A dumping ground for nuclear waste located near the British coast is "virtually certain" to be washed away by rising sea levels, a new report warns. The UK Environment Agency has admitted that constructing the Drigg Low-Level Waste Repository so near the coast was a mistake, and that one million cubic meters of nuclear waste will begin leaking into the ocean "a few hundred to a few thousand years from now."
This is bizarre. A 16-year-old girl saw a giant black ring in the sky above England and captured it on video. After three minutes of floating around like a cloud, the black ring disappeared completely. So far, experts have no idea what it was.
In 2012, American homes consumed 3.65 billion kilowatthours (kWh) worth of electricity—up from 720 million kWh in 1950—more than double per household than our British counterparts, and second only to China. How did the American home become such an energy hog, despite so many advances in efficient appliances and construction? Blame the American Dream.
One of the many things that has irked people who spend their hard-earned money on CDs and DVDs through legitimate means is that the movie and music studios wanted it … Continue reading
Internet trolls, bullies, and other ne’er-do-wells could face longer jail sentences in the United Kingdom, if an amendment on the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill passes Parliament. Presently, Internet trolls … Continue reading
Online retailers and digital content providers might soon be facing some rather heavy taxes if Goerge Osborne gets his way. Under a new law that will cover intra-EU business to … Continue reading
When you think of counterfeiting money, chances are you are thinking about bank notes and how forgers use machinery to print and attempt to replicate the money as close to the real deal as possible.
In fact safe to say when it comes to counterfeiting, you don’t really think about coins being counterfeited, do you? Well according to the UK’s Royal Mint, they estimate that about 3% of all £1 coins are forgeries, which is why they have recently announced a 12-sided £1 coin that is expected to make its way into circulation come 2017. (more…)
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True to earlier leaks and promises, Google has officially started shipping the Chromecast to territories outside of the US. Now interested buyers in 11 countries will be able to enjoy … Continue reading
In recent weeks, it was made known Google’s Chromecast would be arriving in the United Kingdom sometime this month, giving just about two weeks on the dot for an official … Continue reading
U.K. Internet Of Things Startups & Projects To Get £46M More Government Cash By 2015
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe U.K. Prime Minister is clearly a fan of the HAPIfork. At a speech at Europe’s CeBIT tech conference yesterday David Cameron announced an additional £45 million in funding for research in areas linked to the Internet of Things. Read More