Astronomers from the UK have created a new map of the Milky Way made up of nearly two billion stars using data gathered by the European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia space observatory. University of Cambridge experts led the creation of the cosmic atlas of two billion stars, that they believe could shed light on how … Read more
He won four gold medals for the UK at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics. And Mo Farah proved he was more suited to sports than geography as he struggled to find Wales on a map during Monday’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here. The athlete, 37, joined Giovanna Fletcher to take on … Read more
Anger over the whole of Kent being dragged in Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions deepened today after a shocking new map showed nearly half of the country had ‘low’ infection rates. Geographical analysis of the Garden of England shows vast swathes of it is recording between 100 and 200 Covid infections per 100,000 people. Levels are … Read more
Conservationists have drafted the first ever global map of bee diversity to help track the distribution of populations of the vital pollinators. There are some 20,000 individual species of bee presently living on Earth — but accurate, compiled data on their distribution had been lacking. Researchers from China, Singapore and the US analysed and validated … Read more
Conservationists have drafted the first ever global map of bee diversity to help track the distribution of populations of the vital pollinators. There are some 20,000 individual species of bee presently living on Earth — but accurate, compiled data on their distribution had been lacking. Researchers from China, Singapore and the US analysed and validated … Read more
Steve Kornacki was the breakout star of the U.S. presidential election, covering the results for days on end with seemingly little to no sleep and one hard working pair of khaki pants. The 41-year-old captured the hearts of millions while dutifully parsing out the vote tally from his touch-screen map and was just included in … Read more
The genetic make-up of 363 species of bird – ranging from the humble chicken to the amazing bird-of-paradise – has been mapped by scientists for the first time. The work, by researchers from the Smithsonian Institute and about 100 other institutions involved analysing over 17 trillion base pairs of DNA from bird species. Researchers say … Read more
In a matter of months, coronavirus swept the the US, touching every corner of the nation – but where the virus is most actively spreading has shifted dramatically over time, a new animation from Harvard and Brown Universities shows. After the East Coast surge of March and April, the areas of concern shifted to the … Read more
Adur 29.5 (19), 15.6 (10) Gloucester 46.5 (60), 18.6 (24) Rotherham 195.9 (520), 101.0 (268) Allerdale 63.4 (62), 44.0 (43) Gosport 17.7 (15), 14.1 (12) Rugby 80.8 (88), 53.2 (58) Amber Valley 74.9 (96), 53.1 (68) Gravesham 42.1 (45), 20.6 (22) Runnymede 59.3 (53), 35.8 (32) Arun 24.3 (39), 19.9 (32) Great Yarmouth 82.5 (82), … Read more
Psychologist Jessica Swainston of the safeguarding app Wing has tips for how people — especially children — can use Instagram safely and with mind to their mental health: Turn off all push notifications: Likes, shares and ‘reactions’ from followers have been proven to psychologically impact the user. All functions are designed to deliver a short-lived dopamine … Read more