The core of a Chinese rocket is tumbling wildly through low earth orbit and could make an uncontrolled reentry through the atmosphere in the coming days, boffins warn
Some rather concerned experts say
That sometime in early mid May
You might have to flee
If tonnes of debris
From a rocket are heading your way
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Draughts players Russia’s Tamara Tansykkuzhina (right) and Poland’s Natalia Sadowska play on after the Russian flag was snatched
I think it’s a terrible shame
That what should be a nice friendly game
Can cause tension or more
Perhaps even a war
As usual a flag is to blame
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A rendition of the brain sizes in mammals of various sizes shows variation and similarities despite intelligence levels.
Biologists try to explain
Why some beast end up with a big brain
And some boffins now think
It’s the bodies that shrink
And there’s no real grey matter gain
Illustration: Javier Lazaro
23 MLAs have signed a letter of no confidence in Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster (above)
Her members say Foster can’t be
The leader of the DUP
As they say it’s her fault
That they failed to halt
A border in the Irish Sea.
A trial in Italy will hear the Ndrangheta, Italy’s most powerful criminal group, has laundered billions of euros in the City of London
In Italy witnesses say
That some mobsters use the UK
As its banks are a wonder
For laundering plunder
Making proof of your crimes go away
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A man made a running jump, feet-first, through the open window of a moving car to stop the driver spinning erratically through Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania
For some reason most people are
Scared to jump into a car
That’s started to sway
In a menacing way
Unlike this Albanian star
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The MethaneSAT will collect data on emissions from bovine flatulence
In case you’ve been wondering how
To measures the burps from a cow
Then I reckon you might
Use the satellite
That New Zealanders are trying now
Restrictions on hairdressing, sport, retail and religious services are set to be eased next month
If you feel that it’s unfair
That professionals can’t trim your hair
That you can’t attend mass
Or have a tennis class
It seems that you soon can go there
Government ministers want as ‘wide a reopening as possible’ in May
Some ministers seem to be keen
To reopen our social scene
I don’t think I could cope
If this glimpse of hope
Is dashed. Now that would be mean
Meanwhile…
179 confirmed #covid19ireland patients in hospitals at 8am this morning, the lowest since October 8th
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) April 21, 2021
Medics say a significant benefit to the vaccination programme would be needed to justify extending the time between doses
Some boffins thought they’d intervene
That the gap between shots of vaccine
Can’t be safely extended
Beyond what was intended
As problems could be unforeseen.
