Admin Harlan Gough holds a recently collected tiger beetle on a leash. Lawrence Reeves hide title switch title Lawrence Reeves Harlan Gough holds a recently collected tiger beetle on a leash. Lawrence Reeves “A lot of things fly at night,” says Harlan Gough, a wildlife biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Twilight can set … Read more
The European Space Agency (ESA) will release five new images from the Euclid Space Telescope on Thursday (May 23rd). And, well, if the previous set of images is anything to go by – space fans should be in for a real treat. “Five new portraits of our universe were taken during Euclid’s early observing phase, … Read more
image source, Getty Images Article information Author, Faisal Islam & Nick Edser The role, Economics editor and business reporter, BBC News May 21, 2024 Interest rates in the UK should be cut to 3.5 percent by the end of next year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended. Such a move could see the Bank … Read more
May 10, 2024, Brandenburg, Falkenhagen: Bright green and slightly reddish aurora lights in the night … [+] sky in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in eastern Brandenburg. The northern lights (aurora borealis) are produced by a cloud of electrically charged particles from a solar storm in the earth’s atmosphere. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture … Read more
Cyclists often fixate on their average speeds, and many of us are guilty of doing our best to maintain them as much as possible, like shortening the ride footage before tackling the last speed-sapping hill. While average speed isn’t the be-all and end-all, there are a few reasons why you should pay attention to it. … Read more
MCDONALD’S fans have called for “game-changing” menu items to make chopping permanent. The home of the Big Mac is changing up its menu next week with eight items being added to the offering. 1 McDonald’s is eliminating 12 menus starting next weekCredit: Getty Fans will be able to purchase a new burger, a Skittles McFlurry … Read more
A flurry of speculation by traders in the futures market has pushed the prices of metals such as copper and gold to all-time highs, as funds bet on looming inventory shortages and try to hedge against inflation. Copper has rallied 30 percent since early March to break through $11,000 a tonne this week, an all-time … Read more
A mum jailed for shoplifting shampoo and cheese took her own life after prison staff ignored her cries for help, an inquest heard. Christine McDonald, 55, was discovered by prison officers with self-harm in her cell at HMP Styal, Cheshire on March 2, 2019 – just two days after she was jailed for shoplifting. An … Read more
Strong yet light, beautiful and precisely structured, feathers are the most complex skin appendage ever developed in vertebrates. Despite the fact that people have been playing with feathers since prehistoric times, there is still a lot we don’t understand about them. Our new study has found that some of the first feathered animals also had … Read more
WASHINGTON — As SpaceX prepares for its next Starship test flight, the company is also working to increase capacity in Texas to build and launch those vehicles. On May 20, SpaceX completed a dress rehearsal of the vehicle that will perform its fourth integrated test flight, fueling the vehicle and going through a countdown exercise. … Read more