MILLIONS of wailing cicadas to plague parts of the US this summer as the insects emerge after being underground for 17 years Brood IX cicadas are set to emerge from the earth in parts of the US this summer Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia will be invaded by the cicadas They have laid underground for … Read more
A bionic eye that is as sensitive as the human retina could give millions of people the chance to see again — and will be available in just five years, a study reports. Named EC-EYE — short for ‘ElectroChemical EYE’ — the eerie bio-mimetic device is around an inch wide and was built by researchers … Read more
Councils are accused of hoarding MILLIONS of pounds of funding meant to help care homes cope with coronavirus crisis Councils accused of hoarding money meant to help care homes cope with virus Professor Martin Green said that councils were given £3.2billion for social care The chief executive of Care England said many homes have not … Read more
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary is not often seen as a consumer champion, but he spoke for many when he branded the Government’s plans for the tourism industry ‘idiotic’. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps added fuel to the fire by saying that a ‘blanket’ 14-day quarantine rule for arrivals to be introduced from next month will include … Read more
Millions of Britons without smartphones risk being treated as second-class citizens because they won’t be able to use an app to limit the spread of coronavirus, campaigners warn. Ministers will this week set out the details of how the new contact-tracing app will be deployed nationwide as part of their ‘test, track and trace’ strategy. … Read more
The NHS coronavirus contact tracing app risks sidelining millions of people who don’t have a mobile phone when ministers roll it out nationwide. One in five Britons do not have a phone and therefore won’t benefit from the app, according to experts on an ethical panel overseeing its development. It’s likely these people will be … Read more
Gas stoves are ‘exposing millions of Americans to dangerous pollutants and children living in homes with the device have a 42 percent higher chance of developing asthma’ A report warns against the dangers of using a gas stove for cooking at home They emit nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide and sometimes carbon monoxide The EPA has … Read more
Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money is being funneled into the maintenance of a deserted hospital in Liverpool – despite it being empty. More than £3million (around $3,906,900) went into the day-to-day maintenance of the unused Royal Hospital between July and December last year. And a further £523,000 ($681,100) was spent in January alone, bringing … Read more
Millions of Britons are either dipping into their savings or getting into debt as their incomes are being dented by the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey has showed. Nearly a third of people in the UK have had to dip into their savings while a fifth have taken on debt, with the younger generations the … Read more
Although the Second World War ended nearly 75 years ago, the hunt for Nazi war criminals continues as a specialist unit battles to bring the last living perpetrators to justice. Jens Rommel heads up a small team at the Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist [Nazi] Crimes dedicated to scouring the world for … Read more