Police investigating the novichok poisoning of a couple in Wiltshire say more than 400 items have been recovered. A significant number are said to be potentially contaminated and have been submitted to the government’s Defence… Read More
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Three Climatic Monsters with Asteroid Impact (Part 1)
by Robert Hunziker Three monster climatic events are currently shaping up to collide. It’ll be like an asteroid collision. In that regard, this article, in two parts, explores real, already happening, indisputable climate change that… Read More
Fresh controversy over firefighters’ ‘stay-put’ advice at Grenfell
All fire authorities were officially advised to train key staff to determine when they should abandon the “stay-put” policy for residents in burning tower blocks three years before the Grenfell tragedy, it has emerged. But… Read More
UK summer barbecues threatened by shortage of carbon dioxide
World Cup barbecues may be under threat as beers, fizzy drinks and meat producers warn of potential shortages caused by a lack of CO2. The British Retail Consortium has written to major retailers informing them… Read More
Trump directs DOD to create of ‘space force’ as sixth military branch
“I am hereby directing the Department of Defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the sixth branch of the armed forces,” Trump said during a meeting of… Read More
Stephen Hawking’s ashes interred at Westminster Abbey
“We remember Isaac Newton for answers,” said Prof Kip Thorne. “We remember Hawking for questions.” For 40 years, physicists have pondered the questions raised by Prof Stephen Hawking’s work, and perhaps his greatest legacy is… Read More
State of the Climate – It’s Alarming!
by Robert Hunziker Stuart Scott of Climate Matters.TV recently interviewed Dr. Peter Wadhams, emeritus professor, Polar Ocean Physics, Cambridge University and author of the acclaimed highly recommended: A Farewell To Ice (Oxford University Press, 2017)…. Read More
Giant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of years
Some of Africa’s oldest and biggest baobab trees have abruptly died, wholly or in part, in the past decade, according to researchers. The trees, aged between 1,100 and 2,500 years and in some cases as… Read More