The drones looking inside explosively intensifying hurricanes
Saildrone Sail drones are studying why and how hurricanes intensify to help improve hurricane forecasting (Credit: Saildrone) Some tropical storms rapidly transform into a category five hurricane. Cutting-edge saildrones are helping to reveal how this process happens. Hurricane Otis made landfall on the coast of southern Mexico on 25 October 2023 as a category five […]
How to solve the plastic packaging paradox
Getty Images Today, plastic packaging has a bad (w)rap. But the first commercially viable version of the now ubiquitous material – cellophane – was conceived in a more innocent age, before anyone worried about plastic in landfill, or the sea, or the food chain. It begins in 1904, at an upmarket restaurant in Vosges, France, […]
Guernsey schools roll out ‘state-of-the-art’ IT systems
States-run schools in Guernsey are to have “state-of-the-art” new IT systems this month, after the Education Department started the roll-out of its digital roadmap. The department said the first phase involved installing Windows 11 on computers across its network, as well as installing new classroom computers and upgraded wi-fi and networks. The next phase is […]
12 of the best films to watch this December
Searchlight Pictures From a steamy age-gap thriller starring Nicole Kidman to a Bob Dylan biopic featuring Timothée Chalamet, these are the films to stream and watch at the cinema this month. Disney It was in February 1964 that the US succumbed to Beatlemania. The Fab Four spent three weeks in the country that had influenced […]
How Paris’s cathedral was restored after fire
Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron has toured Paris’s Notre-Dame cathedral live on TV, giving the public a first look inside the building since much of it was destroyed or damaged in a huge fire in 2019. From the spire to the stained glass, it has been completely transformed. It is not just a renovation after […]
UK and Norway fail to reach fishing deal
EPA The UK and Norway have failed to reach a fishing deal for this year, with the industry warning that hundreds of crew members will be left out of work. It means UK fleets will have no access to Norway’s sub-Arctic waters, known for their cod catches. The government said its “fair offer” had been […]
Basildon computer giveaway aims to tackle digital divide
Stuart Woodward/BBC Families have been invited to take a computer One hundred computers are being given away to families in Basildon who cannot afford to buy one. Everyone Digital is providing desktop PCs, along with a monitor, keyboard, mouse and cables to invited families in need. The initiative aimed at closing the “digital divide” between […]
Kemi Badenoch blames ‘cowardly’ Labour for settlement
Michael Cooper Kneecap were denied the grant on the grounds that they “oppose the United Kingdom itself” Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has said it is “unbelievable” that the Labour government have decided to no longer contest a discrimination case brought by Belfast rap group Kneecap. The group won its case against the UK government […]
Venezuela’s opposition leader briefly detained
AFP After his brief detention, Mr Guaidó addressed supporters at a political rally The head of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled parliament was briefly detained days after saying he was ready to assume the country’s presidency. Juan Guaidó was travelling to a rally when intelligence agents intercepted his car north of the capital, Caracas. The agents have been […]
Crypto boss eats banana artwork bought for $6.2m
Getty Images “It’s much better than other bananas,” Justin Sun said A Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur has followed through on his promise to eat the banana from a $6.2m (£4.9m) artwork he bought last week. Justin Sun outbid six others to claim Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous 2019 work Comedian – a banana duct-taped to a wall – […]