Designing Women actor Richard Gilliland has died at the age of 71. The actor, who had been married to his co-star Jean Smart for over 30 years, passed away after what a press release called a ‘short illness,’ People reports. Richard, who played the recurring role of a love interest to Mary Jo Shively on the 1980s … Read more
MPs accuse tech giants of fuelling an ‘e-waste tsunami’ by designing products with a short shelf life MPs are calling for a change in the law to stop ‘planned obsolescence’ by firms Apple, Amazon and others also criticised for failing to offer accessibly recycling The attack comes from MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) They … Read more
NASA is set to send the first woman and next many to the moon in 2024 and has revealed what the crew will call home – an RV rover. The American space agency is ditching concepts of inflatable tents and underground bases, and is now looking at an pressurized surface vehicle. The space group recently … Read more
A couple has revealed how they spent seven years designing and building a home made entirely out of bits of trash. Laura Davies and Dave Buchanan, both 55, live in their so-called ‘Earthship’ in the Almeria province of Andalucia in Spain. The pair moved to Spain in 2002 and initially purchased an old Cortijo, a … Read more
Studying flying reptiles called pterosaurs that lived 200 million years ago could help engineers develop a new generation of ‘super drones’ with better stability. The prehistoric reptiles that soared above the dinosaurs are the biggest animals ever to take to the air and they ruled the skies for 160 million years. Despite their aeronautic excellence, … Read more