Month: June 2021

A ‘heat dome’ engulfing Canada and the US states of Washington and Oregon is thought to have caused dozens of deaths, officials said on Tuesday. Police in British Columbia said they had responded to 65 sudden death callouts since the heatwave began in the region on Friday. “Vancouver has never experienced heat like this, and
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Black holes have been detected eating neutron stars “like Pac-Man” – a first-time discovery. Astrophysicists spotted two instances of this violent cosmic event using the Advanced LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors. Previous gravitational wave detections have spotted black holes colliding, and neutron stars merging. However, this is the first time scientists have detected a
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Senior overseas business executives will no longer need to quarantine when arriving in England if their trip is likely to be of “significant economic benefit to the UK”. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said that, subject to business leaders meeting strict criteria, they could “temporarily” leave mandatory COVID-19 isolation for work
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