It heated water from room temperature to 100,000 degrees Centigrade - in under a trillionth of a second

One wonders what it was about The House That Jack Built that persuaded Cannes director Thierry Fremaux to offer devious provocateur Lars von Trier a reprieve from his enforced exile. Presumably it wasn’t the scenes of duckling mutilation and toddler taxidermy that convinced him to change his mind, more likely it’s the fact that the whole thing comes across as a conceited exercise in navel-gazing that the festival’s programmers seem so keen to lap up. Still, at least the reports...

As a criminologist who specialises in the study of organised crime, gangs and homicide, the ongoing atrocities in Gaza go beyond my areas of expertise. However, after yesterday’s tensions, I feel compelled to share my thoughts based on some observations. This piece should be viewed a critical thought piece – one that aims to chart the different types of ‘denial’ that emerge when conflict is officially addressed. Over 50 years of (illegal) occupation and a decade of blockades have made...

Cops pulled over driver after spotting the vehicle creaking under the weight

Dan Collins, 31, set up the Hemp Community Interest Company, trading as Hemp – a non-profit business selling Hemp products and cannabidiol (CBD) food supplements for people to incorporate into their everyday diet.

Bristol-based vegan charity, Viva!, have been campaigning against the sale of foie-gras since 2009. One of their greatest achievements in this campaign was in 2011 when, with the support of Bath Animal Rights Group, Bath City Council passed legislation to ban the sale of foie-gras on all of their registered food outlets. Despite the ban, local pub the Star Inn planned to sell foie-gras at Pub in the Park festival in Bath next month. However thanks to the vigilance of...

Anti-hunt activists contacted police after installing hidden cameras at the South Herefordshire Hunt kennels in 2016.

With the surprise announcement by President Trump to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum, many countries have been scrambling to deal with the potential ramifications. Trump has since exempted the European Union, as well as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea. But what does this mean for EU trade with China? And how does it affect the United Kingdom? When Trump announced his plans to impose tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum,...

Single sign on, abbreviated as SSO, is an authentication service that allows a user to access multiple services or applications using one set of login details. It authenticates the user for all applications he/she has been given the right to access eliminating the need to re-enter login credentials when switching between applications. With SSO, a user is signed on to different applications regardless of the domain, technology, and platform the user is using. An example of single sign-on is Google’s...