MIT Research: New Earth

" " Young planets around other stars may be easier to spot because they stay hotter way longer than astronomers have thought, according to new work by MIT planetary scientist Linda Elkins-Tanton. For a few million years after their initial formation, planets like Earth...

Is this the world's shortest double yellow line?

Apart from the brightly coloured roadster which Noddy uses to drive his friend Big Ears around Toyland, it is hard to imagine what vehicle could fall foul of this set of double yellow lines. Their total length is a mere 38 inches, less than a third of the average car.

New roofs to brighten up market stalls

A LONG-ESTABLISHED market has been given a make-over. In a project initiated by Wellingborough Council, every stall on the town's Market Place now sports a brightly coloured solid roof. The contract was given to Higham Flat Roofing who worked hard to complete the make-over in...

Danger in Toyland

"San Francisco's ban on toxic toys - including such classics as the rubber ducky - highlights the lurking danger of plastic contaminants. They line the nursery section of children's toy stores like brightly colored candies: rubber duckies for bathtime, chewable rings for...