Greenhouse gas emissions are causing Earth’s stratosphere to SHRINK

Earth’s stratosphere is shrinking due to greenhouse gas emissions, and it could have a devastating effect on satellite operations and GPS, experts have warned.  A study by Charles University in Prague found the region of the atmosphere from 12 to 40 miles above the Earth has been shrinking by 328ft per decade.  The team predict … Read more

Indian jumping ants can shrink their BRAINS and expand them back again

Indian jumping ants can shrink their BRAINS and then expand them back again to allow energy to be temporarily diverted towards egg production The humble Indian jumping ant is less than an inch long and lives in a colony When a queen dies female Indian jumping ants compete to replace the matriarch In doing this … Read more

Long spaceflights can shrink the heart, study finds

Physiologists have revealed that long spaceflights can shrink the heart, in what could be a worrying finding for the next generation of astronauts.  Even a long-term programme of low-intensity exercise in space is not enough to counteract the effects of prolonged weightlessness on the heart, they say.  The researchers examined data from retired astronaut Scott … Read more

Britain’s population could shrink by two per cent after pandemic if 1.3million migrants don’t return

Britain’s population could shrink by two per cent after the coronavirus pandemic if 1.3million ‘missing’ migrant workers who left during crisis don’t return, watchdog warns A report says Britain’s population is ‘substantially smaller’ than official statistics Up to 1.3million people have left in the past year due to the Covid pandemic Brexit rules mean migrants … Read more

Britain’s population could shrink by two per cent after pandemic if 1.3million migrants don’t return

Britain’s population could shrink by two per cent after the coronavirus pandemic if 1.3million ‘missing’ migrant workers who left during crisis don’t return, watchdog warns A report says Britain’s population is ‘substantially smaller’ than official statistics Up to 1.3million people have left in the past year due to the Covid pandemic Brexit rules mean migrants … Read more

Resolution Foundations warns Covid rules could cause economy to shrink by 6% more than predicted

Tough measures put in place to control the spread of a new Covid variant in the UK could lead to slower economic growth next year than first predicted, a leading think tanks has today warned. The Resolution Foundation says the economy could be six per cent smaller by Easter than first forecast by the UK’s … Read more

Resolution Foundations warns Covid rules could cause economy to shrink by 6% more than predicted

Tough measures put in place to control the spread of a new Covid variant in the UK could lead to slower economic growth next year than first predicted, a leading think tanks has today warned. The Resolution Foundation says the economy could be six per cent smaller by Easter than first forecast by the UK’s … Read more

Will Ferrell sports 1970s retro style on the set of dark comedy series The Shrink Next Door in LA

Will Ferrell sports 1970s retro style on the set of dark comedy series The Shrink Next Door in Downtown LA By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 03:24 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 04:45 GMT, 17 November 2020 Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd  are set to star in the upcoming dark comedy series The Shrink Next … Read more

Woman wears a corset 18 HOURS a day because she wants to shrink her tiny 21.5-inch waist

A single mother who wants to break the record for the world’s smallest waist has revealed that she wears a corset for 18 hours a day to shrink her already tiny 21.5-inch torso. Sammy Wilson, 26, from Georgia, started waist training in April 2019 to help add some curves to her frame after losing weight. … Read more

New coronavirus curbs ‘would cost £250m A DAY’: Economy could shrink by 5%, experts warn

Partial lockdowns which discourage eating out and a return by workers to the office could shrink the economy by up to 5 per cent, a think-tank warned yesterday. The Centre for Economics and Business Research calculated the bill for major restrictions covering sectors such as hospitality at up to £250million a day. This would mean … Read more