5 h. ago A Place in the Sun star reveals hottest tips when buying new home

Research of 2,000 home-owners reveals that two-thirds (63 percent) confess that eco-friendly features ONLY became a priority after moving in to their new home

Economics

4 d. ago A frog: their eyes can detect a single photon of light | Helen Sullivan

Their metamorphosis seems more like a human’s than a butterfly’s – so much is visible, and awkward, whereas the butterfly forms in secretSome species of frog have eyes so sensitive to light that they can detect a single photon. To confirm this, scientists dissected a frog’s eye and removed the lens. If you dissected eyes in biology class, you may remember that a lens is extraordinarily simple and unlike other organs. It is a hard, clearish, object that comes out clean: no blood supply, no blood. It looks like a glass bead, and functions – inanimate – much like glass, and not like most things we find in our body (except maybe teeth, which function like knives). Look through the lens at the classroom around you, you will see it clearly, but upside down.A frog in space, moving further and further from the sun, would eventually start to see not a shrinking star but tiny flashes of light: individual photons. This is because as the photons travel further from their source, they are spread...

Culture

4 d. ago £46 bottle of Singleton single malt drops to £27 in Amazon flash sale

If you're new to the world of whisky, this is your tipple as one buyer said it's "the malt I recommend to those who are not familiar with Scottish single malt"

Economics

6 d. ago I'm a vintage shopping expert and these are my 8 rules for bagging a great bargain, including the one mistake you MUST avoid

Serious savings can be made shopping for previously owned fashion online. Savvy second-hand seller April Salsbury reveals the eight tips every buyer needs

Economics

7 d. ago Sheikh Jassim Man United takeover stance clear as Avram Glazer speaks out

Sheikh Jassim was long tipped to replace the Glazers and buy Manchester United

Politics

1 week ago Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien poses with lookalike daughter as they ditch the UK for sun

The actress, who is famed for playing Weatherfield's Sarah Platt, was seen alongside her Waterloo Road star daughter in the sun

Politics