Facebook’s new ad-free tier could end annoying consent pop-ups, but it could also put a price on your privacy: metamorworks/Shutterstock We have reached a key juncture in the debate about online privacy, following Meta’s recent decision to offer some users paid-for ad-free access to Facebook and Instagram. The time has come to decide how much …
Can you really ‘address’ annoying eye floaters with a supplement?: triocean/Shutterstock If you look up at the sky on a clear day, you might notice little cobweb-like structures drifting across your field of vision. They are known as floaters or, more formally, muscae volitantes – Latin for flying flies. Like regular flies, muscae volitantes are …
Speaking up for the annoying fruit fly: vasekk/Shutterstock Fruit flies can be truly annoying when they are buzzing around your living room or landing in your wine. But we have much to thank these tiny nuisances for – they revolutionised biological and medical science. Flies and mosquitoes both belong to Diptera, the group of insects …
Here’s why we need climate protests: even if some think they’re annoying: Protestors march in Glasgow during the UN climate conference COP26. TheLeft_EU/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA The last few years have seen a surge in climate protests. From Turkey and Germany to the US, Australia and countries across Africa, local activists have fought corporate actions that …
Make drones sound less annoying by factoring in humans at the design stage: Shutterstock/DmitryKalinovsky These days almost everyone has either flown a drone or listened to the nasty whining sound they produce. Although small drones (up to 20kg) are about 40 decibels quieter than conventional civil aircraft, they produce a high pitched noise – which …
Why wasps become so annoying at the end of summer: Sascha Burkard/Shutterstock.com The sausages are sizzling, the burgers browned, and the beer is cold. You’re all set for the perfect end-of-summer BBQ. Alfresco dining, drinks in a garden of a country pub, ice-creams – we grasp at the last shreds of summer, precious times with …
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