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This is my go to recipe for lunchboxes, that my Mum has made for many years and i remember from growing up. Took me a while to remember the amounts not in ounces! It uses few ingredients, but is super quick to make and simply delicious to eat.  · I've seen lots of variations with raisins or nuts added, but this one is im my opinion by far the best.  · Mum always used to make it in round tins and cut it into triangles, but you can use whichever…

A Spooky 'Blood Moon' Is About to Appear in The Sky. Here's How to See It. · When the moon gets spooky on Friday night, don't panic. It's not an omen, it's just an eclipse. · Earth will cast its shadow across the moon, turning its surface red as our planet, our moon, and our sun align. That's why total lunar eclipses are sometimes called the " blood moon." · This will be the first total lunar eclipse in nearly two-and-a-half years. · The red…

13 March 1956 · New Zealand was already 3–0 down in the series going into the fourth and final test at Eden Park in Auckland. Their West Indies opponents included household names such as Gary Sobers and Everton Weekes, who had broken batting records for a New Zealand season. · New captain John Reid won the toss and decided to bat first. His aggressive innings of 84 underpinned New Zealand’s total of 255. Then Tony MacGibbon and Harry Cave…

The globally televised spat between US President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was described as “good television” by Trump. · Zelenskyy insulted his hosts and was led out of the White House.  · Back in Europe he was welcomed back as a hero, for standing up to Trump. This will have negative consequences for Ukraine and widen the transatlantic rift.  · Behind the performative meltdown there…

Rise Robotics is setting its sights on getting its name in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world's strongest non-hydraulic robotic arm – a record that has remained uncontested for nearly a decade after the Fanuc M-2000iA/2300 bench-pressed 5,070 lb (2,300 kg). How? With good old-fashioned belts and pulleys. · It might sound a bit old-school, but Rise has developed a belt and pulley system that, from the outside, looks very much like…

Forget trawling through financial data, following your ‘gut feeling’, or perhaps even your fund manager. Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way stock trading is done. · AI-driven real-time data analysis can do much more than flesh-and-blood stock traders. It can look into patterns and statistics from the past and process vast data sets to help investors build diversified portfolios. · The unmatched ability of AI-powered machine…

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified a bunch of genes linked to obesity in dogs – and found the very same ones in humans predisposed to putting on weight too. · A group of five genes was found to be the culprit in British Labrador Retrievers, with one called DENND1B having the most profound effect. DENND1B directly affects a brain pathway responsible for regulating the energy balance in the body, called the leptin…

In March last year, researchers found that among a group of nearly 300 participants, people who had higher concentrations of plastics in deposits of fat in their arteries (arterial plaques) were more likely to experience heart attacks or strokes, and more likely to die as a result, than those in whom plastics were not detected1. Since it was published, the New England Journal of Medicine study has been mentioned more than 6,600 times on social…

Around 360 B.C., the ancient Greek philosopher Plato described a powerful, advanced island civilization that existed 9,000 years before his time. In his Socratic dialogues called Timaeus and Critias, he describes this civilization, located beyond the Pillars of Hercules (modern-day Strait of Gibraltar) as a vast, wealthy empire with glorious architecture, advanced technology, and a strong military. · This great civilization, according to the…

Scientists have found further evidence that long-term use of common over-the-counter pain medication such as aspirin and ibuprofen may reduce the risk of developing dementia. While it's not the first time anti-inflammatory drugs have been linked to preserving cognitive function, this new research has found there's more to it than popping a pill every few months. · Researchers from the Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam tracked…