What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
NASA announces new mission to study solar particle storms, with six small satellites the size of toaster ovens that will orbit Earth and measure radiation from the sun NASA has announced a new project to study dangerous solar particle storms The project will launch no earlier than July 1, 2023 at a cost of $62.6 … Read more
Atlas, a massive comet five times the size of Jupiter and about half the size of the Sun, will appear brighter than Venus from Earth by the end of April. The exact size of the rocky icy core of the strange comet isn’t known but is likely only a few miles across – but it … Read more
A cancer-surviving toddler who was born with an abnormally large tongue has had life-changing surgery to make it smaller. Baker Roth’s parents hope the procedure will help him eat and breathe easier, and allow him to make sounds so he can eventually talk. The 19-month-old was born with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), a rare overgrowth disorder … Read more
An area the size of Chicago in Yellowstone National Park has been inflating and deflating by several inches over the past decade The Norris Geyser Basin, the park’s oldest, hottest and most dynamic thermal area in the park, was observed to rise 5.9 inches each year from 2013 to 2015 – an unusual event that … Read more
Taste Of Pakistan 369 Hanworth Rd, Hounslow Rating: Taste Of Pakistan is not the sort of place you’d stumble upon. Unless, that is, you lived halfway down the Han-worth Road, deep in London’s Hounslow. But even then, you might well wander past the faded, unassuming storefront, wedged between a derelict betting shop and shuttered south … Read more