Festivalgoers have been pictured donning ponchos and wellies in the summer rain as the Met Office issued a new yellow warning for thunderstorms and heavy showers. The warning, now in force until 9pm on Saturday, stretches from south-west England and parts of Wales across the Midlands to the east of England. Homeowners and…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 225 — Get a Grip!
Get a Grip! – New Technologies for Orbital Salvage – YouTube Watch On On Episode 225 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Adam Kall of KMI to discuss their work on the ISS, the goals of the company, and how nature — via…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could find alien Earths—but not like you think
When a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasts off from Kennedy Space Center as early as Sunday morning, it will be carrying a crucial steppingstone toward astronomers’ grand goal of finding Earth-like exoplanets in the Milky Way. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was designed for several high-priority studies of far-distant…
Vladimir Putin meets Belarus hardman Lukashenko as fears grow of Russian attack on Nato after CIA boss’s warning flight
Vladimir Putin has met with his henchman from Belarus Alexander Lukashenko amid growing fears of an attack on Nato and an urgent ‘warning’ flight to Moscow by the director of the CIA. The Russian and Belarusian presidents were to meet today and were expected to discuss their ‘common problem’ of…
On this day in space! Aug. 29, 1965: NASA’s Gemini 5 breaks spaceflight duration record after 2 astronauts spent ‘8 days in a garbage can’
On Aug. 29, 1965, two NASA astronauts returned from their record-breaking Gemini 5 mission. Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad spent eight days in Earth orbit, and for the first time, the United States set a world record for the duration of a crewed spaceflight. The Gemini 5 mission launched…
Keto diet cut liver fat by 67% in a clinical trial
A very low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet may provide stronger metabolic benefits for people with obesity than either a Mediterranean diet or a low-fat diet, according to a clinical trial published August 27 in the Cell Press journal Cell Metabolism. After four to five months on a ketogenic (or “Keto”) diet, about…
Car salesman Clément Vandenkerckhove enjoyed a modest upbringing in Flanders until he took a DNA test that changed his life forever. Here, in a world first, he tells the remarkable story of how he’s become the newest Prince of Belgium
The Royal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha has had its share of scandals in its long history – but few have been as unlikely as the one that has become the talk of Belgium. A DNA test confirmed the longstanding but seemingly unlikely rumour that a humble provincial sometime car…
Why your ability to cope with stress changes with time
Do you feel like the same person in February as in June? For most people, the answer is a resounding no. During winter, your energy tends to dip, your immune system takes a hit and you may feel less social. Research finds that people are less inclined to stick to…
Every Dogue has its day: Underdog magazine takes on owners of Vogue in bitter tit-for-tat copycat legal fight
It’s shaping up to be a true David vs Goliath battle as niche dog magazine Dogue bites back at the publisher of fashion bible Vogue which is suing it in a battle which could shut it down. The underdog online canine publication, whose handful of print sales are dwarfed by…
Meeting Nancy Grace Roman: What was the ‘mother of Hubble’ really like?
Nearly a decade ago, I found myself laughing alongside one of the most iconic women in astronomy. This week, a telescope bearing her name launches to the stars. So let’s travel back in time and meet Nancy Grace Roman together. Standing under a tent in Washington D.C. at the 2017…