Read more about the article Spanish Firm Rewards Workers Who Sleep Longest With Time Off
Picture shows Otsuka Pharmaceutical staff working, undated. With project 'Dreamland' the company measures the sleep of 60 employees and will reward the ones with highest number with additional vacation days. (Newsflash)

Spanish Firm Rewards Workers Who Sleep Longest With Time Off

A company in Spain is rewarding employees who get the most sleep with extra holidays. Pharma firm Otsuka Pharmaceutical measured the hours and quality of sleep of 60 employees with…

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Read more about the article Researchers Find New Unknown Chamber In The Great Pyramid Of Cheops At Giza
Image shows the Great Pyramid of Giza (middle), Egypt, undated photo. Scientists found a new chamber inside the pyramid in March 2023. (Prof Christian Grosse, TUM/Newsflash)

Researchers Find New Unknown Chamber In The Great Pyramid Of Cheops At Giza

A hidden chamber believed to be protecting the actual burial chamber of King Cheops has been discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The secret hollow space was…

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Read more about the article One Third Of Plastic Debris That Reaches Arctic Comes From Outside, Says Study
Image shows plastic debris washed ashore in the Arctic sorted by country of origin, undated photo. A study showed that one third of plastic debris in the Arctic comes from Europe. (Alfred-Wegener-Institut, J. Hagemann/Newsflash)

One Third Of Plastic Debris That Reaches Arctic Comes From Outside, Says Study

Project scientists have found out that a third of the plastic waste that reaches the Arctic can be traced back to countries outside of it. The five-year-long project led by…

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Read more about the article Gorilla Shares 10th Birthday Party Treat With Pals
Gorilla Ebo celebrates the 10 year anniversary of his birth with the other animals at his "birthday party' in Valencia, Spain, undated. He was the first gorilla born at the Bioparc Valencia as part of a conservation program. (Bioparc Valencia/Newsflash)

Gorilla Shares 10th Birthday Party Treat With Pals

This is how a king-size gorilla shares his big day - with a 10th birthday party at the zoo where he was born. Keepers at Bioparc Valencia zoo in southern…

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Read more about the article Vienna Zoo Species Protection Project Ensures Survival Of One Of The Rarest Turtle Species In The World
Image shows a northern river terrapin, undated photo. The Vienna Zoo in Austria began the conservation project for the northern river terrapin in 2010. (Rupert Kainradl/Newsflash)

Vienna Zoo Species Protection Project Ensures Survival Of One Of The Rarest Turtle Species In The World

The oldest zoo in the world has celebrated Reptile Awareness Day by highlighting a conservation project aimed to ensure the survival of one of the rarest turtle species in the…

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Read more about the article Boffins Feed Power From Idle Electric Cars Back Into National Grid
Image shows an electric vehicle by Swiss pilot project "V2X Suisse" that can be used as a power bank. (obs, Mobility, Mobility Genossenschaft/Newsflash)

Boffins Feed Power From Idle Electric Cars Back Into National Grid

Seven Swiss companies have turned 50 electric cars into power banks by feeding electricity from their batteries back into the grid when not driven to fill current energy gaps. The…

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Read more about the article Scientists To Use Moondust And 3D Printers To Build Lunar Settlements
The MOONRISE technology shall be used on the Moon, where it will melt lunar dust with a laser. (LZH/Newsflash)

Scientists To Use Moondust And 3D Printers To Build Lunar Settlements

Space scientists are planning to turn lunar dust into the raw material for 3D printers to construct settlements and landing pads on the Moon. The project - being carried out…

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Read more about the article Discovery Of Child Burials Reveals Poverty Of Aztec Empire Survivors
Detail of skull pathology, found at 95 Argentina Street in the Lagunilla neighbourhood in Mexico City, Mexico.. (Juan Carlos Campos Varela, INAH/Newsflash)

Discovery Of Child Burials Reveals Poverty Of Aztec Empire Survivors

The discovery of the graves of four pre-Hispanic children has given an insight into the difficult living conditions that followed the fall of the Aztec Empire. Named after the property…

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