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Forget long-haul: this engine could change everything

Is the future here? Fans of Back to the Future have wondered this since the beginning of the year. But with no signs of Marty McFly or a properly functioning hoverboard, most would think that we’re still stuck in the past. Thankfully, 2015 has produced some developments in the form of accessible space travel. Reaction Engines Limited, an aerospace engineering company based in Oxfordshire, has recently received financial backing from both the British government and BAE Systems towards the development of SABRE, an engine which will act as both a jet and rocket engine.
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By , Nov. 15, 2015
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Is your Sunday roast a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

Can it be? Have the deli meats truly betrayed us? Following the publication of a paper in October from the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer, processed meat is now described as a “definite human carcinogen”, and red meat as a “probable human carcinogen”. Since carcinogens are things that lead to cancer, it’s understandable that this information is being taken quite seriously. Is this the end of the road for all fast food chains and steak houses? Or, like our burgers, should we be taking all this with a pinch of salt?
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By , Nov. 13, 2015