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‘Hubble Time’: Space Telescope Captures Rare Phenomenon Involving Newly Born Star

The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared a stunning image on Instagram of a rare celestial event, known as a Herbig-Haro object, occurring in...

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Nicole Scherzinger hits back at lawsuit over Pussycat Dolls reunion

Nicole Scherzinger has been hit with a lawsuit which claims she demanded “complete creative control” for the upcoming Pussycat Dolls tour. Choreographer Robin Antin,...

Science

2021 NY1: ‘Potentially Hazardous Asteroid’ Will Be Closely Flying by Earth Later This Month

An asteroid named 2021 NY1 could come close to hitting the Earth this month. The asteroid has been classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid...

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Quick Charge Podcast: September 6, 2021

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and...

Environment

Market bull Tom Lee predicts a record September, but warns that a 10% correction could come in October

Longtime market bull Tom Lee is predicting a profitable period for investors in September. According to Lee, the S&P 500 is positioned to surge...

Environment

Ida Is Proof That Louisiana Needs To Embrace Building Microgrids

Last week, Hurricane Ida knocked out all 8 transmission lines into New Orleans. In Baton Rouge, it took out our communications along with our...

Extremist views flourishing in schools thanks to dangerous online content, teachers say

Teachers lack the resources needed to “stamp out [the] root causes” of extremist views among children in classrooms in England, a study suggests. Staff...

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The Wire and Boardwalk Empire actor Michael K Williams found dead aged 54 at his home

The Wire actor Michael K Williams has died at the age of 54, police in New York say. Williams, who was known for his...

Politics

PM pledges to end ‘catastrophic costs’ of social care with national insurance rise

Boris Johnson is expected to raise national insurance by about 1.2% to pay for a pledge to end the “catastrophic costs” of social care,...

Business

Restaurant spending edges higher as consumers splash out on socialising and staycations

Restaurant spending edged higher for the first time since the start of the pandemic in August according data from Barclaycard pointing to a bumper...

British tennis player Emma Raducanu through to quarter-finals of US Open

Teenager Emma Raducanu has become the youngest British player to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open. The 18-year-old secured victory in straight sets...

Environment

Why Is There So Much Tribalism In Alternative Fuels? There Are 39 Trillion Reasons (Part 2 Of 2)

In the first half of this pair of articles on the challenges of internecine squabbling among those focused on replacing fossil fuels, I covered...

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BMW unveils high-speed electric bicycle with 300 km of range, plus an electric motorcycle

BMW has taken to the IAA Mobility show in Munich, Germany, to unveil two new electric motorbikes with interesting specs for their categories. Both...

Environment

As COP26 approaches, experts talk tech, carbon pricing and what governments should do next

Adriana Van De Wal | EyeEm | Getty Images The chairman of the Energy Transitions Commission has highlighted the role both companies and governments...

Sports

Predicting potential UFC surprises: Poirier could retire; Brunson won’t wait for title shot

7:14 AM ET UFC fans love to be in the know. We’re here to help. Derek Brunson shined this weekend against Darren Till, but...

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‘At a loss for words’: Cheryl pays tribute to ‘stunning, unique’ Sarah Harding

Cheryl has paid tribute to former Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding, who died on Sunday after battling breast cancer. In an Instagram post, the...

At least 1,000 migrants tried to cross Channel to UK today, say witnesses

A record number of migrants have attempted to cross the English Channel today, according to witnesses. At least 1,000 men, women and children have...

Technology

Tech giants are rushing to develop their own chips – here’s why

In this article AAPL AMZN BIDU FB Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about the company’s third-generation artificial intelligence chips. Source: YouTube screenshot Not content...

Science

Chandrayaan-2 Spacecraft Completes Over 9,000 Orbits Around Moon, Says ISRO

India’s Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has completed more than 9,000 orbits around the Moon, and imaging and scientific instruments on board have been providing excellent data,...

Science

Recreating Dinosaurs From DNA: Here Is What Scientists Think About Jurassic Park

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who have been fascinated by the world created in Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park and...