A sprawling farmhouse converted from a pair of grain silos and which is surrounded by rolling countryside views has hit the market for £1.95million. Stubwood Granary, which sits in the historic market town of Hungerford, Berkshire, comes with five bedrooms, a large circular living room and a terrace overlooking the pond. Sitting just a stone’s throw … Read more
Scientists create the world’s smallest origami BIRD that is 20 times smaller than a grain of sand The tiny self-folding robot birds were made by experts from the United States Each is 60 microns wide and made from a sheet of material only 30 atoms thick The sheet is a ‘shape memory actuator’ which folds … Read more
A CT scan revealed the remains of a child-like mummy were actually just mud and grain packed together and shaped to represent Osiris, the Egyptian god of death. The 3,000-year-old mummy was one of two sent for a CT scan at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel, by the city’s National Maritime Museum. Both sarcophagi had … Read more
Firefighters were today battling a ‘major incident’ at Tilbury Grain Terminal after a massive explosion in a grain silo, with dramatic photographs showing how the blast blew off the roof. Nearby residents in the Essex town heard a ‘huge bang’ shortly before 10am which was so loud that it rattled the windows of homes, and … Read more