The Earth is not round (but it’s not flat either)
Source: BBC By Adam Proctor 3 June 2016 This animation is based on an episode from BBC Radio 4’s series The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry. Listen to A […]
What we would actually do to stop a ‘doomsday’ asteroid
Source: BBC By Jesse Emspak Lumps of rock flying through space could cause catastrophic damage to our planet. What could we do if we found one on a collision course? […]
What really happened when the “dino-killer” asteroid hit earth
Source: BBC By Jane Palmer Where armies of trees once stretched skywards, seemingly escaping from the thickets of ferns and shrubs that clawed at their roots, only scorched trunks remain. […]
How high could sea levels rise?
Source: BBC By Vivien Cumming If climate change continues, we can expect a large rise in sea level this century, and it will only get worse in the centuries to […]
THE CRACKS RIPPING EARTH APART
Source: BBC By Melissa Hogenboom Standing on a high vantage point at Thingvellir Park, I overlook a vast rocky, snow-covered rift valley. Fissures and cracks scar the landscape, filled with […]
The terrifying tsunami that devastated Britain
Source: BBC By Amanda Ruggeri Some 8,000 years ago, a tsunami with a run-up height of up to 25m swept Scottish islands and the coastline at 80mph. It may have […]
Can quicksand really suck you to your death
Source: BBC By Claudia Hammond 29 March 2016 We’ve all seen the films. A man is caught in quicksand, begging onlookers for help, but the more he struggles, the further […]
Japan: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Hosts & Invites All Faiths to 5th Inferfaith Peace Conference
An interfaith gathering is to take place in “The Japan Mosque” to mark interfaith peace prayer service at the occasion of 5th anniversary of Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. The objective […]
The microbes so extreme they might survive on Mars
Source: BBC Mars is a hostile planet. Its distance from the sun makes it cold and barren – average daily temperatures on Mars are around -60C and this falls to […]