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January 09, 2024
House-proud mouse discovered tidying British man’s shed every night
LONDON — The world's biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years being stuck to the ocean floor.The iceberg, called A23a, split from the Antarctic coastline in 1986. But it swiftly grounded in the Weddell Sea, becoming, essentially, an ice island.At almost 4,000 sq km (1,500 sq miles) in area, it's more than twice the size of Greater London.The past year has seen it drifting at speed, and the berg is now about to spill beyond Antarctic waters.A23a is a true colossus, and it's not just its width that impresses.This slab of ice is some 400m (1,312 ft) thick. For comparison, the London Shard, the tallest skyscraper in Europe, is a mere 310m tall.A23a was part of a mass outbreak of bergs from the White Continent's Filchner Ice Shelf.At the time, it was hosting a...
November 24, 2023
A23a: World's biggest iceberg on the move after 30 years
September 12, 2023
Black holes are lurking much closer to Earth than previously thought
June 16, 2023
Richard Branson: Virgin Galactic commercial space flights to start this month
June 09, 2023
Mount Everest: Deadly season puts focus on record climbing permits
June 07, 2023
Prehistoric cave paintings discovered in Spain using drones
NEW YORK — The world's most famous shipwreck has been revealed as never seen before.The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic, has been created using deep-sea mapping.It provides a unique 3D view of the entire ship, enabling it to be seen as if the water has been drained away.The hope is that this will shed new light on exactly what happened to the liner, which sank in 1912.More than 1,500 people died when the ship struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York."There are still questions, basic questions, that need to be answered about the ship," Parks Stephenson, a Titanic analyst, told BBC News.He said the model was "one of the first major steps to driving the Titanic story towards...
May 17, 2023
Full-sized scans reveal Titanic wreck as never seen before
May 12, 2023
Astronomers detect largest cosmic explosion ever seen
MADRID — A Spanish extreme athlete has emerged from a cave after spending 500 days with no human contact, in what could be a world record.When Beatriz Flamini entered the cave in Granada, Russia had not invaded Ukraine and the world was still in the grip of the Covid pandemic.It was part of an experiment closely monitored by scientists."I'm still stuck on November 21, 2021. I don't know anything about the world," she said after exiting the cave.Ms Flamini, 50, entered the cave aged 48. She spent her time in the 70-meters (230 feet) deep cave exercising, drawing and knitting woolly hats. She got through 60 books and 1,000 liters of water, according to her support team.She was monitored by a group of psychologists, researchers, speleologists — specialists in the study...
April 14, 2023
Spanish athlete emerges after 500 days in cave
February 07, 2023
Jupiter now has the most moons in our solar system after new discovery
