The mystery of Stonehenge may have finally been unravelled by researchers who say that it once served as a giant solar calendar. Professor Timothy Darvill, from Bournemouth University, said the stone circle’s layout served as a physical representation of the year and acted as “a calendar based on a tropical solar year of 365.25 days”, reported the BBC. Weeks were ten days long and there were more months than today.
Nasa engineers unaware of invasion
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Pensioners ‘demand refund’ because of war
A comedy club in Blackpool claims it received a request for a refund because the Ukraine invasion made travel from Hull unsafe, reported The Metro. The owner of Comedy Station Comedy Club claims a couple contacted him two weeks ago asking for a refund because one of them had Covid. They then tried another excuse, claiming that “due to events in Russia and Ukraine it’s not safe for us to travel as we are both retired”. The pair added that they had read the terms and conditions of the booking and “nowhere in them does it say about no refunds FOR A WAR”.
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Child-free train carriages: has push for adults-only spaces gone too far?Talking Point Under-12s ban on premium commuter train carriages in France sparks backlash across the political divide
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
