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Ultimate limit of human endurance found
Image copyright Getty Images The ultimate limit of human endurance has been worked out by scientists analysing a 3,000 mile run, the Tour de France and other elite events. They showed the cap was 2.5 times the body’s resting metabolic rate, or 4,000 calories a day for an average person. Anything higher than that was …
Heathrow scanners mean liquids can stay in bags
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Current systems require people to remove liquids and laptops from their bags Passengers at Heathrow airport will be able to keep their liquids and laptops inside their carry-on bags, once new security equipment is installed. The airport is investing £50m in the computer tomography (CT) security scanners, to be …
Prehistoric stone engraved with horses found in France
Image copyright Denis Gliksman/Inrap Image caption A generated image of the prehistoric sandstone plate and its engraving A stone believed to be about 12,000 years old and engraved with what appears to be a horse and other animals has been discovered in France. The prehistoric find by archaeologists excavating a site in the south-western Angoulême …
Climate change: Emissions target could cost UK £1tn, warns Hammond
Image copyright PA The chancellor has warned Theresa May that reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 could cost the UK more than £1tn. The Financial Times reports that the PM wants to introduce the legislation to Parliament next week as “one of her most important legacies”. Philip Hammond has written to her, …
How fish and shrimps could be recruited as underwater spies
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Goliath groupers make a booming noise when approached We have a long history of trying to use animals as spies, weapons and warning systems, but the latest plans to use marine organisms as motion sensors may be the strangest yet. When a beluga whale was spotted wearing a harness …
Blue belt zones to protect minke whales
Image copyright Kerry Froud/HWDT Image caption The nursery grounds used by minke whales to feed and rest will be protected Special protections are planned for minke whales and basking sharks in their feeding grounds around Scotland. A consultation has been launched on creating four new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) covering 5,000 square miles of sea. …
Dominic Thiem Tops Novak Djokovic In Five-Set Epic To Reach Roland Garros Final | ATP Tour
It took four hours and 13 minutes over two days, as well as a tremendous mental effort in a roller coaster Roland Garros semi-final that featured three rain delays. But fourth seed Dominic Thiem made history on the Parisian terre battue Saturday afternoon. The 25-year-old defeated World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, 5-7, …
Prince Louis makes Trooping the Colour debut, practices his royal wave
Prince Louis just celebrated his first birthday on April 23 and is already an expert on his royal wave. The toddler attended his first Trooping of the Colour on Saturday in London in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday and stole the show while on the balcony at Buckingham Palace. The little royal was joined by his …
The Good Place Will End After Its Fourth Season
The ensemble from The Good Place. Image: NBC Janet! I need tissues. In news that is bound to be both satisfying and heartbreaking to fans of The Good Place, NBC’s brilliant afterlife comedy/philosophy simulator, the show will be ending after its next season, the fourth. The news was announced yesterday at the show’s For Your …
Large Ebola outbreaks new normal, says WHO
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Family members place leaves on the grave of a deceased relative who died from Ebola in Butembo The world is entering “a new phase” where big outbreaks of deadly diseases like Ebola are a “new normal”, the World Health Organization has warned. Previous Ebola outbreaks affected relatively small numbers …
