American Noah Lyles smashes Usain Bolt’s 200m record – before being told he had only run 185m in a mix-up over using the right STARTING LINE… with commentator Steve Cram left laughing in disbelief! Lyles was competing on a track in Florida as part of the Inspiration Games American ran 200m against two athletes running … Read more
Dutch police have discovered a make-shift torture chamber, nicknamed the ‘treatment room’ by criminals, while investigating the drug trade in the Netherlands. The sound-proofed shipping container, which holds a dentist chair equipped with restraints, was discovered in a warehouse in Wouwse Plantage, a village south of Rotterdam in southwestern Netherlands, close to the border with … Read more
How a mutant coronavirus strain dominated the world: Scientists discover change to COVID-19 variant that lets it copy itself more efficiently – making it more infectious (but not more deadly) Researchers found the most dominant strain of the virus was a mutation of the original variant called G614 The G strain is not a deadlier … Read more
Britons this week touched down in sunny Spain as the hard-hit nation opened its doors to tourists. Authorities are keen to get the holiday season back up and running in the country after it saw one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Europe. Spain today issued an appeal for British tourists to visit, claiming their … Read more
A couple of years ago, I quit my job in the UK and embarked on an adventure in the remote region of Extremadura in south west Spain. My wife Julia and I bought a farmhouse on a hill, surrounded by oak forest, and set about restoring an old barn. One spring day, our pig-farming neighbour … Read more
Being able to put someone in a state of suspended animation may be a step closer after scientists found the trigger in mammal brains that can induce hibernation. Researchers from the University of Tsukuba and Harvard Medical School identified the ‘snooze button’ in mice that triggered naturally occurring temporary hibernation. This natural sleeping state was also … Read more
Big Brother is watching you… even when you don’t know it: Host Sonia Kruger reveals there are 65 cameras in the Big Brother house – and even she doesn’t know where they’re hidden By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:12 BST, 5 June 2020 | Updated: 04:12 BST, 5 June 2020 Sonia Kruger … Read more
Snapchat stopped promoting Donald Trump on its Discover page after he tweeted comments that some claim glorified violence amid nationwide racial justice riots. A spokesperson for the picture messaging social media app told Axios in a Wednesday report that the outlet doesn’t want to boost rhetoric that promotes ‘racial violence and injustice’ which it says … Read more
‘It’s still working!’ Metal-detecting divers discover luxury watch worth thousands of pounds on sea bed off Corfu Stephen Kershaw found a luxury Breitling watch hidden on a sea bed on May 8 He used a handheld metal detector to rummage for buried treasure in Corfu With the help of his friend Simon, he found the luxury … Read more
A huge rotating disc galaxy has been discovered by astronomers and 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang it was already ‘well-ordered, cold’ and intact. The Wolfe Disk galaxy was found by astronomers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The universe is 13.8 billion years old and most galaxies, … Read more