Month: May 2016
Milky weigh: our galaxy has the mass of 700bn suns, say scientists
Most accurate measurement so far has estimated the collective mass of the Milky Ways stars, black holes, dust, dark matter – and unidentified flying objects Our galaxy has a collective mass 700 billion times that of the sun, according to the most accurate measurement yet by scientists. The estimate covers the mass of all the […]
For sale: Greek islands, hotels and historic sites
As privatisation agency chairman, Stergios Pitsiorlas is seen as the right man to expedite disposal of a growing list of assets In Greece today, government power comes with few trappings. Unable to tap capital markets and dependent wholly on international aid, the debt-stricken country’s senior officials are acrobats in a tightrope act. They are placating […]
Top Gear: Trying to hold on to the magic – BBC News
The Guardian was so interested, it live blogged the show. Their reaction? I won’t spoil the surprise you can read it for yourself. The post show online discussion on the BBC Worldwide site also wasn’t impressed. Everyone knows the only reason there were two new faces in the Top Gear studio was because of an […]
‘Stockbroker’s Bible’ Just Told Oil Industry To Accept Its Demise
The editorial board of the Financial Times isn’t exactly stacked with bleeding-hearted environmentalists. Just a month ago, the British paper defended ExxonMobil’s right to question climate change amid legal probes into whether the oil giant covered up evidence of global warming. But in an editorial published Saturday, the FT urged the oil industry to “face a […]
Tony Blair: Corbyn government would be a dangerous experiment
Former prime minister says he worries about populist politicians such as Labour leader in harshest comments yet Tony Blair has said it would be a very dangerous experiment if Jeremy Corbyn or a populist politician like him were to form a government. In an interview with the BBC, the former Labour prime minister said populist […]