Happy 63rd Birthday to Mike Rowe, one of America’s great informational television presenters. Known for his rich baritone voice and approachability, Rowe has hosted or narrated a variety of television programs that went on long runs on channels like Discovery and Nat Geo, including Dirty Jobs, Deadliest Catch, How the Universe Works, and Shark Week. READ…
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi has been left out of Argentina’s squad for their next two World Cup qualifiers. The 37-year-old returned to Miami’s starting line-up for their Major League Soccer win over Atlanta United but reportedly picked up an injury during Sunday’s game. Messi was rested for three Miami games before coming off the…
Sharon Lewis and her great-grandson Bridger retrieving her phone From Colorado comes the story of a little boy conquering his fear of the dark to help a family member in an emergency. Sharon Lewis, a 77-year-old great-grandmother with mobility problems, fell on a concrete step, suffering a serious concussion. She knew she needed to call…
A £3bn rescue loan for Thames Water is set to go ahead after an appeal against the deal was dismissed. The troubled firm secured the rescue loan in February, to stave off the prospect of the debt-laden company coming under government control. But a small group of lenders had argued against the terms of the…
125 years ago today, Isadora Duncan, the first modern dancer, made her debut as a solo interpretive dancer in London to crowds who marveled at her daring. Here, writes the Daily Telegraph at the turn of the millennium, was a very young woman, barefoot and underdressed, performing alone and without scenery—not some romantic fairy-tale of…
Monday’s papers have images of Newcastle United fans and players celebrating their League Cup victory. Source link
Xun Xiao and Niansheng Xu watch solar cell dissolving in water – Credit: Thor Balkhed Solar is one of the best solutions to the growing demand for renewable green energy. However, while conventional solar panels contribute to clean energy production, their disposal presents several environmental challenges. Now, a groundbreaking innovation may change that: researchers have…
Watch: North Macedonia nightclub ablaze At least 59 people have been killed and more than 155 injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia, officials say. The blaze broke out around 02:30 (01:30 GMT) at the Pulse club in Kocani, a town around 100 km (60 miles) east of the capital, Skopje, where 1,500 people…
99 years ago today, Dr. Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket, after building it himself. The New England physics professor, engineer, and inventor is credited with ushering in the era of space flight, but after he asserted in 1920 that rockets could be used to send payloads to the Moon, he was thought…
Guy De Launey BBC Balkans correspondent Getty Images A specialised non-government organisation estimates between 275,000 and 325,000 attended the rally, making it the largest in Belgrade’s history Hundreds of thousands of people descended on Serbia’s capital on Saturday to protest over the deaths of 15 people in a railway station collapse. While the government put…
