Eating peanuts every day may offer surprising benefits for the aging brain. Researchers at Maastricht University Medical Center in the Netherlands have found that regularly consuming unsalted, skin-roasted peanuts can improve how certain brain regions respond to insulin in older adults. The findings come from the Institute of Nutrition and…
Putin ‘would answer’ if Zelensky called, Kremlin aide says as Ukraine and Russia trade strikes
Vladimir Putin would answer a call from Volodymyr Zelensky if it came, a Kremlin aide has said as Russia and Ukraine continue to trade missile strikes. ‘I think he would answer, of course. Putin has never refused talks,’ the Interfax news agency quoted Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov as saying. The…
NASA’s Swift space telescope is about to crash to Earth. Where will it fall?
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter NASA’s Swift space telescope is expected to crash back to Earth in the next few days. The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will reenter Earth’s atmosphere in an uncontrolled fashion, after a robotic rescue mission failed…
REPORT: WA Clean Energy, Jobs & Industry Plan
Prepared by a coalition of nine Western Australian union, industry, conservation, and community organisations—including UnionsWA, the Conservation Council WA, and the Smart Energy Council—the WA Clean Energy, Jobs & Industry Plan provides a practical roadmap to transform Western Australia into a clean energy powerhouse while creating thousands of secure local…
These tattoos can magically’ disappear—here’s how they work
How handy would it be if you could make your tattoos invisible for a job interview in the morning, and reveal them again for a party in the evening? This sounds like science fiction, but it may soon be reality. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed invisible…
Residents of Britain’s Benefits Street react to Burnham’s Budget… and they are STILL not happy despite £353billion splurge on welfare this year
Residents of the UK’s benefits capitals might have been expected to welcome John Healey’s Budget this week, the first under Prime Minister Andy Burnham. James Turner Street in Birmingham was made famous by the 2014 Channel 4 documentary Benefits Street. Elsewhere, the Essex town of Jaywick is one of the…
5 bright planets to spot in November — when and where to see them
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter This is a great month for planet watching, either in the evenings or mornings. During convenient evening hours, the planet of choice is Saturn, visible well up in the southern sky during mid-to-late evening hours.…
Burnham faces Labour calls to go further after paving way for slave trade apology in middle of King’s tour… as ministers play down fears UK will end up paying reparations
Andy Burnham is facing Labour demands to go further today after he paved the way for a formal apology over the slave trade. The PM has been warned his surprise concession is still ‘lacking’ as ministers were forced to play down fears the UK will end up paying reparations. The…
100 US spacewalks from the ISS! Astronauts deploy new solar array on landmark EVA
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Two astronauts successfully installed and deployed the second-to-last upgraded solar array for the International Space Station (ISS) during the 100th U.S. spacewalk from the orbiting outpost. Anil Menon of NASA and Joshua Kutryk of the…
Multi-storey shanty town: Homeless migrants and drug addicts have turned a £4 pounds an hour town centre carpark into a no-go area
Shoppers are being forced to share a busy council-run car park in a prosperous south-eastern town with a group of homeless migrants and drug addicts sleeping in tents. At least a dozen men have set up makeshift homes among the concrete pillars of Reading’s Civic B Car Park, where the…