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Homes on the world’s first floating city went on sale today – with prices ranging from £14,000 to £1billion. Properties on the man-made Blue Estate island, which will float in the Caribbean Sea, start at £14,600 for a budget ‘Ring Level’ studio apartment, but increase up to £1.1billion for its ‘Signature Estate’ mega mansions. The … Read more
Could floating igloos help save penguins and stop climate change? Architect’s design provides the endangered birds with breeding habitats while stopping polar ice caps from melting An Iranian architect shared a concept to save penguins in Antarctica It describes a two-part system with igloos on the surface and under the water Igloos above provide shelter and … Read more
Could floating igloos help save penguins and stop climate change? Architect’s design provides the endangered birds with breeding habitats while stopping polar ice caps from melting An Iranian architect shared a concept to save penguins in Antarctica It describes a two-part system with igloos on the surface and under the water Igloos above provide shelter and … Read more
Disturbing images reveal dead birds floating in the River Severn as 60 of Worcester’s 300 swans have been wiped out by bird flu. The city’s emblematic swan population has decreased by one fifth as the River Severn has been filled with carcasses, leading locals to rename it a ‘swan graveyard’. Wildlife experts fear the number of swan deaths … Read more
A woman was shocked to discover part of a human heart floating in a jar of formaldehyde in the kitchen of her new home. Kathryn Gaston, from Glasgow, entered a picture of the aortic valve into a competition to determine the ‘freakiest new home finds’. Unsurprisingly, Ms Gaston won the competition, held by sofa company … Read more
The team onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon brought a surprise stowaway with them on Sunday’s launch. A Baby Yoda doll was used as the mission’s ‘zero-gravity indicator,’ confirming the spaceship is in orbit and under a microgravity environment. When the Crew Dragon separated from its Falcon 9 rocket, ‘the Child’ can be seen bopping around the … Read more
The body of a multi-millionaire’s son was found floating in the River Thames by a canoeist almost three months after he mysteriously disappeared, an inquest heard. Alexander Stern was last seen dragging a suitcase behind him just a few yards from the home of Hollywood actor George Clooney in Sonning-on-Thames, Berkshire, on January 11. Despite huge … Read more
The nation saw her weather a shocking break-up with Locky Gilbert. And The Bachelor’s runner-up Bella Varelis put the past behind her as she soaked up the sunshine on board the floating beach club, The Island, in Sydney on Sunday. The 25-year-old stunner was surrounded by a bevvy of pals, including her former co-star Bec … Read more
Floating on an Arctic ice floe to highlight climate change, it’s Brrritain’s answer to Greta Thunberg – and clearly has the eye for promoting her cause! Myra-Rose Craig, 18, from Somerset, mounted a solitary protest on an ice floe She was participating in Greta Thunberg’s global campaign Fridays for Future Her journey was part of … Read more
Explorers have spotted polar bear footprints on broken pieces of floating ice in the Arctic. Greenpeace’s vessel Arctic Sunrise has been travelling near Greenland where huge chunks of its ice caps have broken off. They spotted the prints on the small sections of ice during their journey as they investigate the effects of climate change … Read more