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Remote-controlled glider clocks 548mph to make a new dynamic soaring speed world record

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Remote-controlled glider clocks 548mph to make a new dynamic soaring speed world record after launching from a windy Santa Ana hill A new dynamic soaring world record was made in California A remote-controlled glider top speeds of 548mph, beating the previous by 3mph The technique uses high gusts of wind as the propulsion system When thrown off … Read more

Did you remember? Britons get a lie in as clocks go back an hour to GMT

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Among the Britons not happy with their extra hour in bed this morning are the royal staff who spend 40 hours changing the Queen’s 1,500 clocks in preparation.   Royal Collection Trust staff have been toiling on the timepieces at Buckingham Palace, Windsor and Holyrood, in preparation for the UK switching back to Greenwich Mean Time … Read more

PETER HITCHENS: Let’s turn back time – to when we didn’t mess up our clocks 

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The story is told (it may even be true) of the old woman who lived alone with her cat in a small wooden shack on the border between Russia and Belarus.  One day, soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union made these two places into separate countries, an official banged on her door. ‘Sorry … Read more

Goldman Sachs clocks up best quarter in ten years

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Goldman Sachs clocks up best quarter in ten years thanks to pandemic trading frenzy By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 Booming markets helped Goldman Sachs clock up its most profitable quarter in a decade. While the coronavirus crisis has plunged the … Read more

‘Rock clocks’ made from balanced boulders improve the accuracy of earthquake forecasts

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Delicately balanced boulders have been used to create a ‘rock clock’ that can improve the accuracy of earthquake severity predictions by up 50 per cent.  Imperial College London researchers created a new severe earthquake forecasting model using information from formations of precariously balanced rocks (PBRs). PBRs, rock formations where a ‘slender boulder’ is delicately perched … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Footsie clocks up its best quarter for a decade 

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MARKET REPORT: Footsie clocks up its best quarter for a decade as it bounces back from 25% drop at the start of the pandemic By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:27 BST, 30 June 2020 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 30 June 2020 The FTSE 100 has clocked up its best quarter for a … Read more

Karl Stefanovic weighs himself live on the Today show and clocks in at 105kg

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Karl Stefanovic recently vowed to watch his diet and lose 10kg.  And on Tuesday, the 45-year-old kickstarted his 10-week weight loss challenge as he did his first weigh in live on the Today show.  Karl hopped on the scales in front of co-host Allison Langdon and obesity expert Dr Nick Fuller and weighed 105kg.   ‘It’s … Read more

Did you forget? Clocks went forward at 1am today  

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Did you forget? Clocks went forward at 1am today as doctors warn losing an hour of sleep may be dangerous for millions of people with heart problems The clocks went forward one hour to British Summer Time (BST) today at 1am   Losing an hour’s sleep increases hospital admissions for heart rhythm condition Sufferers need emergency … Read more

Moving clocks forward an hour may be dangerous for millions of people with heart problems 

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Moving clocks forward an hour may be dangerous for millions of people with heart problems due to the loss of sleep More in hospital with heart rhythm condition when clocks go forward, says study Clocks go forward one hour to British Summer Time (BST) tomorrow night at 1am Scientists fear the hour’s loss of sleep … Read more