Sharon Stone has given her 2.1M Instagram followers tips on how to stay safe at home during a riot. The Basic Instinct actress raised a good point when she suggests worried people might want to lock themselves in their bathroom as it usually has the least amount of windows while offering some essentials like a … Read more
How can you profit from investing in loss-makers? It sounds bonkers, but can actually be highly lucrative. Just ask investors in Amazon, Twitter or Ocado. Taxi hailing app Uber was the latest loss-making firm to motor on to the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, completing one of the most highly anticipated US floats in recent … Read more
Nurses sing dying coronavirus victim, 69, her favourite song The Sound Of Music to help her as she takes her final breaths Brenda Evans died at Salford Royal Hospital on Thursday with sister by her side Hospital is allowing one visitor in special circumstances but banning all others Nurses on ward asked Mrs Evans what … Read more
Conifers are better than broadleaved trees at absorbing sound with their bark as scientists say they could help combat noise pollution in urban environments Researchers studied the bark of 76 samples from 13 different species of tree They found Larch was the most effective type of tree for absorbing sound They found that the age … Read more
The Pentagon has successfully tested a hypersonic glide body capable of flying five times faster than the speed of sound. The test was conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii Thursday night where it traveled at hypersonic speeds and landed on ‘a designated impact point.’ Known as the Common-Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB), … Read more
These headphones sound brilliant but they do make you look like a Teletubby! By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 14 March 2020 ‘You look like a Teletubby!’ These are words no man wants to hear. I suppose at least they didn’t say … Read more