United Kingdom Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has announced that the British government intends to cut funding to the BBC license fee by 2027. Ms Dorries told Parliament that the Conservative party could not fathom the idea of increasing the license fee for the BBC while people around the UK were struggling to make ends meet.…
An asteroid called (7482) 1994 PC1 which is twice the size of the Empire State Building is expected to pass by earth sometime January 18. Discovered in 1994 by Scottish-Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught the near-earth asteroid will pass by earth approximately 1.9 million kilometres away and is travelling at a speed of 70, 415…
This past Saturday’s eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano had sent tsunami warnings to some parts of Australia with the threat now cancelled. As of late last night, The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) revoked all Tsunami watch for the east coast of Australia claiming that there is no longer a threat. Originally…
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke announced last Friday that tennis star Novak Djokovic would have his visa revoked for a second time leading the Serbian to be deported. In a statement Mr Hawke gave reasoning for his decision to cancel the visa a second time causing Djokovic to miss out on the Australian Open. “Today I…
Blockchain Analysis Software company Chainalysis has previewed information of its upcoming 2022 Crypto Crime Report revealing that crypto crime is at the moment quite low. According to Chainalysis from 2020 to 2021 there was an increase of over $7 billion in cryptocurrency-based crime with illicit address receiving $14 billion in the past year. This increase…
Scientists have built a Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) that is working on creating the largest 3D map of the universe. According to the US Department of Energy Office of Science, DESI “will measure the effect of dark energy on the expansion of the universe”. While it will “also obtain optical spectra for tens of…
Early this Tuesday, US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stated in a U.S senate committee that cyrptocurrencies and US central bank coin could coexist. The question was put to him from Senate Member Pat Toomey who asked, “If Congress were to authorize and the Fed were to pursue a central bank digital dollar, is there…
Construction on Earth’s Black Box is set to be complete early 2022 but has already started to record the potential downfall of humanity. Made of 7.5-centimetre-thick steel, solar powered and 10 metres long the monolith is being constructed to outlast almost any major catastrophe the earth may face. The monolith is being built in Tasmania…
Prince Andrew has had both his HRH title and military roles stripped among the ongoing sexual assault allegations and US civil action against him. Earlier this morning, Buckingham Palace released a statement that Prince Andrew will no longer be using titles, military roles or performing public duties. “With The Queen’s approval and agreement, The Duke…
The World Economic Forum released its annual Global Risks Report with issues such as climate, cybersecurity, and space among major topics mentioned in the assessment. Each year the World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with insurance company Marsh McLennan releases a report that according to WEF “tracks global risks perceptions among risk experts and world…