Astronomer David Lane, who created the world’s first telescope controlled by social media at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, died late last month following a nine-month battle with brain cancer. Lane was born in Germany in 1963 before moving to Hebbville, N.S., where he grew up, according to his obituary. He worked at Saint Mary’s University for 29 years, starting … Read more
SCOTS are braced for 14 days of weather misery as the Easter holidays are set to be washed out by rain. Forecasters predict the country will see daily showers, days after basking in some weekend sunshine. 7 Scots are braced for weather miseryCredit: Alamy 7 The Easter holidays are set to be a washoutCredit: Alamy … Read more
Some parts of the Bay State could get up to a foot of snow this week as a series of weather systems make their way through the region, according to the National Weather Service. High elevation regions like the Berkshires and northern Worcester County have upwards of a 50% chance of seeing a foot of … Read more
THE Met Office has warned heavy rain is expected to disrupt more than two million return journeys at the end of the Easter weekend. The forecaster said drier spells will turn cloudy with patchy rain for much of England and Wales on Sunday, before up to 15mm of more persistent and possibly thundery rain on … Read more
GOOD Friday travel chaos has kicked off with bumper-to-bumper traffic and train lines shut leaving thousands at risk of a ruined break. Drivers are currently battling through ‘carmageddon’ as millions move around the country – while those catching the Dover ferry wait in long lines. 9 Rain hit London on ThursdayCredit: Getty 9 Traffic at … Read more
A blizzard is set to bury much of the plains and upper Midwest in as much as a foot of snow between Sunday and Monday as an unseasonable weather system tracks east across the country. Meanwhile, heavy thunderstorms could bring tornadoes to the Gulf Coast on Monday. The slow-moving front brought blizzard warnings from South … Read more
Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends If you use the most popular live-streaming service on an iPhone or iPad, things just got even better. YouTube TV — which boasts more than 8 million subscribers — just pushed multiview live on Apple’s mobile devices, as previously promised. It works basically the same way it does on a … Read more
PETALING JAYA: A total of eight localities in Peninsular Malaysia are now under Level 2 heatwave. According to the latest advisory from MetMalaysia, the whole of Perlis is under Level 2 heatwave, as well as parts of Kedah and Perak. The areas are Kubang Pasu, Padang Terap, Pokok Sena, Sik, Hulu Perak, Baling and Kota … Read more
AS I make long, sweeping turns down the slope, I think that winter in Norway might be the closest you can get to Narnia without a wardrobe. Snow-covered pine trees line the pistes, the sky is an icy pale blue — and I half expect the White Witch to appear from behind the log cabins … Read more
Canada’s record-setting wildfire season hiked the country up global pollution rankings — and for the first time made its air quality worse than the U.S., according to a new report by air quality technology company IQAir. “In previous years, Canada had the cleanest air quality in all of North America,” said Glory Dolphin Hammes, CEO of … Read more
