|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...
“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood”
Agatha Christie
|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
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Knot theory could help spacecraft navigate crowded solar systems
on 19 April | 2024
It can be difficult to figure out how to move a spacecraft from one orbit to another, but a trick from knot theory can help find spots where shifting orbits becomes easy
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Animals may help ecosystems store 3 times more carbon than we thought
on 19 April | 2024
Carbon storage calculations don’t always take into account the effects of animals – when they eat, defecate and die, they help store lots of carbon
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Songs that birds 'sing' in their dreams translated into sound
on 19 April | 2024
By measuring how birds’ vocal muscles move while they are asleep and using a physical model for how those muscles produce sound, researchers have pulled songs from the minds of sleeping birds
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Your genes may influence how much you enjoy listening to music
on 19 April | 2024
Identical twins seem to experience more similar levels of pleasure when listening to music than non-identical twins, which suggests it has a genetic element
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Wind turbines based on condor wings could capture more energy
on 19 April | 2024
Curved wing tips inspired by the world's heaviest flying bird could enhance the efficiency of wind turbines by of 10 per cent, according to simulations
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Early humans spread as far north as Siberia 400,000 years ago
on 19 April | 2024
A site in Siberia has evidence of human presence 417,000 years ago, raising the possibility that hominins could have reached North America much earlier than we thought
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
|General
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Nato pledges more advanced air defences to Ukraine
on 19 April | 2024 at 19:58
Kyiv has long been pressing for hi-tech Patriot systems to defend against deadly Russian attacks.
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BBC Verify examines video from Israel's attack on...
on 19 April | 2024 at 17:50
Footage showing explosions in the sky over Iran has been analysed by BBC Verify.
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Oil price eases as Iran downplays attack
on 19 April | 2024 at 17:35
Oil prices eased after Iran said a missile strike from Israel did little damage.
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Isfahan - strategic Iranian city where explosions...
on 19 April | 2024 at 16:49
The historic city, nicknamed "Nesf-e-Jahaan" or half the world, is also a centre for military industry.
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US Congress close to passing long-awaited Ukraine...
on 19 April | 2024 at 16:42
A huge $61bn support package that could help reshape Kyiv's war effort will go to a vote in coming days.
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US Congress close to passing long-awaited Ukraine...
on 19 April | 2024 at 16:42
A huge $61bn support package that could help reshape Kyiv's war effort will go to a vote in coming days.