If you are wondering how to spend a penny in space, well the answer is to spend £14million. That's because space toilets cost a pretty penny. One space toilet on the ISS cost $19million. Why was it so expensive? Well, space toilets are like super-special vacuum cleaners. They need a complex series of pipes and vacuum tubes to suck up waste and dry it out. The extracted water is recycled, and the waste is stored. Eventually, it is sent back into Earth’s atmosphere, where it burns up like shooting stars. In 2007, NASA agreed to pay $19million (£14million) for a…

Japan is struggling with a mental health crisis as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, with more people dying in one month from suicide than from Covid-19 all year long. The National Police Agency said suicides surged to 2,153 in October alone, with more than 17,000 people taking their own lives this year to date, CBS reported. By comparison, fewer than 2,000 people in the country have died from Covid-19 in 2020. Experts say the pandemic has exacerbated mental health issues due to prolonged lockdowns, isolation from family members, unemployment and other financial concerns, and a lack of school structure. "We…