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When you look at this picture, you would be forgiven for thinking it is a great white or a tiger shark - in fact it's a boat. The submersible craft, called Seabreacher X Watercraft, was designed by inventors Rob Innes and Dan Piazza in 1997. It is part sub, part powerfuel boat and found in Queenstown, New Zealand, one of the best countries in the world for extreme sports. The Seabreacher can reach a speed of 80 kilometres per hour, jump 18 feet out of the water and dive to a depth of five feet. It can also turn tight doughnuts and 90 degrees angle side rolls. The craft has F16 fighter jet-grade viewing glass, allowing it to withstand huge amounts of pressure and any surprise impacts of rocks or other debris. Queenstown-based business Hydro Attack, run by locals Lee Exell and David Lynott, has been offering rides on the faux sharks since 2013, becoming the first commercial Seabreacher operator in the world. For NZ$145 (£75), visitors can get the full Jaws experience for 15 … [Read more...] about The great white shark you can ride: The submersible boat built by New Zealand extreme sports fans

As a relatively unknown junior education minister, Liz Truss set out her ambitions for Heathrow to become a four-runway airport. "We do need a hub airport in the south-east of England," she argued. "If you want to have a hub airport, three runways probably isn't enough. If we're imaginative about Heathrow, I don't see why we can't build four runways there.” Fast-forward ten years and Truss is now the frontrunner in the crunch Tory leadership race – one of two final candidates to replace Boris Johnson, who in stark contrast once vowed to “lie down” in front of bulldozers to stop the construction of a third runway at Britain’s leading travel hub. The leadership battle coincides with rumours of a possible stake sale by Heathrow’s Spanish owner Ferrovial, which last year signalled it will cut the airport off from further investment in a stance that was viewed as a major blow to expansion plans. Potential ownership changes have revived hopes of a third runway among supporters, … [Read more...] about Heathrow sale revives hopes of a third runway under new Prime Minister

Actress Lisa Kudrow says it’s actually a good thing that “ Friends ” didn’t have many black people as part of the cast . The 59-year-old actress made these statements during a recent interview with The Daily Beast. “Well, I feel like it was a show created by two people who went to Brandeis and wrote about their lives after college,” Kudrow said. “And for shows especially, when it’s going to be a comedy that’s character-driven, you write what you know. They have no business writing stories about the experiences of being a person of color,” she continued. “I think at that time, the big problem that I was seeing was, ‘Where’s the apprenticeship?’” The Emmy Award-winning sitcom, which aired from 1994 to 2004, has come under fire lately for its lack of diversity in casting. Series co-creator Marta Kauffman feels so terrible about relegating black actors to bit parts that she pledged $4 million to Brandeis University to create a scholarship that would … [Read more...] about ‘Friends’ Star Lisa Kudrow Says The Show Had ‘No Business’ Adding Storylines About ‘Being A Person Of Color’ | The Daily Wire

Babies will soon be able to be born on the moon , following the creation of a lunar city with artificial gravity. The 1,300 foot tall rotating building is designed to complete a full circle every 20 seconds. Shaped like a cone, it uses centrifugal force to achieve Ig, or 'normal gravity'. It will be ready for habitation by 2050. Project leader Professor Yosuke Yamashiki, of Kyoto University, Japan, said that the day when humans will live in outer space, on the Moon and on Mars, is “just around the corner”. "NASA has positioned low gravity as a key issue for human life in space,” he said. Dubbed 'The Glass', the city would have its own ecosystem with trees, plants - and even water. The infrastructure would also establish 'Hexatrack', an artificial gravity transportation system for interplanetary travel - interconnecting other 'cities'. Shaped like a cone, the city will use centrifugal force to achieve Ig, or 'normal gravity' ( Image: Kajima Corporation / SWNS) … [Read more...] about New 1300ft ‘lunar city’ with artificial gravity will allow babies to be born on the moon

A royal journalist Valentine Low’s new book titled Courtier is expected to shed light on Prince Harry's narrative about palace courtiers. Richard Eden weighed in on the upcoming book on Mail Plus’ Palace Confidential talk show. "They've always seen them as this negative force in the background. Everything is always blamed on them. Perhaps [this book] will give a different side of things,” she said. "I think there is a slight apprehension – [they] like being the faceless people behind the scenes pulling the levers." Prince Harry called out the courtiers in an Oprah Winfrey interview on 2021. "The moment we landed in the UK, I got a message from my private secretary cutting and pasting a message from the Queen's private secretary basically saying, 'please pass along to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that he cannot come to Norfolk, the Queen is busy, she's busy all week." He added, "So I rang her from Frogmore that night and said, 'I was thinking about coming anyway, but I … [Read more...] about Prince Harry warned new book could challenge his narrative

N orway has drawn up plans to ration electricity exports in a move that has heightened fears of energy shortages in the UK and Europe this winter. The government in Oslo on Monday announced new rules limiting the sale of power to foreign countries as heatwaves threaten Norway’s hydroelectric power generation. Experts said the restrictions threatened the UK’s plan to draw power from Norway this winter via the North Sea Link - leaving electricity supplies more stretched and risking even higher bills for consumers. The National Grid has already revealed that the UK is set to be more dependent than ever on the Continent for power, with interconnectors expected to provide up to 5.7 gigawatts of electricity at peak times. About one quarter of that total – or 1.4 gigawatts – is set to come from Norway. Kathryn Porter, an energy consultant at Watt-Logic, said the proposed restrictions “put at risk the ability of Britain to import from Norway this winter”. “National Grid ESO needs to … [Read more...] about Norway threatens to ration electricity in fresh blow for UK and European energy supplies

By Peter Hoskins Published 13 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will stop making and selling its talc-based baby powder around the world from next year. The announcement comes more than two years after the healthcare giant ended sales of the product in the US. J&J faces tens of thousands of lawsuits from women who allege its talcum powder contained asbestos and caused them to develop ovarian cancer. But the company reiterated its view that decades of independent research shows the product is safe to use. "As part of a worldwide portfolio assessment, we have made the commercial decision to transition to an all cornstarch-based baby powder portfolio," it said in a statement . The firm added that cornstarch-based baby powder is already sold in countries around the world. At the same time J&J reiterated … [Read more...] about Johnson & Johnson to replace talc-based powder with cornstarch

FOR MORE THAN 350 years, men have been going to Georges Bank, 150 miles out on the continental shelf east of Cape Cod, to fish for cod, haddock, yellowtail flounder, scallops, lobsters. They have decimated stocks more than once, but the fisheries are still there. Back in the early seventies, when catches were unsustainably high, the harvest was, acre-foracre, the largest in the world. Now other men are heading out to Georges to hunt—through holes inches wide and miles deep-for oil and gas. There won't be many men at first, perhaps a few hundred aboard a handful of exploratory rigs. But that is enough to signal the fact that along the great submerged thumb stretching from Nantucket Shoals toward Nova Scotia, competition for resources has begun in earnest. The conflict involves two resources in one place, both of importance to the modern world. Oil from Georges would reduce our dependence on foreign supplies, if only slightly. Fish—a resource capable of providing half our minimum … [Read more...] about Oil, Fish, and Georges Bank

A number of authoritarian regimes including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Qatar and Pakistan have been invited by the U.K. government to send military delegations to the world's largest arms fair, according to an FOI request submitted by the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). The event opened in London on Tuesday and will give delegates the chance to sample the military hardware of over 1,500 companies. The Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition, held at London's ExCel Centre, comes at a time when the British government is attempting to increase its military sales to Middle Eastern countries, such as Egypt. In July, Newsweek revealed that Britain had quietly increased its arms sales with Sisi's regime by £47.2 million ($72.5 million) for the first three months of 2015 compared with the same period of the previous year, despite Egypt's human rights record. In total, two-thirds of Britain's current arms exports are sent to the Middle East, … [Read more...] about World's Largest Arms Fair Sees U.K. Open Its Doors to Authoritarian Regimes

By Michael Dempsey Published 3 days ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing It's a fiercely hot afternoon in Milton Keynes and I'm chasing a small orange flag as it waggles just above a line of low garden walls. The flag is attached to a white robot with six wheels and I'm relieved to see that it's slowing down to a halt. Cristiane Bonifacio has just extracted a large chocolate bar from the robot that has rolled up outside her home. Ms Bonifacio is in a hurry and has to dash back indoors for a work Zoom call, but she's got just enough time to express her affection for the robot delivery service that sends these machines scuttling along her local pavements. "I love the robots. Sometimes you find one that's got stuck so you help it and it says 'thank you'." The robot delivery service from Starship Technologies was launched in Milton Keynes four years ago and has been … [Read more...] about Are we falling in love with robots?