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‘I can’t believe I’m alive’: Josie Gibson screams in terror as she is sent down the world’s fastest zip-wire in hilarious This Morning segment By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 15:22 BST, 28 August 2020 | Updated: 15:24 BST, 28 August 2020 Josie Gibson was left in screaming in terror on Friday’s This Morning in … Read more
Britain’s retailers have cut jobs at the fastest rate since the financial crisis in 2009 and could see yet more job losses in the coming months, a report has revealed. A survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) found the employment balance, which measures the number of retailers laying off and hiring staff over … Read more
Aviation giant Rolls-Royce has thrown its significant expertise behind a project hoping to build the world’s fastest civil aircraft. Boom Supersonic is building a plane called Overture which, when completed, may be capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound, with a range of 5,180 miles. It could take passengers from London to … Read more
World’s fastest supercomputer that has been running simulations to determine how best to reduce the spread of COVID-19 recommends open train windows and limiting passengers as well we using floor-to-ceiling curtains around hospital beds Japanese researchers used a supercomputer to simulate COVID-19 transmission They used Fugaku, dubbed the world’s fastest super computer in 2020 Fugaku … Read more
Japan has taken the lead in the supercomputer race, having built a machine that is 2.8 times faster than the previous title holder, according to its developers. The Fugaku supercomputer was developed by Japanese research institute RIKEN and Fujitsu Ltd – its processor technology comes from UK-based ARM. Chips designed by Intel and IBM have … Read more
Britain’s fastest snowboarder has spent three years turning a derelict basement into a beautiful apartment. Jamie Barrow, 28, has transformed the property in Bath from a ‘dungeon’ into a dream home now worth almost half a million pounds. Mr Barrow, who broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest speed on a snowboard in 2018 … Read more
Grocery sales rise at their fastest rate in 25 years as shoppers stock up during lockdown By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 27 May 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 27 May 2020 Grocery sales are rising at the fastest rate for more than quarter of a century as shoppers flock online … Read more
1) Put these words in the order they appear in the nursery rhyme that stars ‘Twinkle, twinkle’ A) Diamond B) Wonder C) Star D) World 2) Starting with the smallest, put these animals in order of average adult weight. A) Common shrew B) Badger C) Hedgehog D) Red Deer 3) Starting with the earliest, put … Read more
Scientists say they’ve developed a camera that can record 70 trillion frames per second and could be used to capture nuclear fusion, radioactive molecule decay or astronomical events that are light-years away. The ‘compressed ultrafast spectral photography’ (CUSP) device, which emits extremely short laser pulses, can capture waves of light in motion, or the fluorescent delay … Read more
Researchers build the world’s fastest ‘soft’ robot, which can travel more than THREE TIMES faster than the previous record holder using movements that mimic a cheetah Researchers at North Carolina State University built a new ‘soft’ robot using silicone bands to mimic the gait of a cheetah It’s just 2.7 inches long but travels nearly … Read more