Hurricane Irma caused catastrophic damage across the Caribbean where it killed at least 37 people and left thousands homeless. The Virgin chief was on his Necker Island in the region when Irma struck and survived the Category 5 storm’s 185 mph winds by sheltering in a wine cellar underneath one […]
Daily Archives: September 12, 2017
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Land Rover Discovery SVX More It’s probably fair to say the legendary Land Rover Discovery hasn’t met with entirely universal acclaim since it was totally redesigned last year. While the company’s Range Rover brand can’t seem to do anything wrong at the moment, the Land Rover side of the business […]
GETTY The likes of Madonna and Celine Dion owe a lot to classical composers The Classic FM report, which celebrates the radio station’s 25th birthday, has compiled the biggest song from each of its years on air to sample a classical piece of music. The results, seen below, have thrown […]
If only…Courtesy Mick Hamer SCIENCE historians sometimes use a type of thought experiment called a counterfactual, otherwise known as a “what if?” What if Darwin hadn’t sailed on the Beagle? What if the ancient Greeks had invented steam engines? These are not just parlour games; they reveal the extent to […]
Domino’s has announced the first recipients of a special card that will give them free pizza for a year. The Order of the Domino’s Empire (ODE) has been handed out to two Britons carefully selected by Domino’s in recognition of their work within their local communities and their contribution to […]
Liu Jieyi went on to call on all parties to remain “cool-headed” and not stoke tensions and said relevant people should resume negotiations “sooner rather than later.” To kick-start talks, China and Russia have proposed a dual suspension of North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile testing as well as US […]
If your car magically grew a larger gas tank before you had to evacuate a hurricane zone, that would be pretty great, right? Well, that’s what happened for a bunch of Tesla owners in Florida. In order to help Floridian Tesla owners escape Hurricane Irma, the automaker briefly unlocked that […]
PARIS — International Launch Services last night conducted the second of three commercial Proton launches planned for this year, completing a nine hour and 12-minute mission carrying Hispasat’s Amazonas-5 satellite. Proton lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 3:23 p.m. Eastern, using its first three stages to reach a suborbital […]