Ryanair has finished bottom of the respected Which? annual airline survey for the seventh consecutive year – with British Airways slipping further down both the long-haul and short-haul rankings. In the consumer champion’s poll, passengers have given the Irish budget carrier the lowest possible rating for boarding, seat comfort, food and drink, customer service and … Read more
Battle of the bird brains! Wild cockatoos perform just as well as those raised by humans in intelligence tests, new study shows Researchers in Vienna tested the intelligence of Goffin’s cockatoos They compared a group of lab-raised birds with a group of wild birds They found both groups performed similarly in intelligence tests The main … Read more
Coronavirus patients stop being infectious after 11 days even if they still test positive for the disease, study finds Infected person becomes contagious around two days before symptoms show Then contagious for 7 to 10 days after they start showing signs of the disease Covid-19 ‘could not be isolated or cultured after day 11’, researchers … Read more
Coronavirus patients stop being infectious after 11 days even if they still test positive for the disease, study finds Infected person becomes contagious around two days before symptoms show Then contagious for 7 to 10 days after they start showing signs of the disease Covid-19 ‘could not be isolated or cultured after day 11’, researchers … Read more
Coronavirus pandemic could be over in the UK by September 30: Scientific model predicts virus will continue its steady decline with NO second wave Singapore University of Technology plotted data from the Covid-19 pandemic United States will extinguish the infection by November 11, the team discovered The model predicts the trajectory of the spread of … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic in the United States could be over as early as mid-November, new modeling has shown. Researchers at Singapore University of Technology and Design have created a complex model predicting the exact date the pandemic will end in the US, UK, and other countries around the world. According to the data, the US … Read more
Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley helps radio quizzer win £5,760 prize after the Singaporean contestant was ruled out for pronouncing the star’s name wrong The challenge was to identify 14 famous voices from one-second clips Listener of Singapore’s Gold 905, Muhammad Shalehan, thought he had won However, he was told he had not pronounced Tony Hadley’s name correctly … Read more
Scientists say they’ve created a device that allows electricity to be generated from the shadows thanks to different illumination angles. The shadow-effect energy generator (SEG), developed in Singapore, makes use of the contrast in illumination between lit and shadowed areas to generate electricity. The low-cost flexible device, which powered a watch in experiments, even gives … Read more
Where can you keep four children, quiet? How can you get a free six-day visa for China? And what to do in Jamaica? The holiday guru unravels traveller conundrums Marthinhal Quintal Family Resort in Portugal has something for everyone China offers 144-hour free transit visas to UK passengers arriving by sea or air Montego Bay … Read more
A California man had to wait until after his grandmother died this February to get a chance to look through her old photo albums — and he was amazed to discover how truly glamorous her life was. Johnny Quan’s grandma Leung Ping (梁萍, also called Teresa Leung) died earlier this year at age 93, and it … Read more