‘That’s a very good answer!’ Queen is impressed by Canadian officer deployed to Bahrain who tells her son, 3, she’s away ‘fighting pirates’ during video call to celebrate 100 years of the Armed Force’s Legal Branch Queen presented the Canadian Armed Forces Legal Branch with a Royal Banner Marks 100 years since the branch, consisting … Read more
Moment doorbell cam catches heartless ‘porch pirates’ stealing parcel of toys grandmother had bought for her young grandson Patricia Kaplan, 65, ordered toys to be delivered to home in Andover, Hampshire The semi-retired maths teacher said postwoman left the parcel on her doorstep But later discovered it was no longer there, prompting her to check doorbell … Read more
Scientists have demonstrated tiny boats that float upside down underneath a levitating layer of liquid in an amazing quirk of physics. Researchers in Paris were investigating the effect of vertical shaking, which can be used to suspend a layer of liquid in mid-air. Not only was the layer of liquid able to float on a … Read more
Perhaps living to a ripe old age is your aim. Then why not leave your medicine chest behind and move to Dominica? This Caribbean island has the highest number of centenarians in the world, and it was from here that the oldest person ever hailed. Born in 1875, Ma Pampo died in 2003, aged 128. … Read more