Bitcoin breaks $19,000 for first time in three years with analysts predicting it could hit $300,000 in next 12 months By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:21 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 22:21 GMT, 24 November 2020 The value of bitcoin has smashed through $19,000 for the first time in almost three … Read more
Night is falling on Chiswick Mall as hundreds of schoolchildren and their parents suddenly encounter a fresh challenge: the route home is now under water. Ever since the total closure of Hammersmith Bridge three months ago, after years of neglect, life has been increasingly complicated in West London. Many people now have to walk or … Read more
Two notebooks filled with Charles Darwin’s writings and drawings were stolen from Cambridge University Library 20 years ago, curators believe. One of them contains the 19th Century scientist’s Tree of Life sketch, which famously explores the evolutionary relationship between species. The notebooks have not been found following ‘extensive searches’ over the two decades they have … Read more
An antidepressant from the Fifties could treat prostate cancer and reduce side-effects of other treatments. Results of a small trial suggest that the drug phenelzine, which treats depression (by altering levels of brain chemicals that regulate mood) can shrink tumours in men whose prostate cancer has returned. Phenelzine had fewer side-effects than conventional hormone therapy, … Read more
Native Californians gathered in a cave — underneath a painting of a hallucinogenic plant — to get high some five centuries ago, a study has concluded. Researchers from the UK and the US found that a spiral artform daubed on a wall of a cave south of Bakersfield resembled the intoxicating flower known as ‘sacred datura’. … Read more
Buckingham Palace’s Picture Gallery has been emptied for the first time in 45 years ahead of works as part of the palace’s ongoing refurbishment. The Royal Collection Trust shared a timelapse video on Twitter which showed how the Picture Gallery, which has been the backdrop to many receptions at the Palace, was emptied of its … Read more
Complex life evolved on Earth 100 million years LATER than previously thought, scientists claim – after discovering 635-million-year-old fossils were produced by algae, NOT animals Researchers recreated chemical traces found in ancient rocks in the laboratory Those rocks contained chemicals similar to those produced by modern sponges Teams of scientists found they could recreate the … Read more
Kate Middleton donned a blush pink jumper and blazer in a new video shared today as she teased the results of her Early Years survey will be unveiled this week. The Duchess of Cambridge, 38, appeared in a clip filmed in the living room at her Kensington Palace home, which she shares with Prince William, … Read more
Idris Elba looks relaxed as he takes a stroll to a Sydney party store while Down Under filming new movie Three Thousand Years of Longing By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:08 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 12:54 GMT, 23 November 2020 Idris Elba was enjoying the warm weather as he took … Read more
English rose! Kate Middleton dons a blush pink jumper and blazer as she teases the results of her ‘5 Big Questions’ childhood survey in a new Instagram video Kate Middleton, 38, shared video from living room at Kensington Palace home Duchess of Cambridge teased the results of her Early Years survey to be unveiled Mother-of-three … Read more