Foam-spewing spacecraft could collect and burn space junk

Foam-spewing spacecraft could collect space junk ‘like a spider web’ and toss pieces into Earth’s atmosphere to burn Space junk in orbit continues to multiply and a Russian startup has a solution   Foam Debris Catcher is a series of small and autonomous satellites  Inside the device is a sticky polymer foam that it uses to catch … Read more

Kim Kardashian shares image where she is indulging in junk food with Mason

Kim Kardashian stays on a strict diet so she can look slender while promoting her SKIMS underthings on social media. But once in a while the wife of rapper Kanye West – who will turn 40-years-old in October – indulges in some treats. That is exactly what the reality TV maven did on Wednesday when she … Read more

Video footage shows space junk fireball over Australia

Stunning fireball seen over Australia ‘was the remnants of a Russian rocket taking a missile warning system into space’, expert claims Video footage shows orange fireball lighting up the southern Australian skies  Experts say it was an object from the launch of a Russian intelligence satellite The Kremlin’s new constellation of satellites will trace ballistic missile … Read more

How unexpected items are fuelling YOUR junk food cravings

Cravings for junk food can be the biggest obstacle when trying to lose weight and are often the reason for people failing their healthy diet plans. It’s no accident that these products are so hard to resist –  as manufacturers ensure the foods taste the best they possibly can with the goal of overriding our internal ‘stop’ … Read more

Russia has 14,000 pieces of ‘space junk’ debris orbiting Earth

Space junk is littering the final frontier and Russia has contributed more to the collection than any other country. A new infographic reveals which countries owns the garbage floating in space and Russia is responsible for 14,403 pieces and the US comes in second with 8,734. The compiled data shows more than 30,000 particles from … Read more

Insects are gorging themselves on ‘junk’ as rising CO2 levels make plants less nutritious 

Grasshoppers are gorging themselves on the equivalent of ‘junk food’ as rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere make plants less nutritious, a study has found.  Experts studying a grassland preserve in Kansas discovered that its grasshopper numbers have fallen by more than 30 per cent over the last two decades. Increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide … Read more

Government’s plan to ban junk food adverts before 9pm ‘will cut just TWO calories a day’

Banning junk food adverts before the watershed will only cut two calories from a child’s diet a day, research shows.   The Government revealed plans in March to restrict advertising of foods high in salt, fat and sugar on television and social media until after 9pm.  They hoped the strict rules would curb soaring childhood obesity … Read more

Blood, guts and junk food! Fascinating new book delves into the lives of fishermen on trawler boats 

Blood, guts and junk food! Fascinating new book delves into the lives of fishermen on trawler boats Lamorna Ash recounts the months she spent living with Cornish fishermen  A playwright in London, she lodged with a couple in the village of Newlyn Almost everyone she met in the fishing village has lost someone to the … Read more