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As Chinese cars take over UK roads, Motoring Reporter Freda Lewis-Stempel went to China and drove thousands of kilometers to experience the reality of China's roads and its huge surprises...

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: A thorough investigation published in May 2023 found that the inner core of the Moon is, in fact, a solid ball with a density similar to that of iron. To figure it out once and for all, [astronomer Arthur Briaud of the French National Centre for Scientific Research in France] and his colleagues collected data from space missions and lunar laser-ranging experiments to compile a profile of various lunar characteristics. These include the degree of its deformation by its gravitational interaction with Earth, the variation in its distance from Earth, and its density. ... they found that the lunar core is very similar to that of Earth â" with an outer fluid layer and a solid inner core. According to their modeling, the outer core has a radius of about 362 kilometers (225 miles), and the inner core has a radius of about 258 kilometers (160 miles). That's about 15 percent of the entire radius of the Moon. The inner core, the team found, also has a density of about 7,822 kilograms per cubic meter. That's very close to the density of iron. [...] The research has been published in Nature.

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Passengers can enjoy a steam train ride into the woodland to meet with some special guests

You can take a quick walk and go visit some animals, too!

The items have all 'disappeared' with some of the equipment taken by 'departing staff members'

Robbie Williams fears weight loss jabs are 'making him blind' after noticing his vision rapidly deteriorating, in a worrying health update.

A diagnosed psychopath has revealed the secrets which set him apart from mentally healthy people, and why he never loses sleep despite harming others.

Death row inmate Tremane Wood, 46, was discovered unresponsive in his cell just hours after learning he was granted a last-minute reprieve from execution.

The Great British Schools Guide (GBSG) has released data to reveal the schools where children are the most well behaved, as rated by parents.

The Great British Schools Guide (GBSG) has released data to reveal the schools where children are the most well behaved, as rated by parents.

Protesters gathered in their hundreds and were kept well away. They could only wait in agonised terror. When police cut the lights, suddenly wailing was drowned out by gunfire.

On Friday, Wall Street's most iconic investor revealed he has snapped up more shares to finally get in on the market's AI gains.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Washington Post: Winning the lottery isn't what brought Carrie Edwards her 15 minutes of fame. It was giving it all away. Standing alone in her kitchen one day in September, the Virginia woman was thunderstruck to discover she had won $150,000 in a Powerball drawing. As she was absorbing her windfall, she said, "I just heard as loud as you can hear God or whoever you believe in the universe just say, this is -- it's not your money." Then came a decision: She would donate it all to her three most cherished charities (source paywalled; alternative source). [...] Her journey to the lucky prize started when she walked into a 7-Eleven with a friend who wanted to buy two Powerball tickets. The jackpot for the Sept. 6 drawing was topping $1.7 billion, the second-largest amount ever. Edwards, 68, hardly ever played the lottery, but her friend was an active player who gave her two pieces of advice: Always buy a paper ticket, rather than getting them online. And the Powerball multiplier is a scam, don't do it. She ignored him on both accounts. She created a Virginia Lottery account on her phone. Then, instead of the typical strategies of using family birthdays and lucky numbers, she went to ChatGPT -- which she had only recently started using for research -- and asked, "Do you have any winning numbers for me?" "Luck is luck," replied the chatbot. Then it gave numbers that she plugged in -- paying the extra dollar for the Power Play to multiply anything she might win. She initially thought luck wasn't on her side when she didn't win the massive jackpot. But what she didn't realize is that she'd picked the "draw two" option, meaning her numbers were reentered for the next drawing. When she got a notification on her phone that she had won, she said, she thought it was a scam, or maybe she'd won something small, like $10. Just to satisfy her curiosity, she logged into her account and saw that she had matched four of the five numbers plus the Powerball in that second drawing. It would have been a $50,000 payout, but the multiplier tripled her winnings.

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Married At First Sight UK stars Keye Luke and Davide Anica have split, the Daily Mail can reveal.

The Daily Mail can reveal a bizarre anomaly in the distribution of Chinese restaurants across the country.

The second in command at the FBI was allowed to circumvent critical vetting processes to gain access to some of the most classified US secrets, insiders are warning.

Disgraced former US ambassador Peter Mandelson has lost an honorary post atr the design Museum over his links with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. .

The Beatles' new biopics have hit a major stumbling block as filmmakers have reportedly been banned from shooting on the iconic Abbey Road.

How would you feel about paying a hefty £2.25 for a single piece of bread? That's the exorbitant price tag on Marks & Spencer's 'pan de cristal'.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, 65, could reportedly set up home in a £10million luxury villa in the Abu Dhabi royal family's fortified estate, to live a life of luxury away from the media spotlight.