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Evening Standard
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Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily: Titanic to be studied for possible new marine ecosystem

The first-ever mission of its kind to study the marine ecosystem of the Titanic wreck site has been announced.

The Titanic serves as a refuge for life forms like corals, squat lobsters, brittle stars, and rattail fish.  But could the wreck itself use its own materials to help form new life?

We spoke to Dr Steve Ross, the Chief Scientist of the 2022 Titanic Survey Expedition.

Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink is preparing for the first-ever human trials of its brain-computer interface technology.

Early human trials are due to take place in 2022 and are likely to involve people with paralysis using the interface to gain direct neural control of a computer cursor.

Twitter has begun rolling out a feature that will let some users set NFTs that they own as their profile picture.

By tapping on the pictures you can see details about the art and its ownership.

Plus, the world’s first space-based film and entertainment studio is set to launch in two years time, why life expectancy is outpacing healthy working life and the government invests £100 million into a new electric car battery plant. The UK grandmother who has become the first person in England to use a ‘revolutionary’ bionic chip - that could help her see again, and how a drone dangling a sausage saved a dog from drowning.

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