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Lori Loughlin is asking a judge to order the return of her passport, following the completion of her two month prison sentence in late December. In recently filed documents, the 56-year-old actress’ legal team stated that the passport is currently in the possession of the United States Pretrial Services Office, as per TMZ. Loughlin was forced … Read more
China’s spacecraft has entered orbit around Mars following a 500-million-km journey from Earth that started seven months ago. Tianwen-1 – which consists of an orbiter, lander and rover – completed its journey just before 1PM GMT on Wednesday as it entered orbit around the Red Planet. However, it will remain paired in orbit until May, … Read more
The sooner birds pair, the better they fair: Great tits who meet their future ‘spouses’ earlier in the year are more likely to breed successfully Researchers tracked 766 great tits living in Oxford’s Wytham Woods for six years They found earlier pairings led to earlier breeding — and more eggs being laid This raised the chance … Read more
Britons are the second most optimistic nation in Europe when it comes to their 2021 pay prospects according to research conducted by the global job site, Indeed. Despite, swathes of job losses this year and the highest unemployment rate seen in over 4 years, Britons are twice as optimistic as the French and Italians about … Read more
Tonic boom! Drone successfully flies NHS supplies from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly for the first time – before being sent back with local GIN It marks the first drone freight delivery between commercial airports in the UK Drones could potentially now carry items including medical supplies The aircraft was returned back to the … Read more
Russia has successfully tested a new missile capable of destroying Western satellites, followed by another weapon ‘to be used on US cities in the event of a nuclear war’. The US warned that the first missile tested will be capable of destroying Western satellites in low earth orbit. Meanwhile, Russia today claimed a successful test launch … Read more
The UK build Rosalind Franklin rover is a step closer to landing on the surface of the Red Planet after parachute tests in the Oregon desert proved a success. A pair of parachutes – each with a diameter of 115ft – will be used to slow the UK’s first ever Mars rover as it lands … Read more
Elephant is successfully hauled out of a well in India after 14-hour rescue operation A farmer in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu heard the cries of the elephant Rescue staff hoisted animal out 55ft-deep well on November 20 with team of 50 Villagers dropped banana leaves down the well to access the 25-year-old male By … Read more
Scientists ‘successfully REVERSE human ageing process’: Oxygen treatment altered elderly people’s bodies at a cellular level to how they were 25 years earlier, researchers claim Breathing pure oxygen may help to reverse the ageing process, scientists claim Researchers used oxygen therapy to reverse two key indicators of ageing Scientists placed 35 healthy adults aged 64 … Read more
One-day-old twin sisters conjoined by the stomach and sharing an umbilical cord are successfully separated in China The tiny siblings in China’s Xinjiang underwent a two-hour operation on Friday They had been born sharing the breastbone, abdomen wall and umbilical cord 13 medical workers teamed up to perform the procedure, which was a success The babies … Read more