PC: Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Discarded oyster shells are being given a second life along the Texas coast, where researchers used them to rebuild reefs. A final report describes how the ‘Sink Your Shucks’ programme collected more than 650,000 pounds of shells from restaurants and oyster farms during the period. Reclaimed shells, once quarantined,…
Helene Ball, an 81-year-old retired teacher, has won a court battle against Derbyshire County Council after workers cemented a metal fence panel across a 3ft gap in the rear wall of her Matlock property in April 2023, blocking the gate that had provided access to her garden for years. Ball successfully proved the gate had…
Rock star Jon Bon Jovi made a quick multi-million-pound property deal in South Florida, selling a newly built oceanfront mansion in Palm Beach for $19.85 million (£15.8 million), just two years after buying the original property for about half that amount. According to property records and local real estate reports, first detailed by The Real…
Priscilla Chan’s education initiative, The Primary School, is closing after a decade of operations and reportedly more than $125 million in funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Founded to combine education with healthcare and family support, the project sought to address challenges affecting children’s development and learning. Following the closure announcement, CZI committed more…
The estate, once known as Villa Vittoriosa, became Ross’s Promise Land. Rapper Rick Ross bought former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield’s Georgia estate for $5.8 million in 2014. The property, near Fayetteville, had a 45,000-square-foot mansion with 109 rooms, 12 bedrooms and 21 bathrooms, according to Architectural Digest. Ross later expanded the estate by buying…
File photo: China’s President Xi Jinping, right, and US President Donald Trump A proposed $14 billion US arms sale to Taiwan is emerging as one of the most sensitive issues hanging over US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, with Beijing pressing Washington to keep the deal on hold while…
It seems there exists an established yet hidden cat calling system. According to scientists, cats identify one another through a shockingly durable chemical “calling card” made from 13 unusual fatty acids in their urine. Thus, feline friendships might have to do more with their identification than consistent meetings.Cats rely heavily on scent to learn about…
PC: Kenny Brown; Sidetracked In 1994, Jason Lewis and Steve Smith set out to circle the Earth using human power rather than engines or sails. Thirteen years later, Lewis completed the expedition after travelling 46,505 miles across five continents and numerous seas and oceans. In 2005, on the Cape York Peninsula in Australia, Lewis encountered…
Scientists at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have discovered how tin-based perovskite materials allow hot electrons to retain their excess energy for around 1,000 times longer than expected, a finding that could shape the future of solar power. The researchers found that two physical effects, the hot phonon bottleneck and the Burstein–Moss effect,…
Relations between Kabul and Islamabad have remained strained over militant activity along border. (AP photo/ File) At least three people were killed and several others injured in a Pakistani airstrike targeting Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunar province, Tolo News reported on Monday, citing a provincial official.The military strike is supposedly in retaliation for suicide bombing at a…
