Birds living in urban areas have more chicks than those in the country because light pollution is prompting them to lay eggs earlier in the year, a study has found. Researchers from California Polytechnic State University examined data collected by the public on 58,506 nests from 142 species across North America. They found that urban birds … Read more
There is a relatively low risk of coronavirus ‘superspreading’ at pharmacies, convenience stores, gas stations and department stores, a new model based on cell phone data suggests. On the other hand, the computer model, developed by Stanford University scientists, predicts that millions more people would be infected with coronavirus if coffee shops, restaurants and gyms … Read more
Researchers have developed a computer model that predicts how the novel coronavirus spreads in US cities. The model looks at three factors that play a role in infection risk: where people go during the day, how long they stay, and how many other people are visiting the same place at the same time. It found … Read more
Property website Zoopla predicting house prices will keep climbing even if economy is rocked by jobs crisis By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 7 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 7 November 2020 House prices will keep climbing next year even if the economy is rocked by a jobs crisis, property … Read more
A boy retrieves an item from a rubble-strewn street of East London after German bombing raids in the first month of the Blitz, September 1940 The Blitz began on September 7, 1940, and was the most intense bombing campaign Britain has ever seen. Named after the German word ‘Blitzkrieg’, meaning lightning war, the Blitz claimed … Read more
Boris Johnson has signalled the ‘immediate prospect’ of 10-minute ‘rapid turnaround’ coronavirus tests and promised a ‘massive’ expansion of screening. The Prime Minister on Saturday night announced plans to draft in the Army to oversee tests for ‘whole cities’ within days to ‘drive down the disease.’ At the moment there are two types of test … Read more
Cities across the nation are boarding up in preparation for widespread violence on and after Election Day, as many states prepare the National Guard for activation and specialized units of military police Guardsmen ready for rapid deployment. On Friday, boards went up over storefronts in Washington DC, New York City, Los Angeles, Denver and elsewhere … Read more
Every day, more than 80,000 cars and lorries pass along the busy Marylebone Road, a major arterial trunk road that has run into and out of the Home Counties since the 18th century. It travels past major landmarks including The Regent’s Park and Madame Tussauds before becoming Euston Road and ending at King’s Cross in … Read more
Coronavirus infections are now falling in some of England’s biggest cities, figures show – despite Health Secretary Matt Hancock threatening tonight to put many of them into the harshest lockdown bracket. Official data shows Nottingham, Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester are among the cities where cases have started to fall after a surge at the end of September, … Read more
Millions of people across France’s largest cities are enjoying their last night of freedom ahead of the strict 9pm curfew which came into force on Friday night. France is fighting against a resurgent epidemic that has now filled a third of the country’s intensive care units with COVID-19 patients and is again putting Europe to … Read more