Resume: Researchers studied the brain and body sizes of 1,500 species and found that larger animals do not have proportionally larger brains, challenging long-held beliefs. The study reveals that the relationship between brain and body size is curved, not linear. This discovery helps explain why humans and other species deviate from the norm in the … Read more
A recent announcement by German wind farm developer Luxcara that it is choosing a Chinese equipment manufacturer for its future site has caused a storm in Europe. This pivotal moment could determine the direction in which the European Union’s green transition plans will go in the coming years. After the introduction of electric vehicles, it … Read more
House prices are rising in several regions of the UK and are expected to continue to rise throughout the year, the UK’s largest lender has revealed. The housing market has virtually ground to a halt in the first half of this year, but there are signs that growth is picking up again. House prices are … Read more
House prices are rising in several regions of the UK and are expected to continue to rise throughout the year, the UK’s largest lender has revealed. The housing market has virtually ground to a halt in the first half of this year, but there are signs that growth is picking up again. 1 House prices … Read more
According to Director General Pietro Barabaschi, the commissioning of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France has been delayed by 15 years. The first test of the ITER fusion reactor is now expected to reach full magnetic energy in 2036 – a three-year delay from the 2016 baseline – while the start of the … Read more
This artist’s rendering shows a night-time view of the Extremely Large Telescope in operation on Cerro Armazones in northern Chile. The telescope is shown using lasers to create artificial stars high in the atmosphere. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Last segment of world’s largest telescope mirror successfully cast The Extremely Large Telescope in Chile, due for completion … Read more
NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft, the longest-running mission to Mars, today completed its 100,000th orbit around the Red Planet, the mission team announced in a press release. rack. To celebrate the milestone, the space agency has released an intricate panorama of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system; Odyssey captured the view in March. The … Read more
The Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm with a capacity of 3.6 GW, is set to be expanded after developers SSE and Equinor submitted a scoping report for phase D of the project. The latest move could see more than two GW of capacity added to the project, according to a … Read more
The surface of Titan. Simulations by MIT geologists indicate that the lakes and seas on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, were formed by wave-induced erosion. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Researchers find that wave activity on Saturn’s largest moon could be strong enough to erode the shorelines of lakes and seas. MIT researchers have used simulations to suggest that … Read more
This landmark judgment, handed down on June 11, came some eight years after BHS collapsed with a pension deficit of £571 million on April 25, 2016, thirteen months after the takeover of Sir Philip Green’s Taveta Group by Retail Acquisitions Limited (RAL). a company controlled by Dominic Chappell, a former bankrupt with no retail experience. … Read more