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By Charley Adams Published 28 April Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Brownies are to start learning to code while younger girls in Rainbows will explore app design in a bid to inspire more of them to take up STEM subjects. Just over half (52%) of girls aged 11 to 21 think STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects are for boys, a Girlguiding survey has shown. Now new digital skills activities are being rolled out to the charity's national programme for ages five to 18. Ten-year-old Brownie Peyton said she loved learning to code. "It was so much fun. Fixing bugs was hard, but once I tried it a few times, I could do it", she said. Rainbows, the organisation's branch for four to seven-year olds, will be taught about app design through an app based on rescuing unicorns. Older girls in Brownies, who are up to 10, will be writing code for a … [Read more...] about Brownies to learn coding to get more girls into science

Scientists are investigating a mysterious "solar hedgehog" seen on the surface of the Sun. The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed a trove of images captured by its Solar Orbiter . NASA and the UK Space Agency also contributed to the project. After passing within the orbit of Mercury, the probe was able to capture images of the solar hedgehog, a solar flare, the Sun's south pole, the Sun's magnetic activity and a full view of the Sun. David Berghmans, from the Royal Observatory of Belgium, described the images of the lower layers of the Sun's atmosphere as "really breathtaking". Advertisement He said it would take years to wade through all the data and figure out what was going on. The solar hedgehog is a newly observed feature, and no one is quite sure how or why it forms. More on Nasa NASA picture of Mars 'doorway' spawns conspiracy theories - this is what you're really looking at NASA releases audio recording of … [Read more...] about The Sun: ‘Solar hedgehog’ among ‘breathtaking’ images released by European Space Agency

DISNEY+ has shared details about its cheaper, ad-supported plan ahead of its launch later this year. Subscribers to the new payment tier will have to watch up to four minutes of adverts an hour as part of their viewing experience. It comes after bitter rival Netflix announced similar plans as part of a push to lure new subscribers. According to the Wall Street Journal , Disney officials said that they will not run commercials during content aimed at preschoolers. "We’re never going to collect data on individual kids to target them," the company's Rita Ferro told the publication. Ads for alcohol and politics will be banned in a bid to keep the platform family-friendly. Read more about Disney NOT SO MAGICAL Disney+ warns ALL users over price rise – how much you could be paying JEDI MIND 'FLIX Correct order to watch Star Wars movies and TV shows officially revealed Speaking to TechCrunch , Disney … [Read more...] about Disney+ will follow Netflix with new CHEAP plan – but there’s a catch

CHERIE Bergman's eyes welled up as she met her father's gaze for the first time since his tragic death eight years earlier. With one tap of her phone, the Florida Mum was able to see him blink and smile from behind the screen as if he were alive just yesterday. What really knocked Cherie, 25, back on her heels was that this wasn't a replay of an old video. This was something different. She had uploaded a photo of her late parent to MyHeritage, an app that offers the chance to "reawaken" the dead. Using artificial intelligence, it creates short videos that breathe life into the subjects of portraits years or even centuries old. Faces in images are merged over "driver" animations to make the person look as though they are nodding, smiling and more. Read more about AI TAKING OVER Could artificial intelligence REALLY wipe out humanity? NO TRUST Inside the creepy world of AI robots as expert warns against droids with … [Read more...] about Inside creepy AI that ‘brings dead back to life’ by animating old photos