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Copper coins: are they doomed?

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London - The U.K.'s Royal Mint, the country's official coinmaker, has opened a factory that will extract gold from e-waste to reduce its reliance on traditional mining and encourage more sustainable practices."The factory underpins our commitment to using sustainable precious metals and providing a new source of high quality, recovered gold," Sean Millard, Chief Growth Officer at The Royal Mint, said in a statement. "It allows us to reduce our reliance on mined materials and is another example of how we're working to decarbonise our operations."The Royal Mint's new factory is located in Wales and uses Canadian technology to extract...

U.K. mint extracts gold from e-waste: "What we're doing here is urban mining"

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The Royal Mint has opened a new factory to remove gold from old computers and phones and turn it into jewellery and collectables.The facility provides a sustainable source of precious metals and reduces reliance on mining.Up to 4,000 tonnes of printed circuit boards (PCBs) from e-waste like old laptops and TVs will be processed by The Royal Mint per year.It takes around 600 mobile phones to create one of the rings from the Mint’s 886 collection, weighing approximately 7.5g – similar to the weight of a £1 coin.Some 4,000 tonnes of circuit boards contain half a tonne of gold, 1,000...

Royal Mint opens new factory to recover gold from e-waste

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But read on before you go melting down your PC...

UK Royal Mint's 'urban mining' extracts more gold from old motherboards and other junk than you might think

 Switzerland will “soon” use its first portable suicide pod that will allow a person to die without the requirement of medical supervision, an assisted dying group said.The pod called Sarco, which is a futuristic-looking 3D-printed capsule, was first unveiled in 2019 for assisted suicide in Switzerland amid controversy. It works by filling its chamber with nitrogen and reducing oxygen levels rapidly once a button is activated from inside.The process would allow the person to lose consciousness and die in approximately 10 minutes.Assisted suicide has been legal in Switzerland since the 1940s, if performed by someone with no direct interest...

Switzerland to ‘soon’ use first suicide pod for assisted dying

Sunlight-photosynthesizing organisms like plants and algae have long been believed to be the Earth's original producers of oxygen. But now, researchers have found evidence of a natural O2 factory that needs neither the Sun nor the lifeforms that harness its power. The source is a chemical reaction taking place in rocks lying on the lightless seafloor thousands of feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, releasing what the researchers have dubbed "dark oxygen."

Scientists Say They've Detected a Strange Source of Electricity at the Bottom of the Ocean

A drug dealer has been jailed for three years and eight months after admitting selling crack cocaine and heroin in Worcester. Kai Stretton was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on Wednesday after police found evidence of his drug line operation on seized phones. The 18-year-old admitted two counts of being...

Dealer sentenced as drugs line shut down

Police urge the public to stop circulating the video and remain calm as they investigate.

Video of alleged gang-rape sparks uproar in Tanzania

In what can only be described as a herculean accomplishment, a team of scientists has succeeded in bringing to the surface a long, 1,268-meter section of rocks from the Earth’s Mantle. This layer, hidden beneath the crust, forms the largest chunk of our planet. The insights gained from this...

Record-breaking hole drilled into the Earth’s mantle is a scientific goldmine

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The remains of a mysterious Mayan underground structure have been unearthed in Mexico by archaeologists.
Developments in archeology continue to help bring ancient history to light and teach us about how early civilizations lived on planet earth.
Recent discoveries have revealed a 4000-year-old labyrinth found in the home of the “minotaur” in Crete, while experts may have solved one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world after a landmark discovery in Egypt.
Now, archaeologists in Campeche, Mexico, have discovered an underground structure located below a Maya ball court. 
The fascinating discovery was made when experts were in the process of excavating a...

Mysterious underground Maya structure unearthed in Mexico

It’s tempting to imagine that the world was once home to mythical lands of beauty and abundance whose streets were lined with gold.Well, if Plato is to be believed, it’s not gold they were lined with but orichalcum. At least, in the case of Atlantis.According to the iconic Greek philosopher, the fire-coloured metal was second in value only to gold, and the legendary lost continent was a hotbed of the stuff.He frequently mentions orichalcum in his Critias dialogue in which he tells the story of Atlantis, World History Encyclopedia reports.In his account, Plato claimed that the metal was mined in...

Scientists discover metal from the 'lost city of Atlantis'

Scientists have achieved a milestone in Earth science by recovering the first long section of rocks originating from the Earth’s mantle. This unprecedented achievement could unlock secrets about our planet’s history, including the origins of life and the driving forces behind volcanic activity and global elemental cycles. A...

Record-Breaking Mantle Rock Recovery Offers New Insights into Earth’s History

Editor’s Note: Here, Dr. Zahi Hawass, arguably Egypt’s most famous and celebrated archaeologist and egyptologist, recounts his recent discoveries at Gisr el-Mudir, also known as the Great Enclosure, one of the oldest stone structures known to date in Egypt, located at Saqqara and only a few hundred meters west of the Step Pyramid. Leading an excavation team, he uncovered evidence of a large cemetery consisting of tombs dated to the 5th and 6th Dynasties of Egypt’s Old Kingdom. What follows is his narrative in his own words:

Discoveries in the Shadow of the Step Pyramid

Finally, that gifted kid math class has paid off.

Scientists think there's a 10-mile-thick layer of diamond beneath the surface of Mercury, which would make you around 876 billion Minecraft pickaxes if my math is right

A man who sold heroin and crack cocaine to an undercover police officer has been jailed for 32 months. Nozmul Alom, 23, is one of dozens of people to be charged as part of a police operation to target drug dealing in Keighley. Bradford Crown Court was told the undercover...

Man jailed after undercover drugs operation

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In August 1945 the United States dropped two atomic bombs on two Japanese cities. These bombings remain the only time nuclear weapons have ever been used in a conflict. The two bombs caused immense devastation, but there was actually meant to be a third bomb. Fortunately, Japan surrendered just days before the bomb was going to be used, sparing tens of thousands of lives. However, while this bomb didn't claim any lives, its plutonium core did, killing two US physicists, earning it the name "demon core." It's easy to assume that the plan all along was for the Manhattan Project,...

Demon Core: A Third Atomic Bomb Intended For Japan That Ended Up Killing Americans

Recent research unveiled the presence of naturally occurring few-layer graphene flakes in moon soil. For those who aren’t familiar, graphene is a uniquely organized, layered structure of carbon atoms. The study was led by a stellar group of researchers, featuring Professors Meng Zou and Wei Zhang, senior engineer Xiujuan...

Graphene, the new 'wonder material' in Earth technology, found in moon soil

The Telford branch says it gets three or four calls a day from people wanting to give up their pets.

'Terrible year' for cat charity as demand spikes

A man murdered his partner in a "malevolent" attack after accusing her of having an affair with one of his sons. Colin Kennedy, 63, was jailed for life after being found guilty of the "frenzied" killing of Catherine Stewart at their home in North Lanarkshire. One of their daughters came...

Man jailed for murdering partner after affair claim

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As the stars align on August 8, 2024, the heavens are primed to make dreams come true, precious zodiacs. Whether you are striving for stability, self-improvement, or fulfillment, today's celestial energy is very influential and transformative. Particular signs have an edge above the others today. Aquarius, Gemini, and Cancer, keep your heart and mind open as you go about life. The universe beams on you today! Let's see how these zodiac signs can harness this power and what dreams are likely to show themselves.

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Royal Mint starts turning e-waste into gold

The Royal Mint, maker of the UK's coins, has begun processing electronic waste to extract gold from it. The company has built a large industrial plant...

Royal Mint starts turning e-waste into gold

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