A new morgue which can hold thousands of tragic covid-19 victims, including those from the Nightingale coronavirus hospital, is being built in East London. The mortuary, about the size of two football pitches, is being developed on forest land close to the City of London crematorium and cemetery and is expected to take the dead … Read more
NASA announces new mission to study solar particle storms, with six small satellites the size of toaster ovens that will orbit Earth and measure radiation from the sun NASA has announced a new project to study dangerous solar particle storms The project will launch no earlier than July 1, 2023 at a cost of $62.6 … Read more
Atlas, a massive comet five times the size of Jupiter and about half the size of the Sun, will appear brighter than Venus from Earth by the end of April. The exact size of the rocky icy core of the strange comet isn’t known but is likely only a few miles across – but it … Read more
An area the size of Chicago in Yellowstone National Park has been inflating and deflating by several inches over the past decade The Norris Geyser Basin, the park’s oldest, hottest and most dynamic thermal area in the park, was observed to rise 5.9 inches each year from 2013 to 2015 – an unusual event that … Read more
A cancer-surviving toddler who was born with an abnormally large tongue has had life-changing surgery to make it smaller. Baker Roth’s parents hope the procedure will help him eat and breathe easier, and allow him to make sounds so he can eventually talk. The 19-month-old was born with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), a rare overgrowth disorder … Read more
The market slump seen over recent weeks is of similar magnitude to the one seen during the global financial crisis of 2008 with more than a fifth of value knocked off shares, but the reasons are very different. What causes a crash is as important as the fact that the market crashed, if not more … Read more
An asteroid half the size of Mount Everest is heading towards Earth next month, but scientists say it is not expected to collide with us. The object, called 52768 (1998 OR2), is 1 to 2.5 miles wide and will pass within 3,908,791 miles, moving at 19,461 miles per hour. The asteroid was first discovered by … Read more
An asteroid the size of Mount Everest is heading towards Earth next month, but scientists say it is not expected to collide with us. The object, called 52768 (1998 OR2), is one to 2.5 miles wide and will pass within 3,908,791 miles, moving at 19,461 miles per hour. The asteroid was first discovered by NASA … Read more
Taste Of Pakistan 369 Hanworth Rd, Hounslow Rating: Taste Of Pakistan is not the sort of place you’d stumble upon. Unless, that is, you lived halfway down the Han-worth Road, deep in London’s Hounslow. But even then, you might well wander past the faded, unassuming storefront, wedged between a derelict betting shop and shuttered south … Read more
A once-hidden island has been uncovered in Antarctica after melting glaciers caused by record high temperatures revealed its rocky shore to passing scientists. A group of polar researchers from the Thwaites Offshore Research (THOR) project spotted the island as their ship passed through Pine Island Bay in Antarctica. The island has been named Sif after the … Read more