I may called biased because I’m based in Sheffield but seeing a local teenager correcting NASA’s Data has definitely made me grin. 50 000 Historic Gay Convictions Quashed in Germany Solar-Powered Skin for Prosthetic Limbs Teenager with Downs Syndrome addresses UN in Geneva 1st Dinosaurs may have Originated in Britain Dinosaur Asteroid Crater Ten Rescued […]
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Stolen Van Goghs back on Display NASA’s ‘Smallsats’ Open up New Ways of Exploring the Solar System Australia’s Northern Territory Decriminalises Abortion Power Rangers Film to Feature Openly Gay Hero HIV Prevention Drug ‘Highly Effective’ according to Welsh Report Best Friends Legally Recognised as Co-Parents in Canadian First Baby receives Life-Saving Surgery to Remove […]
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Sometimes #R2BC isn’t just about positive news but the sort of stories that humble and amaze. The recent explosion of a meteor over the Atlantic is just one such story. As we send up a 3D Printer to the ISS and dream of what we create in micro gravity and reach out into the universe, sometimes […]
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After the recent news about the trials of a potential malaria vaccine, today’s news that North & South America are free of German Measles is amazing news. Not a lot I can add to that. 🙂 Americas free of Rubella Pioneering Surgery gives man back use of his arm Nepalese boy found 5-Days after Quake […]
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“Without Borders” is the theme today, not just because of Journalists Without Borders, or Earth welcoming 3 Astronauts home from the ISS but mostly of some of the fascinating stories that I’ve found through Associated Press and Reuters. Reasons to be Cheerful started with the idea that, while news bulletins may be full of suffering, […]
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Another day for amazing discoveries. I saw some of the research going into the latest prosthetics last year but to see them coming to such fruition is joyous. Then to see that designs may be improved no end with bespoke designs using motion capture. Continuing the theme of gifts, NASA e-mailed designs which were then […]
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While the possible thawing of tensions in the Far East is great news I have to say that the news that, blues guitarist, Wilko Johnson fights to play another year really warms my heart. I remember, not that long ago, listening to Wilko talk about his cancer, his good humour and being at peace with […]
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Calm in Yemen in wake of peace deal Rockefellers switch investment from fossil fuels to clean energy Maven satellite reaches Mars Peru creates new anti-logging commission New civilian disarmament plan to help reduce rate of violence in Venezuela Caernarfon solar park gets go ahead Molten Metal Batteries aimed to help renewable energy British Museum recreated […]
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Scientist get rare chance to examine Colossal Squid Ebola trial volunteer immunised UK Jobless rate at lowest level since 2008 Teenager helps stop assault on Police Officer Outdoor Gyms in Brazil helping senior citizens 4 survive plane crash in Florida Swedish King unhurt after car crash Powys man rescued from Snowdonia £25m donated to NI […]
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For anyone wondering where R2BC went last week, yours truly was celebrating with friends and family as I do every year and while my All Hallows Eve was relatively sedate the above video shows what happens when a bunch of NASA rocket scientists compete at pumpkin carving. Crazy, scary, ingenious, and certain to entertain. With […]
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Travels of a Silicon Nomad 