|RECOMMENDED RAMBLINGS
|End of the Big Dream?
It's unlikely we will ever see a commercial avaiation success story like the Boeing 747 It was conceived on a fishing trip between the CEOs of PAN AM and Boeing. When finally created in 1969 it was the biggest airliner in the world, first wide bodied and 'two tier'...
|50 Facts About Shakespeare
The No Sweat Shakespeare website is a labor of love from London-based father and son Shakespeare enthusiasts John and Warren King.To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare we wanted to put together some interesting facts about him, however whilst researching...
|A new kind of Justice?
There is another scene of imprisoned foreign sex workers who are made to look dumb and gullible, thinking that Batman is some sort of devil This isn't a review of the new movie; Batman vs Superman, it is more of a comment on observations during the film. I walked out...
|Extraloveable
He never sold out to the corporate part of the music industryPrince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) 2016 has delivered several blows already and this one is also mighty. Prince was renowned as an innovator and was widely known for his eclectic work,...
|Kahn Flying Huntsman 6×6
The specifications and appearance are reminiscent of the the Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6×6 Kahn at the Geneva motor show revealed what had to be one of the stranger concept cars. Code named 'Mission 1', it's a 6x6 version of their Flying Huntsman. It is based on the Land...
|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
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Japan’s SLIM moon lander surprisingly survived a second lunar night
on 28 March | 2024
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon spacecraft has sent back images after surviving its second lunar night – generally these periods are so cold they destroy spacecraft electronics
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Could bone marrow transplants transmit Alzheimer's disease?
on 28 March | 2024
The mainstream view is that Alzheimer's starts in the brain, but researchers were able to transfer the condition in mice by injections of bone marrow
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Mathematicians are bitterly divided over a controversial proof
on 28 March | 2024
An attempt to settle a decade-long argument over a controversial proof by mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki has seen a war of words on both sides, with Mochizuki dubbing the latest effort as akin to a "hallucination" produced by ChatGPT
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Chair for gamers boosts player performance and prevents muscular aches
on 28 March | 2024
Gamers seemed to be more comfortable after playing in a specialist gaming chair compared with a standard office chair
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Mars may have captured and split a comet to create its two moons
on 28 March | 2024
How the Red Planet acquired its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, is unknown – they could have formed after something collided with the planet, or started out as asteroids – but now there is a hint of a cometary origin
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Early galaxy seen by JWST contains giant young stars and supernovae
on 28 March | 2024
The light signature from GLASS-z12, one of the most distant galaxies we have ever seen, suggests some of its stars have already exploded as supernovae
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
|General
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Jacob Zuma barred from South Africa election
on 28 March | 2024 at 17:33
South Africa's ex-president has backed a new party seeking to take on the governing ANC.
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France moves closer to ban on hair discrimination
on 28 March | 2024 at 16:33
MPs vote in favour of a bill that will penalise workplace discrimination based on hair.
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New video shows close-up view of bridge collapse...
on 28 March | 2024 at 14:48
Additional traffic camera footage captured the moments just before the collapse of the Baltimore bridge.
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China smartphone giant takes on Tesla
on 28 March | 2024 at 13:54
Xiaomi's entry into the electric car market comes as a price war has been intensifying.
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What we know about the accusations against Diddy
on 28 March | 2024 at 13:40
The rap mogul's homes were raided by federal authorities amid a flurry of lawsuits alleging abuse.
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Father of two among Baltimore bridge victims
on 28 March | 2024 at 13:07
Six people are presumed dead after the bridge collapsed, but what do we know about them?