of radio telescopes, captured details of the giant black hole at the heart of the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A. The same … Read more

Photo of a supermassive black hole confirms that ‘little’ black holes act the same as the big ones 

Sensational radio images of jets pouring from a supermassive black hole have helped astronomers confirm ‘little’ black holes act the same way as the largest ones.  The Event Horizon Telescope, a global network of radio telescopes, captured details of the giant black hole at the heart of the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A. The same … Read more

Germany’s Olympic football team walks off the pitch over ‘racial abuse’

Germany’s Olympic football team walks off the pitch over ‘racial abuse’ from Honduras player in warm-up tie ahead of Tokyo 2020 The German players left the field together with five minutes remaining in game  Jordan Torunarigha was ‘racially insulted,’ German soccer federation claimed Torunarigha’s club Hertha Berlin responded saying it was the correct decision  By … Read more

Germany’s Olympic football team walks off the pitch over ‘racial abuse’

Germany’s Olympic football team walks off the pitch over ‘racial abuse’ from Honduras player in warm-up tie ahead of Tokyo 2020 The German players left the field together with five minutes remaining in game  Jordan Torunarigha was ‘racially insulted,’ German soccer federation claimed Torunarigha’s club Hertha Berlin responded saying it was the correct decision  By … Read more