Residents of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula faced yet more destruction last week as they faced the third volcanic eruption since December. Now, a satellite image reveals the true scale of the latest eruption. The image was snapped by the European Union’s Copernicus’ SENTINEL-2 satellite just 10 hours after the eruption on February 8. It shows how lava … Read more
People who climb Mount Everest will have to bring their poo back to base camp The rules come amid concerns excrement left on Everest does not fully degrade By Shivali Best For Mailonline Published: 10:24 GMT, 9 February 2024 | Updated: 11:41 GMT, 9 February 2024 It’s something that features on many people’s bucket lists. … Read more
Whether you’re having beef, lamb or even chicken, no Sunday roast is complete without a Yorkshire pudding. Recently named Britain’s most treasured regional delicacy, this delectable cup of cooked batter can be the trickiest item on the plate to get right. Even chefs at top restaurants and pricey gastro pubs have been known to mess … Read more
For more than 2,000 years, the lost city of Atlantis has fascinated treasure hunters and explorers. But despite countless theories and decades of searching, the lost city has remained stubbornly lost. While Atlantis itself may be nothing more than a myth, archaeologists have uncovered real sunken cities all over the world. From a ‘cursed’ town in … Read more
The Concorde flew its final flight almost exactly 20 years ago – yet it continues to capture the imaginations of Americans old and young. Concordes were taken out of service in 2003, about three years after Air France flight 4590 crashed, killing 113 people. But last week, NASA unveiled its quarter-billion-dollar supersonic X-59 jet, an experimental aircraft … Read more
Experts are warning parents not to put infants on their laps when flying after a panel blew off on an Alaska Airlines plane at 16,000 feet. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said if an infant were sitting on their parent’s lap near the window, they would have been swept out … Read more
There might not be long left to hear one of Britain’s most distinctive accents. Celebrities like Eric Morecambe, Jane Horrocks, and Jim Bowen made the Lancashire accent famous, but scientists say it is now disappearing. The Lancashire accent is unique for its use of the ‘Arr’ sound in words like ‘car’ or ‘father’. However, researchers … Read more
