President Donald Trump objected Thursday to the Commission on Presidential Debate making changes to the rules for his second and third face-offs against Democrat Joe Biden. ‘Why would I allow the Debate Commission to change the rules for the second and third Debates when I easily won last time?’ Trump tweeted Thursday afternoon as he … Read more
Elgin Marbles: The Elgin Marbles are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures, inscriptions and architectural members that were mostly created by Phidias and his assistants. The 7th Earl of Elgin, Thomas Bruce, removed the Parthenon Marble pieces from the Acropolis in Athens while serving as the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799 to … Read more
China objects to £30bn Arm takeover deal: Beijing’s state newspaper claims UK tech firm could be ‘politicised as a technology weapon’ By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 16 September 2020 China has emerged as a potential opponent to the American takeover of British chip … Read more
Kelly Ripa recreates a hilarious family picture from 2003 with her three grown-up kids: ‘Objects may appear larger’ By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 03:44 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 03:44 BST, 21 August 2020 While a lot has changed in the last seventeen years, Kelly Ripa rewound time by recreating a hilarious family photo with her … Read more
Giving names to children’s toys does help infants with their recognition skills early in life, a new study shows. One-year-olds successfully recognised cuddly toys from earlier if they’d already been told them their names, experiments in the US show. This compared with other one-year-olds in the experiments who had seen the toys before, but hadn’t … Read more
A metal detectorist has discovered artefacts in the Scottish Borders dating back 3,000 years, including a preserved horse harness and a sword in its scabbard. Archaeologists called to the site near Peebles also excavated decorated straps, buckles, rings, ornaments and chariot wheel axle caps. Evidence of a decorative ‘rattle pendant’ from the harness was also … Read more
So THAT’S what it’s for! Mind-blowing hidden purposes of everyday objects revealed (but how many did YOU already know?) Bored Panda has revealed the hidden purposes of these everyday objects For example the small pocket on jeans was originally to keep your pocket watch To check which side of the car your petrol hatch is on, … Read more
Neil Young objects to Donald Trump using his songs at Mount Rushmore event: ‘This is NOT ok with me’ By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 05:36 BST, 4 July 2020 | Updated: 05:36 BST, 4 July 2020 Neil Young has taken to Twitter to voice his objections to the Trump campaign using his songs at an event. … Read more
A galaxy hunting telescope has completed its first full sweep of the hot, energetic universe, resulting in a stunning map with more than one million cosmic objects. The eROSITA X-ray Telescope has been scanning the sky for over 182 days and has discovered twice the number of known X-ray sources uncovered over the past 60 … Read more
Killer asteroids could be tied to smaller cosmic objects with cables to stop a catastrophic impact on Earth, study reveals Scientist work tirelessly to design a plan in the event an asteroid heads for Earth A team now proposes using a tethered diversion that utilizes long cables They would launch a spacecraft toward the asteroid, far … Read more