The Catalan firework festival that will make your Barcelona camping holiday go with a bang

There can be few better holiday moments than the sight of one’s children screaming in terror as explosions light the air all around, followed by an evacuation sequence that brings to mind Saving Private Ryan. It had started tamely enough. While spending a week at the Vilanova Park campsite, about 30 miles south of Barcelona, … Read more

Out with a bang: German nuclear power station’s cooling towers demolished in spectacular explosion

Out with a bang: German nuclear power station’s cooling towers are demolished in spectacular explosion The demolition took place at the site of the Philippsburg power plant, near the city of Karlsruhe The explosions were triggered shortly after 6am on Thursday in the south-west of the country Timing of the demolition was kept quiet to … Read more

Big Bang Theory actress Melissa Rauch announces birth of baby boy

The Big Bang Theory star Melissa Rauch has welcomed a baby boy with husband Winston Beigel. Announcing the happy news on social media on Monday the 39-year-old actress paid tribute to medical staff working on the front lines in hospitals, while also describing the ‘surreal’ experience of giving birth alone in hospital because of coronavirus … Read more

Scientists closer to unlocking mystery behind how neutrinos helped spread matter after Big Bang

New study brings scientists one step closer to unlocking mystery behind how matter prevailed over antimatter during the Big Bang An experiment is casting light on how matter formed in the early universe A new study shows that neutrinos oscillate into electron neutrinos at a higher rate than their antimatter counterparts This challenges principals of physics like … Read more