Maryland: A father and son in the US have set a Guinness World Record by collecting 7,507 items of memorabilia from the drama series Doctor Who. Lee Thompson said he wanted to be a doctor since watching the British sci-fi series on PBS as a child K has been a fan and introduced his son William Thompson to the franchise…
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London: Britain’s oldest skydiver made history by jumping from the sky in the English county of Suffolk. World War II veteran and former member of the Women’s Royal Naval Service Manette Bailey has become the oldest woman to skydive by jumping from the sky to collect donations to mark her 102nd birthday. Manette Bailey made the jump inspired by the…
London: A British national has broken the Guinness World Record by skiing from an 18,753-foot cliff. 34-year-old Joshua Bregman completed the feat on Mira Peak in the Himalayas to claim the title of the world’s highest ski base jump. Bregman said he and his team spent two weeks preparing for the record by inspecting the jump site and clearing debris…
The British Space Agency (UKSA) has developed new technologies to test drug manufacturing inside the International Space Station. BiologIC Technologies shared with According to BiologIC, the harsh environment of space requires a robust, widespread and partially automated bioprocessing infrastructure. The company said it has created a precision bioprocessing platform that works in microgravity. UKSA and BiologIC plan to build a…
Antwerp: Archaeologists have discovered an estimated 100-year-old British train car while excavating a 19th-century castle in Belgium. According to the London North Eastern Railway (LNER), researchers working to excavate the Northern Citadel in Antwerp, Belgium discovered a dark red train car with the LNER logo on it. The logging truck is believed to be about 100 years old, consultant archaeologist…