A builder has found a Victorian-era train ticket ledger from 1885 after it fell through the ceiling at a railway station. George Thorne discovered the 136-year-old “hidden treasure” as he removed some rotten woodwork while renovating the station’s ticket hall. The ledger, dated April 1885, contains hand-written entries of all the passenger luggage and parcels…
Contractor at Old Train Station Unearths Hand-Written Ledger From 1885 in Cambridgeshire
CEO Sees Innovation as a Solution to Plastic Pollution
When Jeff Gold founded Nexus Fuels (now Nexus Circular) in 2018, he was no greenhorn in environmental services—he first entered the field in the eighties. “The whole idea here, at least from my perspective, was to do something that would actually have a meaningful impact on the issue of plastic pollution—whether it be ocean plastics…
South Korea Reaches Space Milestone With Domestic Rocket Launch Into Space
Marking a leap for its space program, South Korea launched a domestically made rocket into space on Thursday, but it failed short of delivering a dummy payload into orbit. After decades of U.S. restrictions on missile development, South Korea built the three-stage Nuri space launch vehicle entirely using indigenous technology. The Nuri, developed by Korea…
100s More Archaeological Sites Found on Mexico Train Route
MEXICO CITY—Mexican experts said Thursday they have detected the ruins of almost 2,500 pre-Hispanic structures and 80 burial sites on just one-sixth of the route of the president’s controversial “Maya Train” project on the Yucatan peninsula. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History did not say whether any of the remains were disturbed or destroyed…
White House Wants Easier Path for ‘Climate Migrants’: Climate Security Reports
With the United Nations’ Glasgow climate conference just weeks away, on Oct. 21 several federal agencies simultaneously released four new analyses on the national security implications of climate change—including a report from the White House on climate change and migration stating that individuals citing climate change “may, in limited instances, have valid claims for refugee…
World’s Biggest Triceratops Sells for $7.7 Million in Paris
PARIS—The world’s biggest triceratops skeleton, known as “Big John,” was sold for 6.6 million euros ($7.7 million) Thursday to a private collector at a Paris auction house. The enormous skeleton, estimated to be over 66 million years old, was found in 2014 in South Dakota. The triceratops is known for its three horns on the…
Biden EPA Official Grilled on ‘Forever Chemicals’
Two days after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a roadmap on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works questioned the EPA’s Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, Radhika Fox, about how her agency plans to address PFASs, which are still used in…
VIDEO: Dolphin Spots Shark Circling Near Scuba Divers—Amazingly Tries to ‘Protect’ Them
Footage of a dolphin “protecting” a pair of divers from a shark circling nearby has gone viral—reinforcing the amazing connection that can form between humans and these remarkable marine mammals. Diver Kayleigh Grant of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, was diving a couple of miles off the coast on Oct. 21, 2020, when she found herself in the…
Amateur Diver Finds Encrusted Sword From the Crusades Believed to Be 900 Years Old off Coast of Israel
A sword believed to have belonged to a crusader who sailed to the Holy Land almost a millennium ago has been recovered from the Mediterranean seabed, thanks to an eagle-eyed amateur diver, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Monday, Oct. 18. Though encrusted with marine organisms, the meter-long blade, hilt, and handle were distinctive enough to…
Volcano in Southern Japan Erupts With Massive Smoke Column
TOKYO—A volcano in southern Japan erupted Wednesday with a massive column of gray smoke billowing into the sky. The Japan Meteorological Agency raised the warning level for Mount Aso to three on a scale of five, warning hikers and residents to avoid the mountain. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said there has been no report…
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