Scientists observe light coming from behind a black hole for the first time

A team of astronomers at Stanford University has detected light coming from behind a black hole in a first ever observation that proves famed theoretical physicist Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity.  The study, published Wednesday in Nature, analyzed X-ray ‘echoes’ surrounding a black hole, some 100 million light-years from Earth, which were a result of the … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Norway’s Rio 2016 bronze medallists CAPSIZE in the men’s lightweight double sculls

Rio 2016 bronze medallists CAPSIZE in the men’s lightweight double sculls semi-final with 500 metres to go at the Tokyo Olympics… with Norway duo having to be rescued by lifeguards! By Dan Ripley for MailOnline Published: 05:07 EDT, 28 July 2021 | Updated: 05:57 EDT, 28 July 2021 Norway saw hopes of landing a medal … Read more

Tokyo Olympics: Hong Kong newspaper slammed for describing silver medalist as ‘mixed-race mermaid’ 

Hong Kong newspaper is slammed for describing swimmer who came in behind Ariarne Titmus as a ‘mixed-race mermaid’ By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:53 EDT, 28 July 2021 | Updated: 08:06 EDT, 28 July 2021 A Hong Kong newspaper has sparked outrage after the silver medalist who gave Australia’s golden girl Ariarne … Read more

Calling workers grandparents is age discrimination, tribunal finds

Describing someone as a grandparent at work is age discrimination – even if they are one, an employment tribunal has ruled. Executive Anne Dopson sued her employer after a colleague wrote a car review which described the then-62-year-old as ‘a grandmother’. The former sales director, who has three grandchildren, said she was upset when the … Read more

TikTok video shows Scottish grandfather getting trapped in sun lounger and falling out of his chair

‘It folded him into a sandwich!’ Comic moment grandfather gets trapped in a sun lounger when he tries to stand up CCTV clip shows Glenn Smith, 67, trapped inside a deck chair while sunbathing  The minute-long footage, taken at his son’s house in Irvine, North Ayrshire shows Glenn and his wife Janet enjoying the sun … Read more

Two-legged robot called Cassie makes history by completing 5K run in 53 minutes

Cassie has made history as the first bipedal robot to complete a five-kilometer (5K) run, having done so in just over 53 minutes. Developed by Oregon State University, the two-legged machine with knees that bend like those of an ostrich, taught itself how to run through a deep reinforcement learning algorithm. Yesh Godse, an undergraduate … Read more

Blind ex-Paralympian superglued himself to a BA jet to ‘highlight climate crisis’

A former Paralympic athlete who superglued himself to the roof of a British Airways plane has told a jury he had to do ‘something spectacular’ to draw attention to the climate crisis. Extinction Rebellion activist James Brown, 56, who is registered blind, managed to scale the plane on the morning of October 10, 2019 to … Read more