A rubbish shop?
A shop stocked with rubbish dating back to more than three decades has opened in the UK.
The pop up store, which has been filled with items collected in just half a day, has been set up to highlight the scale of the litter problem in just one town. Under signs promoting “forest fresh” and “locally sourced”, the store in Coleford, Gloucestershire, is stocked with shelves of dumped cans, plastic bottles, a chiller cabinet of empty sandwich packets and an unopened packet of ready salted crisps dating from the mid-1980s.
Items such as a 33-year-old packet of crisps aren’t actually for sale but aimed at persuading people not to drop litter in the Forest of Dean. As well as the shop, a vending machine stocked with some of the rubbish has also been set up as part of the anti-litter initiative.
If it succeeds in reducing the amount of litter dumped by locals and visitors to the forest, the scheme will be rolled out nationally.
A bus that drives over cars?
Yes, you read it right! The bus will apparently be able to carry 1,200 passengers over vehicles and let traffic pass underneath it.
The scale model of the ‘Transit Elevated Bus’ was demonstrated at the 19th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo. The vehicle appeared to run on a set of fixed rails embedded on the road, which meant it is likely to be a cross between a tram and a bus.
Engineers hope the design will increase the availability of road space, and cause fewer traffic jams than regular buses. It is also expected to save costs compared to other public transport options.
The world’s smallest egg!
There is a new record for the world’s smallest chicken egg after a hen laid one smaller than a 5p coin. Georgia Crouchman, was collecting eggs from her 20 chickens when she spotted the miniscule egg.
The shell-shocked animal lover carefully took the tiny egg inside and shone a light through it to confirm it was indeed the real thing.
Georgia, a brewer from Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk, measured the teeny egg at just 1.55cm tall — making it the tiniest ever. It beats one crowned the smallest last year, which was 1.8cm high.
Surprised Georgia said: “I’m not really sure what to do with it.
Georgia found the egg on the floor of the coop, so isn’t sure which hen laid it.
Tut’s dagger was made with iron from a meteorite
It is revealed that King Tut’s dagger was made with metal from a meteorite. A team of researchers, including experts from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, analysed the weapon which was unearthed by Howard Carter’s team in 1922.
After going through more scanning non-invasive, portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, it is revealed that the iron in the blade came from a meteorite.
“Meteoric iron is clearly indicated by the presence of a high percentage of nickel,” said Daniela Comelli of Physics of Milan Polytechnic.
The researchers also stood with a hypothesis that ancient Egyptians placed great importance on rocks falling from the sky and the high quality of the blade suggests that Tutankhamun, who lived during the latest stage of the Bronze Age, was supported by ironworkers who were skilled despite the relative rarity of the material.
Published in Dawn, Young World, June 18th, 2016
