Boris Johnson will ‘bang the table’ on Sunday to try to bring urgency to Brexit talks by warning that the two sides are heading for No Deal if the pace of negotiations is not accelerated immediately. The Prime Minister is expected to use a video conference with the EU’s most senior figures to urge ‘renewed energy … Read more
A huge rotating disc galaxy has been discovered by astronomers and 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang it was already ‘well-ordered, cold’ and intact. The Wolfe Disk galaxy was found by astronomers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The universe is 13.8 billion years old and most galaxies, … Read more
There can be few better holiday moments than the sight of one’s children screaming in terror as explosions light the air all around, followed by an evacuation sequence that brings to mind Saving Private Ryan. It had started tamely enough. While spending a week at the Vilanova Park campsite, about 30 miles south of Barcelona, … Read more
Out with a bang: German nuclear power station’s cooling towers are demolished in spectacular explosion The demolition took place at the site of the Philippsburg power plant, near the city of Karlsruhe The explosions were triggered shortly after 6am on Thursday in the south-west of the country Timing of the demolition was kept quiet to … Read more
The geeky CBS sitcom was known the world over for its impressive pop culture references. However, fans of The Big Bang Theory have questioned the show’s geek credentials over the years by pointing out some major movie errors. Although they had their arguments, the four geeky guys at the centre of The Big Bang Theory … Read more
When did Leonard Nimoy star in The Big Bang Theory? Leonard Nimoy and the character of Spock were mentioned frequently throughout the sitcom’s 12 seasons. Sheldon’s (played by Jim Parsons) obsession with Nimoy and Spock was a running joke throughout the series. In season five, episode 20, titled The Transporter Malfunction, Nimoy provided the voice … Read more
There was a lot to play for as Sheldon had bet with Wil’s team that the losers would be the victim to a “public humiliation” in a fashion the victors saw fit. The match was full of underhand tactics from the off – particularly when Sheldon and Wil both took their turns at the same … Read more
New study brings scientists one step closer to unlocking mystery behind how matter prevailed over antimatter during the Big Bang An experiment is casting light on how matter formed in the early universe A new study shows that neutrinos oscillate into electron neutrinos at a higher rate than their antimatter counterparts This challenges principals of physics like … Read more
The ‘biggest explosion since the Big Bang’ has been detected by astronomers and it comes from a supermassive black hole in a galaxy 390 million light years away. Astronomers from Curtin University in Australia used the new Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope to study the blast in the distance galactic core. The extremely powerful eruption … Read more