Today's best waste of time is watching tires rolled down a ski jump to see how high they will fly. Why? Science. And if you do it wearing a white lab coat - it definitely is science. You're welcome.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f62Z8Ev9OXA

The World’s greatest food photo was unwrapped at a packed awards reception at the Mall Galleries in London last night. Bangladesh-based Shoeb Faruquee was declared overall winner of Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2017 and was presented with a cheque for £5,000 by Andy Macdonald, who heads up Pink Lady in the UK, headline sponsor of the awards. Shoeb had won the Food for Celebration category, which is sponsored by Champagne Taittinger earlier in the evening, and then went on to...

A shocking GMB report has revealed that some civilian police staff are so badly paid they can’t even afford to buy their children new clothes. The poll, conducted by the GMB - the union for civilian police staff - also reveals 70 per cent are stressed at work, while 75 per cent are unhappy at the Government pay cap. Members were very open about what caused their stress – excessive workloads and poor leadership and management. More than half of...

For the last few years android devices together with the development of numerous applications have changed the face of mobile technology. Long gone are the days where mobile phones were only limited to calling and texting. At present, mobile phones can compete with computers in almost every field such as gaming, internet and multimedia. Most people prefer using android devices because of various features including: Low costs High speed CPU Full touch support Large RAM size High camera quality Fast...

Britain's super-rich are paying less in taxes than their cleaners, according to official figures. The latest release from the Office for National Statistics shows the poorest ten per cent of households fork out 42 per cent of their income in taxes – including VAT and council tax. Conversely, the richest ten per cent pay 34.3 per cent - according to analysis by the Equality Trust. Today’s figures also show that average income for the richest fifth of households is £84,700...

President Trump wants to send a manned space flight to Mars during his time in office - which is about a decade faster than most estimates say is possible. In cringe-worthy video call to the International Space Station the President asked astronaut Peggy Whitson when she thinks a manned trip to Mars would be possible. Whitson said the current estimates of such a trip being possible in the 2030s seems right to her, but that doesn't sit right with Trump. "We want to...

In today’s fast moving technological world, it can often be difficult to decide what’s best for your business and your employees when it comes to office and meeting room technology. With both Microsoft and Cisco coming out and developing devices that allow you and your employees to meet, chat and share at the swipe of a button it only confuses the situation as to which is better for your business. Businesses are now focusing on more unified communications (UC)  as...

He could have blown out eighty candles on a birthday cake this July 28, 2017 if he hadn't blown one bullet through his head on February 20, 2005. If the earlier event never happened the future one likely would have happened in the exact same place, in the kitchen cum office cum command center of a rustic ranch house in Woody Creek Canyon ten miles outside of Aspen, Colorado. The house's owner referred to it as the Owl Farm and...

Hundreds of people witnessed a one-of-a-kind event last night as an audiobook was beamed into space for the first time ever. The audio drama Alien: River of Pain was transmitted from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, with onlookers afforded the chance to see the audio drama get converted into a digital signal and beamed out into the atmosphere, before listening themselves. The transmission was created by audiobook retailer Audible to celebrate the release of Alien: River of Pain, which details the Alien saga...