An extreme plunge in atmospheric oxygen levels will in a billion years' time will wipe out most of the life on the Earth, a study has predicted. Researchers from Japan and the US modelled how our planet's atmosphere will change in light of various biological, climatic and geological processes. Deoxygenation will result from the increasing flux of energy from the Sun as it brightens, increasing surface temperatures and reducing photosynthesis. They found that deoxygenation in some one billion years will return the atmosphere to an inhospitable, methane-rich composition — one reminiscent of the early Earth . This fate, they added, will occur before the arrival of so-called moist greenhouse conditions in which water will irreversibly leak from the planet's atmosphere. The findings suggest that atmospheric oxygen is not a permanent fixture of habitable planets, which has implications for our search for life on other worlds . An extreme plunge in atmospheric … [Read more...] about Most life on Earth will be WIPED OUT in a billion years due an extreme plunge in oxygen levels, scientists warn
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Casualty spoilers: Jan risks everything to save her son’s life, while Jacob and Connie have explosive showdown
JAN goes to great lengths to save her son’s life next week in Casualty, while Connie and Jacob have an explosive showdown. Jan’s troubled son Ross begged her to steal pain medication for him last week when he was brought into hospital with grave injuries. Visit our Casualty page for the latest gossip and spoilers Ross told Jan he was being threatened by a prison gang, who’d found out that he was serving a sentence for drug dealing. Next week’s episodes of the BBC medical drama will see Jan receive the call she’s been dreading as Ross tells her she needs to drop the drugs off in the prison today. Jan struggles to keep her nerves under control as Ross gives her instructions, telling her to wait for some sort of 'accident' to get her to prison. Jan is saddened when she’s called out to the death of a patient she knows - but steals drugs from them. Jan is eventually called to the prison and is aghast to see the prisoner with slash marks to the throat. However, … [Read more...] about Casualty spoilers: Jan risks everything to save her son’s life, while Jacob and Connie have explosive showdown
EastEnders favourites were real-life power couple as well as on-screen lovers
If you cast your mind back to 1998, you may recall the EastEnders debut on Lisa Shaw, brought to life by Lucy Benjamin. Lisa was tipped as a "homewrecking blonde", with show bosses hinting that she'd be diving headfirst into the Walford drama. And soon enough, Lisa caught the eye of Steve McFadden's Phil Mitchell, the pair becoming one of the most famous soap couples of all time. The characters' relationship was a stormy one to say the least, and ended up with Lisa shooting Phil in the famous "who shot Phil?" plot thread that gripped audiences. Behind-the-scenes as well, Steve and Lucy found a romantic spark. Striking up a romance in real life, the actors dated for four years between 1999 and 2003. They went on to work together again several times as Lucy's Lisa made several re-appearances on the Square, including in 2010, 2017 and 2019-2020. In 2017 Lucy told the Loose Women panel: "It was more about the history between Lisa and Phil and there is so much water under … [Read more...] about EastEnders favourites were real-life power couple as well as on-screen lovers
Hooked on benzos: Woman’s ‘life debilitating’ ordeal from illegal prescription drugs bought online
"I'm not different to the people who are taking drugs on the street." Cathy - not her real name - started using diazepam, daily, years ago alongside slimming pills. She bought the tablets online, illegally, without a prescription. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Inside the undercover world of benzos "I have underlying anxiety issues but they were exacerbated by the amphetamines [diet pills], so the 'benzos' would calm me down and help me with sleep," she said. "I would only take them at night for sleeping but it also had the effect of easing the anxiety." Advertisement Starting off on low doses it scaled up quickly, reaching the point where her drug use was non-stop. "It was as much as I wanted as it's widely available on the internet... it's super easy," she said. More from UK COVID-19: Single AstraZeneca or Pfizer dose 80% effective at preventing hospitalisations in over 80s … [Read more...] about Hooked on benzos: Woman’s ‘life debilitating’ ordeal from illegal prescription drugs bought online
Notorious review – Biggie Smalls’ life as a gaudy and compelling spectacle
C hristopher Wallace was a studious mama’s boy who recast himself as a gangster-rap superstar. In the guise of Biggie Smalls (later the Notorious B.I.G.), he play-acted the corpulent crime boss, spun incantatory rhymes of death and glory and boasted that he was “Ready to Die” when he was actually anything but. On the night of 9 March 1997 he was shot dead by an unnamed assassin on the streets of Los Angeles. You might say that Wallace created the myth that would eventually come to claim him. Now in blows the myth of the myth: a brashly entertaining biopic produced by Biggie’s mum and his managers and overseen by his former mentor, Sean “P Diddy” Combs. Notorious rearranges the furniture of Wallace’s life and shoves some unquiet ghosts to the corner. It shows our hero as a young kid on the mean streets of Brooklyn (played, rather creepily, by his own son, Chris Wallace Jr), and then as a freestyle wizard and rapacious womaniser (an effective bit of mimicry from Brooklyn rapper … [Read more...] about Notorious review – Biggie Smalls’ life as a gaudy and compelling spectacle