London's Oxford Circus underground station evacuated, armed police on scene

Published time: 24 Nov, 2017 16:52 Edited time: 24 Nov, 2017 16:56 Oxford Circus Underground station in London has been evacuated, British Transport Police (BTP) have confirmed. Armed police are on the scene. According to Twitter user Assed Baig, there is “Panic at Oxford Circus as people shout bomb!” while BBC journalist Kawoon Khamoosh said […]

The underground story of Cobra, the 1980s’ illicit handmade computer

Enlarge / Mihai Moldovanu tinkers with his beloved Cobra. (credit: Adi Dabu) BUCHAREST, Romania—Mihai Moldovanu grabs the cardboard box with the enthusiasm of a man from the future who’s opening a time capsule. “Maybe it could still work,” he tells me. He dusts it off with his hands. Inside the box rests the computer he […]

Java's 11yr mudflow fired by underground lava ducts – study (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Published time: 22 Oct, 2017 15:38 Edited time: 22 Oct, 2017 15:40 A new study mapping the underground networks that connect volcanoes has revealed the cause of the vents which relentlessly spew mud that engulfs villages on the Indonesian island of Java. The mud first started erupting from multiple sites on the island in 2006, […]

WTF: ‘Lucha Underground’ Will be the First TV Show Screened in 4DX

Why simply sit back and watch wrestling when you could actually feel it? That’s what the folks behind El Rey’s Lucha Underground are counting on, at least, as the wrestling reality show will be the first TV series to be screened in the 4DX cinema format. Climb into the ring and read the Lucha Underground 4DX information below. Lucha […]

First facility grabs CO₂ from the air and stores it underground

Enlarge / It sucks air in and separates carbon dioxide out. (credit: Climeworks – Zev Starr-Tambor) In a press conference presentation Wednesday, Reykjavik Energy’s Edda Aradóttir described the company’s new project as “turning the CO2 troll to stone.” If deployed at scale, the technology behind this could make a big difference in charting a better climate […]

Plain-clothes SAS troops deployed on London Underground with ‘shoot to kill’ orders

Published time: 18 Sep, 2017 11:26 Armed SAS troops are being deployed on the London Underground with orders to “shoot to kill” terrorists following the Parsons Green attack, according to reports. Read more Members of the Special Air Service and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment have been told to target terrorists on trains, buses and planes. […]

Inside London’s SECRET supercar underground car park home to £40 million worth of cars

SWNS Inside the UK’s most exclusive underground supercar car park These latest photographs have provided us with an insight into where drivers of the best and most expensive cars in London store they prized motors.  Million pound vehicles such as Ferraris and Bugattis are stored in this top secret car park with motorists paying thousands […]

Mining for Likes: The Latest Social Media Trend Takes You Underground

Somewhere in western Australia, a man records his trek as he passes rotting wood and moves deeper into a dark tunnel of an abandoned gold mine. An eerie sound spooks some viewers: Is that wind — or whispering voices? While the Blair Witch–like handiwork runs only about a minute long, the video has been shared […]

Men who turned underground nuclear bunker into £2mn a year cannabis factory jailed

Published time: 12 Aug, 2017 17:17 Edited time: 12 Aug, 2017 17:31 Three men who turned a former MoD underground nuclear bunker into a factory capable of producing £2 million worth of cannabis a year were jailed for up to eight years on Friday. The trio were caught leaving the disused bunker in the tiny […]

Smoke fills London Underground train at Oxford Circus forcing evacuation (PHOTOS)

Published time: 11 Aug, 2017 08:24 Edited time: 11 Aug, 2017 08:57 Oxford Circus tube station has been evacuated and closed following reports of a fire on a Bakerloo Line train. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) says a crew is on the scene “investigating reports of smoke.” Smoke was also reported on the Victoria Line. […]