Moment a man on e-scooter hurtling down the road illegally smashes into a cyclist

This is the moment a man illegally riding an e-scooter on a high street in London smashes into a cyclist and knocks the rider off his bike. Video posted on social media shows a man hurtling down Rye Lane in Peckham on an e-scooter at high speed over the weekend. The e-scooter driver can be … Read more

Hi-tech boat that’s hurtling its British skipper into the lead in Vendée Globe race

As the yacht heels over hard at a seemingly impossible angle, a handsome man in a Hugo Boss suit sprints the length of its 95 ft mast — as tall as a ten-storey building. On reaching the top, he checks his cufflinks, fixes his tie and dives into the ocean. No, this isn’t a clip … Read more

Hi-tech boat that’s hurtling its British skipper into the lead in Vendée Globe race

As the yacht heels over hard at a seemingly impossible angle, a handsome man in a Hugo Boss suit sprints the length of its 95 ft mast — as tall as a ten-storey building. On reaching the top, he checks his cufflinks, fixes his tie and dives into the ocean. No, this isn’t a clip … Read more

A real-life space oddity: Asteroid hurtling towards earth might be a piece of rocket trash from 1966

A real-life space oddity: ‘Asteroid’ hurtling towards Earth may be a piece of rocket that was jettisoned during attempted moon landing in 1966 A telescope discovered ‘asteroid 2020 SO’ hurtling towards Earth last month Now scientists believe the object is part of an Atlas Centaur 7 rocket from 1966 The rocket propelled NASA’s Surveyor 2 to … Read more

White dwarf hurtling across the Milky Way at 560,000mph after ‘partial supernova’

A white dwarf star has been spotted hurtling through the Milky Way at 560,000 miles per hour thanks to a thermonuclear blast from a ‘partial supernova’, study found. Astronomers from the University of Warwick used observations from the Hubble Space Telescope to find out what sent the white dwarf on its journey. The white dwarf has … Read more

Fascinating speeded-up LNER cab ride footage shows a train hurtling through the Highlands at 830mph

Fascinating speeded-up driver’s-eye footage shows a train hurtling through the Scottish Highlands at the equivalent of 830mph LNER has released time-lapse footage of a trip from Carrbridge to Edinburgh The journey would normally take three hours – the clip lasts seven minutes  There is also drone footage of an Azuma on the highest point in … Read more

Open crisps can send microplastics hurtling into the atmosphere

Tasks like opening a bag of crisps or twisting off a bottle cap could endanger your health by sending disease-causing microplastics hurtling into the atmosphere.      Researchers from the University of Newcastle in Australia found that food, drink and cosmetic packages fuel plastic pollution – even during everyday tasks. Potentially disease-causing particles are released every time … Read more