Monster black hole devours dead star

Deep in the heart of a globular cluster orbiting an elliptical galaxy, it looks very much as if a massive black hole is in the process of tearing apart and devouring the remnant of an old star. And how do we know we’re witnessing this violent stellar demise? Black holes are messy eaters.

World's tallest building set to open in Dubai

In recent years Dubai has grabbed the headlines with audacious offshore islands, rotating buildings and a seven star hotel. On Monday it opens the world's tallest building, Burj Dubai, and here is a view from the top, and here is a brief history

Mars' ancient lake beds spied by Nasa probe

New images of Mars suggest the Red Planet had large lakes on its surface as recently as three billion years ago.

higher airport security and dodgy screening

Is screening fair at all? Here is Nigerias opinion and US response to Christmas Day foiled bomb plot, but as has always been said, nobody can tell who is going to plant a bomb, who is Muslim etc etc. 10% of British Muslims are white, but I would be very surprised if they become the target of new screening procedures.

Going back to Morocco soon... I guess I will see on my exit from here and my entrance back in whether it starts to affect me.....we'll see!

Super Powers

When given the chance to suspend all disbelief and enter a pure fantasy world (especially you people who thought they really had a shot to do a movie with Clooney or Streep), what better world than Superheroes? So what superpowers do people really want? see here!