Computer users donating spare processing power in the search for a coronavirus vaccine accidentally create the world’s fastest supercomputer more powerful the then next 500 machines combined Folding@Home is an app people install on their computers to donate resources It allows thousands of machines to work together to solve complicated issues It allows them to … Read more
More than 5,000 people in Britain have volunteered to take part in a pioneering drug trial in search of a treatment for the currently incurable COVID-19. The Recovery Trial, conducted by Oxford University, recruited the participants — all of whom are COVID-19 patients already in hospital — at more than 160 NHS hospitals. Participants will … Read more
The £1MILLION whisky? Bottle of Macallan 1926 Fine and Rare 60 Year Old is tipped to break world record at auction The Macallan 1926 Fine and Rare 60-Year-Old is one of nearly 2,000 bottles belonging to the extremely rare collection of fine whiskys for sale The 4,000 bottle collection was built by a private collector … Read more
BEST OF BIOGRAPHY AND SCIENCE Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin The greatest of English novelists deserves a great biography and Claire Tomalin delivers handsomely. And what a life it was. Dickens packed a load in before his untimely death at the age of 58, burnt out by constant activity, heavy drinking and smoking, … Read more
Qantas reveals the huge amount of rubbish it saved on the world’s first ‘zero-waste’ flight Qantas flew world’s first ‘zero-waste’ flight from Sydney to Adelaide last month Airline posted a snap of the waste from the flight compared to a normal amount Qantas is aiming to eliminate 75 per cent of its current waste by … Read more
World’s oldest piece of mahogany is found in Canada and dates back almost 80MILLION years to when the dinosaurs roamed the planet Chunk of mahogany was found in a piece of rock found near Vancouver Island It was dated to between 72 and 79 million years old – the end of the Cretaceous Previous evidence … Read more
A 29-day-old infant is believed to have become the world’s youngest known victim of coronavirus after he contracted pneumonia in the Philippines. Health minister Maria Rosario Vergeire confirmed on Tuesday that the boy had difficulty breathing and was rushed to hospital where he tested positive for COVID-19. The child from Batangas died of late-onset sepsis … Read more
The world’s largest cargo plane has flown from China to Poland as part of a 400-tonne medical supply run amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. The Antonov An-225 Mriya landed at Tianjin Binhai International Airport in North China late on Sunday (12th April), picking up roughly 250 tonnes of critical medical supplies in what is to be … Read more
As global markets continue to react violently to the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, technology firms have weathered the storm reasonably well – so far. The technology sector has performed better than most other industries and regions over the past six weeks, which have seen key indices suffer their biggest drops in history. Both … Read more
A pharmaceutical firm will donate two million antimalarials to the world’s largest COVID-19 medication trial following Donald Trump’s praise of the drug. Accord Healthcare Ltd, a global medicine distributor, will supply hydroxychloroquine to 40,000 frontline healthcare workers in the COPCOV study. They will take a hydroxychloroquine tablet daily and be followed for a five-month period to … Read more