Making sense of a balance sheet is important when you’re deciding whether or not to buy shares, because you want to be sure a company you’re investing in is not heading for trouble. Tom Stevenson, investment director at Fidelity International, explains the basics of reading a balance sheet using drinks giant Britvic as his test … Read more
The U.S. has evidence of UFOs breaking the sound barrier without a sonic boom and making manoeuvers impossible with known technology, the former Director of National Intelligence has revealed – increasing excitement about a forthcoming report detailing what the U.S. government has observed. John Ratcliffe, who served as Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, said … Read more
Gay men are more likely than lesbians to be discriminated against because of the sound of their voice, according to a new study. Researchers found heterosexuals who believed gay people can be identified by how they talk were more likely to hold anti-gay attitudes. That was especially true if they thought you couldn’t get rid … Read more
Could we SHAKE rain out of the sky? Aiming powerful low-frequency sound waves at clouds could help to increase rainfall and alleviate droughts, scientists say Researchers use low-frequency sound waves to ‘excite’ water vapour particles The sound causes the particles to vibrate and come together as larger droplets This then allows the larger droplets to … Read more
Video captures exact moment two dopey dogs having a playfight hear the telltale sound of a packet of crisps being opened Pudding and Gumbo, basset hounds, were filmed fighting over a sock As a packet of crisps was opened downstairs both dogs abandoned the task The 10-second clip was uploaded to Twitter where it quickly … Read more
Poet, 21, whose rhymes in the Scots language went viral reveals she’s been accused of ‘making Scottish people sound stupid’ and being a ‘propagandist’ for independence Lennie Pennie, 21, from Fife, has attracted thousands of fans with recitals of her poetry on social media But some have accused her of being a Scottish independence … Read more
Poet, 21, whose rhymes in the Scots language went viral reveals she’s been accused of ‘making Scottish people sound stupid’ and being a ‘propagandist’ for independence Lennie Pennie, 21, from Fife, has attracted thousands of fans with recitals of her poetry on social media But some have accused her of being a Scottish independence … Read more
Sonic BOOM over Britain: Millions hear ‘explosion’ as RAF Typhoon breaks sound barrier while soaring over Cambridge and London Millions of people across the South reported hearing a sonic boom at lunchtime Heard across Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Cambridge, north and south London Military tracking sites suggested it was fighter plane breaking the sound barrier By Amie … Read more
Sometimes you have to wonder about the ambition and vision of Britain’s captains of industry. Admittedly G4S, the world’s biggest security outfit, has a chequered back story.
China builds a hypersonic jet engine capable of flying at 16 TIMES the speed of sound that could fly to anywhere in the world ‘in two hours’ if ever built, Beijing claims The prototype is called a Soramjet engine and was tested in a Beijing wind tunnel Achieved speeds of Mach nine – the maximum test … Read more