- Scientists have observed an iceberg roughly six times as big as Manhattan, slowly moving away from an Antarctic glacier. NASA scientist Kelly Brunt said that it is more a wonder than a worry and is not a threat to shipping or sea-level rise. Brunt said the iceberg, named B-31, is about 255 square miles, and as much as 1,600 feet thick. It broke off from the critical Pine Island Glacier last fall and researchers have been watching it move away ever since.
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- Steamship City of Chester which sank in 1888 has been found in San Francisco Bay near golden bridge. The passenger ship sank after another ship the Oceanic ran into it. Sixteen people died but 106 other passengers were rescued before the ship was lost. It is thought to be almost complete despite being under water for so long.
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- One of the trickiest toys around celebrates 40 years since its invention. The Rubik’s Cube puzzle was thought up by Erno Rubik in 1974. The game has squares of different colours on each side and the idea is to move it around until each side has only one colour on it. It is really hard to do unless you know how and even the inventor took a month to master the technique. Some people find it so hard they cheat by peeling off the stickers to match the colours but the solution is actually a mathematical formula.
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- A year on from a huge factory collapse in Bangladesh thousands of people have gathered to protest. The eight storey Rana Plaza clothing factory collapsed, more than a thousand people died and many more were injured. The accident led to complaints about the poor safety standards workers were made to work in. Safety inspections have been carried out at some factories in the country but not all of them and many people are still waiting for compensation. Thousands of people are still very angry about what happened and want the owner of the factory to be punished more severely.
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- Scientists have claimed that climbing Mount Everest is becoming less predictable and possibly more dangerous, as climate change brings warmer temperatures that may eat through the ice and snow on the highest peak in the world. Nepal was left reeling when a sudden ice avalanche slammed down onto a group of Sherpa guides on Friday and killed 16 in the deadliest single disaster on Everest.