The splendour of the Grade II-listed Royal Lodge will have felt a world away when the heavy police cell door clinked shut behind Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as he checked in to his far less ostentatious new digs today. The 30-room mansion in Windsor Great Park? Long gone. The staff waiting on…
Award-Winning NASA Camera Revolutionizes How We See the Invisible
Imagine trying to photograph wind. That’s similar to what NASA engineers dealt with during a recent effort to study how air moves around planes, rockets, and other kinds of aerospace vehicles. Air is invisible, but our understanding of how it flows is crucial for building better, safer aircraft. For 80…
Almost 1 in 3 women snub life-saving breast screening despite catching 20,000 cancers last year
Almost one in three women snubbed lifesaving breast screening despite the programme catching 20,000 cancers last year, new figures show. Those who fail to attend regular checks are missing the opportunity for tumours to be caught early, when they are easier to treat and survival chances are greater, health officials…
Atmospheric pollution caused by space junk could be a huge problem
A 30-second exposure showing a Falcon 9 upper stage re-entering the atmosphere above Berlin, Germany, on 19 February 2025 Gerd Baumgarten A SpaceX rocket that burned up after re-entering the atmosphere unleashed a plume of vaporised metals over Europe, a type of pollution that is expected to increase as spacecraft…
Viking Age Burial With An Unusual Individual Discovered By Cambridge Students
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A burial pit discovered on the outskirts of Cambridge offers significant insight into a turbulent period in English history, possibly dating to when the region served as a “frontier zone” amid conflict between the Saxon kingdom of Mercia and East Anglia, which fell to Viking control…
Keeping calm and carrying on! King Charles shares a laugh with Stella McCartney as he sits on front row of catwalk at London Fashion Week on day Andrew is arrested
King Charles shared a laugh with Stella McCartney as they sat on the front row of a catwalk at London Fashion Week this afternoon – hours after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested. The monarch appeared composed as he took his seat next to the British fashion designer, 54, before they entered…
NASA to Provide Starliner Crew Flight Test Review Findings Today
During a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday NASA will discuss the findings of investigations into the 2024 crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station. The news conference will stream live on NASA’s YouTube channel. An instant replay will be available online. NASA participants…
Man who left girlfriend to die on mountain once abandoned another woman up there, court is told after judge says evidence does not back his version of how he left her
A climber who allegedly abandoned his girlfriend to die at the top of a freezing mountain ditched a previous partner at the same spot, a court heard today. Thomas Plamberger, 39, is standing trial accused of negligent homicide after girlfriend, Kerstin Gurtner, 33, died just 150ft below the summit of the…
Are you constipated? It could be because of these two bacteria
February 19, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm A pair of gut bacteria may cause constipation A new study pinpoints two species of bacteria that work together to dry out the lining of the gut and cause constipation By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Kirn…
Historic Swash Channel Shipwreck Discovered At Studland Bay, Dorset, UK
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University are currently excavating timbers from a suspected 17th-century shipwreck that surfaced on a beach following winter storms. The remains were found on January 28 at Studland Bay in Dorset, an area managed by the National Trust. Experts believe these timbers may…