Giant condors can travel over 100 miles without flapping their wings

Giant condors can travel more than 100 miles without flapping their wings and instead spend most of their time gliding on thermal updrafts, new research shows.  UK biologists deployed logging devices on the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), the heaviest known soaring bird, to show how it flies with limited flapping. Incredibly, one bird flew continuously … Read more

National Grid starts construction on UK-Denmark electricity cable

Britain’s National Grid has started constructing its ‘Viking Link’ – an interconnector system that will allow the exchange of electricity between Denmark and the UK.  The undersea cable will stretch 475 miles between Lincolnshire in England and South Jutland in Denmark, allowing clean energy to be shared between the nations.  The 1.4 gigawatt high-voltage electricity interconnector will … Read more

Girlfriend pleaded with Benjamin Keough before ‘suicide’

A distressed woman was heard screaming ‘don’t do it’ at the home of Elvis Presley’s grandson who died of a gunshot wound in the early hours of Sunday morning, DailyMail.com can reveal. Police said Lisa Marie Presley’s son Benjamin Keough, 27, died after reportedly shooting himself in the torso at his family’s luxury Calabasas, California … Read more

Why we should DITCH plant-based diets and eat more offal, former vegan argues in new book

An ex-vegan is calling for people to ditch plant-based diets and eat more offal, arguing meat is environmentally friendly provided it’s sustainably sourced. Former research biochemist Robb Wolf, who lives in Texas, who co-authored the book Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat with dietitian Diana Rodgers, suffered from ulcerative colitis, a long-term condition where the … Read more

Why we should DITCH plant-based diets and eat more offal, former vegan argues in new book

An ex-vegan is calling for people to ditch plant-based diets and eat more offal, arguing meat is environmentally friendly provided it’s sustainably sourced. Former research biochemist Robb Wolf, who lives in Texas, who co-authored the book Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat with dietitian Diana Rodgers, suffered from ulcerative colitis, a long-term condition where the … Read more