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The solution to the seventeenth century stumperEarlier today I set you a puzzle that Isaac Newton posed in 1679 in a latter to Robert Hooke. I mentioned that the answer is counter-intuitive, and also gave you the hint that it might have something to do with figure skating. Here’s the problem again, with its solution.The tower dropslightly to the westslightly to the eastexactly at the bottom Continue reading...
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Capital city submerged in waist-high flood water, while elsewhere Hurricane Nolo threatens Hawaii’s Big IslandBangkok was declared a disaster zone by its city officials towards the end of last week, after streets in Thailand’s capital city were submerged in up to waist-high flood water. The flooding stemmed from an active cell of low pressure across central Thailand that brought continuous heavy rainfall and thunderstorms to Bangkok and surrounding regions.The heavy rain began early on Thursday when the weak area of low pressure travelled north-westwards up the gulf of Thailand before then sitting over central Thailand by Friday morning. For most of the following two days this low pressure remained roughly in situ, which allowed unrelenting downpours over Bangkok and nearby areas. One weather station near Prachin Buri, just north-east of the capital, recorded 213.5mm within a 24-hour per
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He must consider the longevity of Iran war economic pressures and how to sustain modest optimism, writes the BBC's Faisal Islam.
The housing secretary says the government's plans to change wait times for permanent residency are unfair because they "change the goalposts".
Climate change is transforming Papua's snowy peaks, which hold scientific value and spiritual significance.
Athletes transported to the wrong venues, three matches in 18 hours and an accommodation crisis add to organisers' woes.
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