Groundsman’s revenge at the Oval, and reminders of grim episode that reflects poorly on India’s head coach, and on the power dynamics of elite cricket Nothing does irony quite like Test cricket. Say what you like about the world’s most desiccated, Miss Havisham-ish team sport, out there trailing around the...
US lightning flash was longest on record at 515 miles, scientists say
The 2017 flash, which stretched from east Texas to near Kansas City, beat the previous record by almost 50 miles A 515-mile (829km) lightning flash has set a new record as the longest ever identified. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed the new world record for the flash registered on...
World’s ‘oldest baby’ born from embryo frozen in 1994
Parents of boy born in Ohio, US, used ‘adopted’ IVF embryo that had been stored away for more than 30 years The world’s “oldest baby” has been born in the US from an embryo that was frozen in 1994, it has been reported. Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was born on 26...