A “surprise” asteroid which NASA only spotted on Christmas Day has skimmed past the Earth. The asteroid, named 2017 YZ4, came its nearest to Earth at 3:56pm GMT on Thursday, missing us by a mere 140,000 miles (224,000km). In comparison the moon
Kanye West was supposed to release his ninth album, Yandhi, on Saturday he has given a good explanation as he said it would –, and it all has to do with Africa. Three days later, he’s appeared on Saturday Night Live and called for the abolition of the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, which
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NHS is planning on making Bionic hand prostheses more available, as they have already started Bristol clinical trial. The four pieces which make up the prostheses can be customised by individual users, depending on their body scans. The users muscle movement can activate the sensors so that the hand move the hand back and fourth, opening
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The third terrorist behind the London Bridge attacks has been named as a 22-year-old Italian-Moroccan amid claims British authorities were tipped off about the risk he posed. Youssef Zaghba was born in Fez, Morocco to a Moroccan father and Italian mother, according to Italian media. He was stopped at Bologna airport in 2016 apparently trying
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THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has launched an investigation after 11 carcasses of hippos were found in Mlibizi, Binga this week. No cause of death has been established although there are fears of poisoning, while villagers from nearby communities reportedly feasted on the game meat. The carcasses were discovered on Sunday and
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IMPLEMENTORS of the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES), a joint Zimbabwe and Zambia project that earmarks to generate 2 400MW of electricity, are likely to face stiff resistance from environmentalists who feel damming the mighty Zambezi River at the gorges would drive away the famous falcon bird. The powerful and fast-flying Peregrine Falcons are a
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The notion that nature itself will act as a check on the atmospheric excesses of humanity has long held a fair amount of appeal, not least because it draws on a nugget of high-school science that most people can quickly comprehend. Plants inhale carbon dioxide, after all — they need it to grow. Add more
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A federal judge was asked Tuesday to approve a pair of deals between the Obama administration and wildlife advocates that would require the government to consider greater protections for hundreds of imperiled animals and plants. Federal officials signed the latest of the two agreements earlier in the day with the Center for Biological Diversity. A
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American Electric Power Co. said Thursday it was putting a hold on its plans for a commercial-scale carbon dioxide capture and storage project in West Virginia because of uncertainty surrounding U.S. climate policy and what the company described as a weak economy. Continuing to build the system at the utility’s coal-fired Mountaineer power plant in
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Performer Martin Luther sings to the familiar tune of Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” as he swoops in to “bag it up” — the artist’s hand shielded by a plastic doggie bag, of course. “Dog Doogity”, the new music video created by the Seattle-based Puget Sound Starts Here is a fresh approach to persuade people to pick
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