Archives for March 2016

Harry Maplethorpe, 11, of Fleetwood, Lancashire used to cough so much at night that he was often too exhausted for school. He was referred to an NHS allergy clinic.

Meteorologists may soon be able to predict extreme heat in the Eastern US as much as 50 days in advance, according to a new study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. (file photo)

The National Snow and Ice Data Center says ice covered a maximum of 5.607 million square miles of the Arctic Ocean in 2016. That’s 5,000 square miles less than the old record set in 2015.

In villages such as Sidoharjo, Karangpatihan and Krebet, people who suffer from Down’s Syndrome are kept shackled to the floor or locked up in dark, cell-like rooms.

New research based on more than 550,000 men worldwide shows that the likelihood of developing the disease decreases with coffee.

Lilly Nicholas has impressed the nation with her lambing skills after they were featured on Countryfile. She delivered a lamb at her family’s farm in Monmouthshire.

Authorities in several Florida cities have seen an increase in emergency calls related to people being slumped over in a stupefied state as they have overdosed on the drug known as spice.

For a simple test leave a cat treat in a glass, then wait and watch which paw your cat decides to use. Just like humans felines use a dominant paw, and a rare few are even ambidextrous too.

From above they look like streaks of colourful paint dripping down a canvas – but these images, in areas such as Alaska and Iceland, show the breathtaking wonder of braided rivers.