Florence the Machine! Humongous HS2 tunnelling monster named after famous nurse begins 10-mile burrow in Buckinghamshire at start of major UK rail network Chief executive Mark Thurston described digging of tunnel under Chiltern Hills as ‘a major step forward’ The 558ft (170m) long tunnel boring machine (TMB) was launched at a site in Buckinghamshire near … Read more
NASA Insight’s ‘Mole’ bites the dust: Mars digger is declared dead after failing to burrow deep enough into the Red Planet to take its temperature after two years InSight arrived on Mars in November 2018 with a range of scientific instruments Instruments included a seismometer, temperature probe and weather station German scientist have been trying … Read more
‘It is truly humbling’: Leeds Rhinos legend Rob Burrow says it is a privilege to receive an MBE for services to rugby and the MND community in New Year honours list as he joins Lewis Hamilton in being recognised Rob Burrow and Lewis Hamilton are both included in the New Year honours list Burrow has … Read more
‘It is truly humbling’: Leeds Rhinos legend Rob Burrow says it is a privilege to receive an MBE in New Year honours list for his services to the MND community as he joins Lewis Hamilton in being recognised Rob Burrow and Lewis Hamilton are both included in the New Year honours list Burrow has got … Read more
Cuddling may date back further than we thought, as scientists have unearthed the remains of a 75.5 million-year-old burrow containing the fossils of snuggling rodents. US palaeontologists made the find — the oldest evidence of social behaviour among mammals — in a noted dinosaur nesting site called Egg Mountain, in Montana. The small mammals — … Read more
Cuddling may date back further than we thought, as scientists have unearthed the remains of a 75.5 million-year-old burrow containing the fossils of snuggling rodents. US palaeontologists made the find — the oldest evidence of social behaviour among mammals — in a noted dinosaur nesting site called Egg Mountain, in Montana. The small mammals — … Read more
Viewers watching the father of rugby star Rob Burrow, who has Motor Neurone Disease (MND), in a moving BBC 2 documentary say seeing his dad talk about the impact the illness has had on his son ‘is one of the hardest things I’ve ever watched.’ The programme, My Year With MND, presented by Sally Nugent, … Read more
A moving new BBC2 documentary, which airs tonight, reveals the devastating impact Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is having on former Leeds Rhino rugby star Rob Burrow, who was diagnosed with the disease in December 2019. The rugby legend, a scrum-half who also represented Great Britain, has seen a rapid deterioration in his health – including weight … Read more