From a tunnel of inflatable swimming pool toys – to hotel rooms made of giant concrete tubes – take a look at 12 striking structures that celebrate small-scale 21st Century architecture. “I wanted to show how scale really is not a barrier to creativity. In fact, probably the inverse is ... Read More »
Most of the people killed in last Tuesday’s terror attacks in Brussels have now been identified. Thirty-five people were killed in the three bomb attacks at Brussels airport and Maelbeek metro station and many more were injured. The casualties came from a wide variety of countries including, Belgium, Colombia, Ecuador, ... Read More »
A captive breeding programme that has tripled numbers of lynx in Spain over the last 15 years may now be followed by the reintroduction of the lynx to the UK after an absence of more than 1,000 years. While the return of a major predator worries farmers, the tufty-eared cat ... Read More »
Takeaway Overall survival was similar in patients receiving chemotherapy following radium-223 and placebo, irrespective of prior docetaxel use. Chemotherapy was well-tolerated in patients who had previously received radium-223. Key results 142 radium-223 and 64 placebo patients received subsequent chemotherapy, most commonly docetaxel (70% radium-223 vs 72% placebo) and mitoxantrone (16% ... Read More »
The bill would have allowed faith-based organisations to refuse service to gay and transgender people. Disney, the National Football League, Coca-Cola and others threatened to pull business out of the state. The veto comes as other US states enacted similar laws that limit gay rights. “I believe it is a ... Read More »
The Harry Potter author JK Rowling has shared some withering rebuffs publishers sent to her alter ego Robert Galbraith, in an effort to comfort aspiring authors. Rowling posted the rejection letters on Twitter after a request from a fan. They related to The Cuckoo’s Calling, her first novel as Galbraith. ... Read More »
The Harlequins director of rugby, Conor O’Shea, will become the new head coach of the Italian national team in June. The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) announced on Friday the 45-year-old former Ireland full-back would succeed Jacques Brunel on a four-year contract. O’Shea, who led Quins to the Premiership title in ... Read More »
SAS forces have been deployed in Libya since the beginning of the year, according to a confidential briefing given to US congressional leaders by the king of Jordan. A leaked memo indicates the US lawmakers were personally briefed by King Abdullah in January about plans for Jordan’s special forces to ... Read More »
Google has announced that its Nik Collection of photo editing plug-ins are now available for free. Google says that the decision to make the collection free came about as a result of the company shifting focus to its set of mobile photo editing tools: Photo enthusiasts all over the world ... Read More »
Keeping up with the news used to be pretty simple. You picked up your preferred tabloid or broadsheet newspaper on the way to work, or tuned into a scheduled news bulletin on the radio or your TV. The internet has transformed the way in which news is created and distributed ... Read More »
