Author: Hannah Davidson

A sonic boom is the sound we hear when a supersonic aircraft passes through the sound barrier, at a speed known as Mach 1. It is the sound associated with the shock waves created when an object, most commonly an aircraft, travels through the air faster than the speed of sound. The air the aircraft displaces around it creates a series of so-called ‘pressure waves’, which, as the aircraft gathers speed. compress to make a single wave. This wave travels at approximately 761mph. When the aircraft exceeds this speed, it passes through this single wave and that’s when we hear…

Dean Wharmby, a bodybuilder from Rochdale, England, has died following years of steroid abuse and gorging on 10,000 calories a day. Wharmby was believed to be obsessed with gaining weight and keeping fit, and so took to eating burgers, pizzas and bacon sandwiches and downing up to eight cans of energy drinks a day. The father of one was also a regular steroid user, a trait common to bodybuilders. Wharmby was diagnosed with liver cancer last year, and friends and family had to watch his gradual half year long deterioration from the huge man he once was into a shadow…

With instances of domestic violence on the rise, as well as the ever-present danger of being randomly attacked when out and about, it’s important that women learn some basic self-defense. An attacker can come at a woman in a variety of ways, but more often than not he’ll try disabling her by placing her in a choke hold with his hands around her neck. This is a very difficult thing for a woman to counter, as grabbing the man’s arms and trying to prise his hands off her throat is usually not an option thanks to his superior strength. In…

In this amazing video, a man decides a tree on his front lawn must come down. He’s not interested in calling in a company to do it for him, nor is he going to go messing around with chainsaws or any of that kind of thing. This guy’s got a truck. Trucks are strong. Trucks can take on trees. That’s what this guy thinks, anyway. So he attaches a chain to the tree, revs his engine, puts his foot on the gas and gets on with the job of yanking that tree right out of the ground using brute force…

In the aftermath of the massacre that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut where twenty young children and six adults tragically lost their lives, Barack Obama came to the town two days after the event to meet and offer whatever comfort he could to the families and friends of the victims. In his new book, The President’s Devotional, the former head of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Joshua Dubois, describes the day the president came to town. “The families came in and gathered together, room by room,” Dubois writes. “Many struggled to…

As we’ve told you before, UFC superstar Ronda Rousey was asked by serving US Marine Jarrod Hash to accompany him to the Marine Corps ball which was held on the 11th December. At first it looked like Ronda would have to turn him down, as she had a prior engagement that would interrupt her intense training schedule – namely her fight with Holly Holm, which was originally set to take place next year. However, the fight was moved to November, meaning Ronda could attend the ball after all. The fight itself didn’t go well for Ronda, who was brutally knocked…

Sometimes, being man’s best friend puts you in danger. Thanks to their amazing sense of smell, dogs are used by the police, the military and rescue services to sniff out everything from drugs, people buried under rubble following a disaster such as an earthquake or a flood, and even bombs. Their fearless willingness to do their masters’ bidding often puts them in harm’s way, as the tragic case of French police dog Diesel recently highlighted. When it comes to bomb-sniffing dogs, the danger to the animal’s welfare is understandably heightened. That’s where defense company Scientific Production Association of Special Materials…

When this girl went to her local store, she never expected to hear the anguished screams of a man. After all, you go to the store to buy groceries, not to hear the screams of your fellow human beings. The girl and her sister rushed to investigate the source of the cries, and quickly came across a husband bent over the body of his beloved wife. The girl could immediately see that the woman was in BIG trouble. She looked like she was going to die in her arms and there was nothing she could do about it. Or that’s…

John Steinbaugh is a former special forces medic with over twenty years of service in the US Army. As a medic, he’s seen his fair share of horrific injuries and, despite huge advances in battlefield treatment since the days of the Vietnam War, one thing has always caused experienced medics like John a serious headache – wounds caused by gunshots and shrapnel that won’t stop bleeding. It’s a problem that’s as old as war itself. Blood loss caused by internal hemorrhaging and damaged arteries is a major killer of both soldiers and civilians, and traditional methods of packing the wounds…

When Jenn’s husband unexpectedly passed away last year, her family was thrown into turmoil. Her friends knew Jenn and her family’s first Christmas back in the home they shared with their dearly departed would be especially hard, so one of them – neighbor Stuart Edge – decided he would make it easier for them. With the help of his mom, his brother, some friends and some local volunteers, Stuart set out to give Jenn and her family a festive surprise they would never forget and one that would, hopefully, ease some of the pain they were feeling. “This family is…