Representatives from PIT at its partners in front of the solar array at Pittsburgh International Airport – credit, BlueSky News / PIT, via Flickr. Already partially-solar powered, the Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is doubling its solar panel count by utilizing an adjacent property that used to be a landfill. Now filled in, the 12 acres…

The overnight results from Thursday’s elections have confirmed the message of the polls that Reform are posing a major challenge to the traditional dominance of British politics enjoyed by the Conservatives and Labour. The party won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, just managing to overturn a 35-point Labour majority. Meanwhile, Andrea Jenkyns, a former Tory…

– credit, Matthew Ansley, Unsplash Beyond the lyrics of a certain John Denver song, West Virginia tends to get a bad rap for being impoverished and backward, but this small mountainous state has a secret to success concealed beneath its wooded cloak. A recent report by Suzuki Law found that West Virginia’s recidivism rate ranks…

The luxury department store Harrods says it is the latest retailer to have been targeted by a cyber attack. The firm said it had “restricted internet access at our sites” following an attempt to gain access to its systems. It comes the day after the Co-op shut down parts of its IT systems to fend…

Mandatory credit ‘Gojšina et al.’ via SWNS A tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell was recently discovered in Southeast Asia by some very art-conscious biologists, who decided to name it after painter Pablo Picasso. Measuring just 3 millimeters, the microsnail’s shell was nevertheless eye-catching, and they came up with the name because…

Richard Price BBC News, West Midlands Moorcroft Moorcroft Pottery became known for its colourful depictions of animals, birds and geometric patterns The directors of Moorcroft Pottery have announced the firm has stopped trading after more than 100 years, which the GMB Union says means the loss of 57 jobs. In a post on social media…

Pegleg Bennett during a surf session at Perranporth Beach – credit, William Dax, SWNS ‘Pegleg’ Bennett was born with a birth defect that led to the amputation of his foot when he was a baby, but the 55-year-old never let it impede the pursuit of his passion: surfing. The father of three has traveled the…

Victoria Gill Science correspondent Victoria Gill/BBC News Very few axolotls are left in the wild One of the world’s most endangered amphibians – the strange, perpetually smiling Mexican axolotl – has thrived after being released in artificial wetlands, scientists have discovered. In a study that provides hope for the long-term future of a creature that…

File Photo by GWC for GNN Guitar manufacturers like Taylor and Gryphon are utilizing native California trees marked for removal in the state’s urban areas to birth a new generation of acoustic instruments. The motive: helping musicians and consumers dodge the increasing prices for prized woods needed to make guitars, as well as helping memorialize…

House prices fell in April as buyers faced paying thousands of pounds more in stamp duty, according to new figures from Nationwide. Prices were down 0.6% month-on-month, the building society said. The slowdown in the market was expected due to changes to stamp duty thresholds kicking in on 1 April. Annual house price growth also…