Funny Tweets Of The Week: Boris Johnson, David Miliband, Flapjacks And More - FrontMotion Firefox. As we write this, it's Maundy Thursday - the day after Sheffield Wednesday - and as it's Good Friday tomorrow, and thus a bank holiday for all of us (not just Cypriots), Funny Tweets Of The Week is coming to you a whole day early. It is, we hope, what Jesus would have wanted. Leading the funnies this week is Boris Johnson's bicycle crash of an interview with Eddie Mair - followed swiftly by tweets about David Miliband, Abu Qatada, Cyprus, flapjacks, BBC TV Centre, our inclement spring weather and much more. Including that most sacred of celebrations: National Cleavage Day.
The result, we hope, is almost as enjoyable as watching Boris Johnson being interviewed by Eddie Mair. Enjoy - and happy Easter! Luc Room - FrontMotion Firefox. Is this how Sherlock faked his death? The Jonathan Creek trick Holmes could have copied involving a fake trap door | Mail Online - FrontMotion Firefox. It seems the case may have been solved by rival master of deduction with a knack for explaining the impossible Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays the show’s protagonist, was seen filming the opening episode of the next series By Guy Adams Published: 01:46 GMT, 28 March 2013 | Updated: 01:49 GMT, 28 March 2013 This is a mystery every bit as fiendish as any of those solved by the great detective himself, and it is baffling the ten million armchair sleuths who watch TV’s Sherlock.
How did the world’s most famous private investigator fake his own death at the end of the last series? Now it seems that the case might have been solved by a rival master of deduction with a knack for explaining the seemingly impossible — fellow fictional sleuth Jonathan Creek. In the final episode of last year’s series of Sherlock, the world’s most famous detective had been lured to the roof of St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London by his arch-nemesis, the deranged Professor Moriarty. Sherlock Or did he he use... AndrewBloch : Headline of the Day.... Clubs eye Gavin Henson as Exiles’ hopes hang in the balance - Rugby Union - Sport - London Evening Standard - FrontMotion Firefox.
Technology - X-47B stealth drone targets new frontiers - FrontMotion Firefox. The US Navy's cutting-edge robot fighter plane aims to be the first unmanned aerial vehicle to take-off and land at sea. As a fighter plane prepares to take off from a naval carrier at sea, the pilot and deck crew go through a tightly choreographed series of hand signals to tell each other they are ready to launch. It ends with a final “salute” from the pilot to indicate that the aircraft is ready to be catapulted off the deck. But when the X-47B, the US Navy’s newest prototype combat aircraft, prepares for its first carrier launch early next year, there will be no salute.
That’s because there will also be no pilot. Instead, the X-47B will blink its wingtip navigation lights, a robotic nod to the human salute (and mimicking what the Navy does for night launches), before the catapult officer presses the launch button, and the robotic aircraft is flung off the front of the ship Forward fire The craft was revealed in 2008 but is only now undergoing sea tests aboard the USS Harry S. Science & Environment - Amazon’s ‘invisible flying rivers’ - FrontMotion Firefox.
The Amazon is famous for its mighty river which flows from the heart of South America to the Atlantic Ocean. The great river has the largest drainage basin in the world and single-handedly accounts for around one-fifth of the world's total river flow. But there is another little-known river that flies above the canopy which is just as powerful and just as important. The trees in the Amazon suck up water from the ground and pump out billion of tonnes of water vapour a day into vast “flying rivers”.
In this film Dr Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, from Columbia University and Cirfor (Center for International Forestry Research), lead scientist with The Nature Conservancy Dr M Sanjayan, ecological economist Dr Trista Patterson and environmental economist Pavan Sukhdev, reveal how this water is carried across Latin America where it falls as rain and nourishes the agricultural economies of these countries. Science says that awesome Game of Thrones ice wall is impossible | Blastr - FrontMotion Firefox. We love science as much as the next geek, but sometimes it can be a real fun killer. We accept that not everything in a fantasy series can exist in real life.
For example -- dragons. Dragons are awesome, but we've all reluctantly accepted that none of us is ever going to stumble upon one and make it a pet. But the gigantic wall of ice that protects the Seven Kingdoms from the perils of the north in Game of Thrones? Let's look at the facts. Well, according to engineer Mary Alibert from the Ice Drilling Program Office at Dartmouth College, "Even at very cold temperatures, large ice masses deform under their own weight.
Basically, even if you measured twice, cut once, and got all your math right, the wall would shift and crack until the whole thing fell to rubble. Big Momma Nature might be able to make it happen, but that sort of thing takes thousands of years and, sadly, time travl is another one of those sci-fi things we haven't figured out yet. (via Wired) What's gone wrong with the scrum? - FrontMotion Firefox.