Scientists have gathered some of the most compelling evidence yet for the existence of water on the moon – and it may be relatively accessible. The discovery has implications for future missions to the moon and deeper space exploration.more
The research, carried out by cookware store Oliver’s Kitchen, found eight out of 10 people admitted to never cleaning their microwaves – which is particularly gross considering how often food spills over or soup spits as it’s heating up.more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not reply to the letter in which footballer Marcus Rashford personally asked him to join his task force to fight malnutrition of children from the poorest families, Sky News revealed.more
A 99-year-old Spanish grandmother who has beaten Covid-19, is glad to be back watching her favourite TV show and playing computer games with her five-year-old great-grandson.
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In what most people would consider a lucrative mistake, a Detroit-area man who accidentally bought an extra lottery ticket has won two $1 million jackpots.more
One of the oldest mansions in Mayfair is up for sale for £54.5 million making it the most expensive property to come on the open market in London since lockdown.more
A giant aluminium globe-shaped bar, complete with five brass barstools, will be offered for sale by a Maryland auctioneer – as the bar from “Hitler’s yacht”.more
The Royal Mint has no plans to make new 2p or £2 coins for the next 10 years. A coin mountain lies in storage as demand has dropped, in contrast to banknotes.more
A London law firm is looking to recruit a dog walker on a salary of up to £30,000 a year. The somewhat unusual ‘Private Assistant and Dog Walker’ role is currently being advertised on behalf of Joseph Hage Aaronson, a litigation specialist with offices in Holborn.more
Cities are in part defined by their bridges and crossings. They are meant to be the jewels along their rivers, provide vital transport links and beautiful vantage points of a city.more
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts has blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and successfully reached orbit, footage broadcast by Russia's space agency Roscosmos showed.more
Huge luck for a lottery player from Baden-Württemberg: The woman won the highest win so far in the 6aus49 drawing. More than 42 million will soon land in their account.more
An 11-year-old boy who wrote a letter to his idol Jurgen Klopp about his anxiety over starting secondary school was staggered when the Liverpool boss sent him a personal letter back.more
More people are being born without wisdom teeth and an extra artery in their arm as a result of a human "microevolution" in recent years, a study has found.more
Two American economists won the Nobel Prize on Monday for improving the theory of how auctions work and inventing new and better auction formats that are now woven into many parts of the economy, including one that revolutionized the telecom industry.more
The secret file is said to contain incredible colour photographs of the infamous sighting in 1990, where two hitchhikers claim they saw a 100ft craft hovering over Calvine in Scotlandmore
Daniel Ricciardo's first podium finish for Renault comes with a special bonus. He gets to choose a tattoo for his boss. The Australian driver and Renault team principal Cyril Abiteboul had a bet that Abiteboul would get a tattoo of Ricciardo's choice if he could finish in the top three of a race this season. Ricciardo managed it with a run to third in the Eifel Grand Prix on Sunday.more
15 kilograms of sand and pebbles from the beaches of Sardinia were sent back to the island by a resident of Tuscany after 40 years, since she took this peculiar holiday souvenir from there. She found sand in her basement.more
The employer should pay for the coffee, tea, toilet paper, gas, electricity and water used by employees while working at home, said NIBUD, a Dutch foundation funded primarily by the government and advising on household finances.more
September was the warmest on record globally, according to the weather service Copernicus. It was 0.05C hotter than September last year, which in turn set the previous record high for the month.more
