credit – MIT Sustainable Concrete Lab Scientists from MIT have created a conductive “nanonetwork” inside a unique concrete mixture that could enable everyday structures like walls, sidewalks, and bridges to store and release electrical energy. It’s perhaps the most ubiquitous man-made material on Earth by weight, but every square foot of it could, with the…
Delgado’s three-year partnership with Grigor Dimitrov came to an end last month, but he is best known for his work with Murray. When he became the Scot’s principal coach in May 2016, after Amelie Mauresmo left the team, he could not have imagined the success that was just around the corner. Murray reached a first…
Found in ancient Bearded Vulture nest- an Agobía sandal made of grass and twigs c. 674 – Credit: Lucía Agudo Pérez, CC By 4.0 Researchers in Spain were left feeling a mixture of confusion and intrigue when they found several straw sandals embedded in a bearded vulture nest. They didn’t know it at the time,…
Chinese car making giant BYD says the UK has become its biggest market outside China, after its sales there surged by 880% in September compared to a year earlier. The company says it sold 11,271 cars in the UK last month, with the plug-in hybrid version of its Seal U sports utility vehicle (SUV) accounting…
Courtesy Ana Duarte A daughter who became the first in her family to graduate from college has handed over the master bedroom of her new apartment to her mom—who in 64 years never had a room of her own. The duo grew up in poverty and uncertainty, homelessness and insecurity, but through it all, Anette…
Eddie Mitchell Police previously said they were treating the fire at a mosque in Peacehaven as a hate crime A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at a mosque in East Sussex. Sussex Police said a 46-year-old man was in custody after an arrest was…
Little brown bats hibernating – courtesy of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources In a positive development for a maligned animal, cave-roosting bat populations in Wisconsin are recovering from a fungal epidemic. Wildlife authorities are reporting that for the third year in a row, the state’s bat populations seem to be rising. Numbers of little…
US President Donald Trump has sent troops from California to Oregon after a court denied his attempt to deploy the National Guard in Portland. The deployment circumvents a judge’s order blocking the deployment by instead using National Guard soldiers already serving in Los Angeles. California Governor Gavin Newsom vowed to file a lawsuit over the…
Courtesy of Steve Lamplough The human world is full of headlines about people who can’t get along—and sometimes peace and harmony seem impossible. Thankfully, a cute animal story from Australia can remind us there’s another way. A few weeks ago, Steve Lamplough found two creatures from opposite corners of the animal kingdom bonding in his…
Referee Michael Salisbury had only just blown the full-time whistle to confirm Everton’s dramatic late win over Crystal Palace when the Toffees updated the bio on their X account. Underneath the club’s famous badge appeared three words: Grealish for England., external It is almost a year since Jack Grealish last wore a Three Lions shirt…
