Plants feel pain too! Chemical engineers at MIT develop system to monitor when plants are distressed by embedding microscopic nanotubes into their leaves Chemical engineers tested a monitoring system for damaged plant cells They inject microscopic nanotubes into cells and measure hydrogen peroxide Plant cells release hydrogen peroxide as part of a natural damage response … Read more
Former Disney star and The Voice contestant Jordan Pruitt announces she is pregnant with her first child: ‘A light in all the darkness’ By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 23:07 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 23:07 BST, 16 April 2020 Former Disney star Jordan Pruitt is going to be a mom. The singer, 28, … Read more
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have spent two days delivering food to critically ill residents in LA this week after the Duchess wanted her husband to see the city ‘through the eyes of philanthropy’, it’s been revealed. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who moved to the city last month, have been volunteering with the … Read more
SOCIETY TALES FROM THE COLONY ROOM by Darren Coffield (Unbound, £25, 464pp) The Colony Room was a shabby and cluttered little space at the top of a dingy staircase in the heart of Soho. It was founded as a drinking club by a lady called Muriel Belcher in 1948 and, during its 60-year existence, exerted … Read more
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have spent two days delivering food to critically ill residents in LA this week because the Duchess wanted her husband to experience the city ‘through the eyes of Philanthropy’, it’s been revealed. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who moved to the city last month, have been volunteering with the … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: IMF boss Kristalina Georgieva revisiting Brexit during coronavirus crisis suggests she hasn’t quite washed away her EU past By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:30 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:37 BST, 16 April 2020 The International Monetary Fund deserves credit for not holding back on highlighting the stunning £7 … Read more
A ‘MEGADROUGHT’ is likely to emerge in the southwest of North America driven by climate change as dry conditions are some of the worst for 1,200 years, researchers warns The southwest area of North America has been in a drought since 2000 This is deemed the worst one to hit the area in the past … Read more
Yes, restaurants are shut, parties banned and relatives reduced to flickering images on computer screens — but at least we have our beloved showbiz to keep us happy on TV, right? Wrong. One of the forgotten casualties of the coronavirus crisis is the entertainment industry — in fact, this is becoming the spring when all … Read more
Barchester Healthcare’s Peter Calveley said around half of its homes have been hit by cases of the life-threatening illness Coronavirus may have struck three quarters of Britain’s care homes, industry bosses say amid growing fury over Government’s handling of the crisis. The chief executive of one major UK provider today warned the spread of the … 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