MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Let’s raise a glass to hope and an end to the Covid nightmare 

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Let’s raise a glass to hope and an end to the Covid nightmare By Mail on Sunday Comment for the Daily Mail Published: 01:17 GMT, 22 November 2020 | Updated: 01:23 GMT, 22 November 2020 We are promised a new, consistent approach to the Covid pandemic, instead of the zigging and … Read more

Elon Musk says 1 million will live on Mars by 2050 in ‘glass domes’

Elon Musk says the first human colony on Mars will live in ‘glass domes’ and one million people will live there by 2050 after the poles are blasted by nuclear weapons to melt ice caps and induce warming Elon Musk has shared more details for his plan to build a city on Mars He suggests … Read more

Elon Musk says the first colony on Mars will be ‘glass domes’ and 1 million will live there by 2050

Elon Musk says the first human colony on Mars will live in ‘glass domes’ and one million people will live there by 2050 after the poles are blasted by nuclear weapons to melt ice caps and induce warming Elon Musk has shared more details for his plan to build a city on Mars He suggests … Read more

Environment: Glass bottles are WORSE than plastic given the energy needed to make them, study says

Glass bottles are much WORSE for the environment than plastic because manufacturing them uses more energy and resources, study finds Researchers from Southampton evaluated various types of beverage packaging They considered the impact of glass and plastic bottles, cans and milk cartons Part of the problem with glass bottles is that they are not reused enough … Read more

It’s the crazy new trend. From parma violets to lavender, raise a glass to… Gin’s purple patch 

It’s the crazy new trend. From parma violets to lavender, raise a glass to… Gin’s purple patch Gin used to be the spirit languishing at the back of people’s drinks cabinets Over the last decade the drink has gone through it’s own ‘ginaissance’ Gin has now hit a purple patch with flavours such as parma … Read more

Dublin Lidl built on Viking ruins has a glass floor so shoppers can see 11th century house below

A new Lidl built on 11th century Irish-Viking ruins in Dublin has used glass floors to allow shoppers to look at the structure below. The Lidl on Aungier Street in the Irish capital opened on October 15 and managers have made an effort to showcase the significant archaeological finds on the site. It lies in … Read more

Hooded gang smash glass door and raid home before ‘robbing couple with newborn baby at gunpoint’

Terrifying moment hooded gang smash glass door and raid home before ‘robbing couple with newborn baby at gunpoint’ for their six American pocket bulldog puppies Thieves in Kensington, Liverpool, stole the couple’s car and their six puppies   Thugs are seen throwing a stone through a window before prying the door open  Three men have already … Read more

Would you save the wine or the baby? Video shows woman grabbing glass of fizz and letting tot fall 

Priorities! Moment grandmother lets her grandchild fall to the floor while saving a glass of fizz Viral video clip shows a grandmother at a table with her young grandchild   The tot, who’s stood up, reaches for a glass of fizz left on the table; the woman quickly grabs the glass but lets go of the … Read more

Scientist-made TRANSPARENT wood more thermally efficient than glass

Scientist create TRANSPARENT wood as clear as glass but stronger, lighter and five times more thermally efficient Scientists transformed wood from balsa trees into clear material that could replace conventional glass  The team bleached the wood until it was nearly clear and then added a  synthetic polymer called polyvinyl alcohol The innovation is five times more … Read more

Scientist create TRANSPARENT wood as clear as glass but five times more thermally efficient 

Scientist create TRANSPARENT wood as clear as glass but stronger, lighter and five times more thermally efficient Scientists transformed wood from balsa trees into clear material that could replace conventional glass  The team bleached the wood until it was nearly clear and then added a  synthetic polymer called polyvinyl alcohol The innovation is five times more … Read more