Woman questions hosepipe ban while leak not fixed in Braintree
A woman has criticised Anglian Water for imposing a hosepipe ban while not fixing a water leak that…
NASA’s first Space Shuttle launch lost 16 heat shield tiles and damaged 148 more before it even left the ground, not from any failure, but from the shock wave of its own engines bouncing back off the launch pad
On 12 April 1981, the Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off on its very first flight, and by the…
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In 1997, scientists travelled to Tsavo, Kenya, in search of a cave believed to have been the den…
Solar eclipse: The best places to see the event in London
On Wednesday 12 August, Londoners will be able to see a rare partial solar eclipse. A solar eclipse…
Pollution fears raised over Falmouth Harbour dredging plan
CWT said the proposed dredging area covered about 232,500 sq metres (2,502,609 sq ft), equivalent to around 32…
International Space Station to be visible to Perth residents on Tuesday as it travels over WA
Perth stargazers are in for a treat on Tuesday evening when the International Space Station appears in the…
‘Body in suitcase’ found in Australia turns out to be lifelike doll
Australian police called in to investigate a body found in a suitcase have concluded that the “victim” was…
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EXPLODING COMET MCNAUGHT: There’s an exploding comet in the morning sky. Comet 220P/McNaught was a nondescript speck of…
Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds | Wildfires
The human-driven climate crisis made the conditions that led to blazes roaring across Canada, which have caused toxic…
A child who can see 250 stars today may see fewer than 100 from the same place at eighteen: 51,351 naked-eye observations found the night sky brightening far faster than satellites had measured
A child who can count 250 stars from home tonight may be able to see fewer than 100…
Royal python rescued from country roadside
A royal python has been rescued after it was found in a woodland area. Cumbria Police received a…
Every turn of Curiosity’s six aluminium wheels stamps the letters JPL into Mars in Morse code — a signature hidden in dots and dashes that is not merely decorative, because the rover photographs those tracks to measure how far its wheels slipped on sand and rock
Curiosity has been pressing the same short message into Mars since its first test drive in August 2012.…