Ocean Warming Rate Quadruples Over Four Decades, Accelerating Climate Change
The pace of ocean warming has intensified significantly over the past four decades, with recent data highlighting a quadrupling of heat absorption rates. This...
Tesla Roadster Mistakenly Classified as Near-Earth Asteroid
A near-Earth object recently classified as an asteroid has been identified as Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, which was launched into space in 2018 aboard...
Up to 14 members of US figure skating community including ex-world champions and 12-year-old girl – what we know about passengers
Dozens of people have died after an American Airlines passenger plane was in a mid-air crash with a military helicopter in Washington DC. Sixty-four...
Washington DC plane crash: Authorities recover 41 bodies after mid-air collision
Authorities have recovered 41 bodies after a plane crash in Washington DC. Sixty-seven people were killed when an American Airlines jet and a military...
Washington crash: Clues and questions from air traffic audio, another near-miss and ‘not normal’ staffing
New audio reveals the helicopter pilot said he was able to see the American Airlines passenger plane, and twice requested permission to manoeuvre around...
Hamas names three hostages it says will be released on Saturday
Three Israeli hostages who will be released on Saturday have been named by Hamas. Israel and Hamas are exchanging hostages and prisoners as a...
Google offers ‘voluntary’ buyouts to hardware and platform teams
Google’s Senior Vice President Hardware, Rick Osterloh, speaks during a launch event in San Francisco, October 4, 2017. Stephen Lam | Reuters Google is...
Trump’s changed tack to focus tariffs on Mexico and Canada – why?
We all know Donald Trump loves a tariff. Not long ago he said it was his favourite word in the English language. But one...
AstraZeneca scraps £450m vaccine plant in Liverpool after Labour funding cut
AstraZeneca has cancelled plans for a £450m vaccine manufacturing plant in Liverpool, blaming a cut in funding from government. The investment, announced last year...
New Study Uses Math to Decode Creativity and Idea Formation
A new research study has examined the mathematical principles governing creativity and innovation, shedding light on how novel ideas emerge. By analysing data across...
AstraZeneca scraps £450m vaccine plant in Liverpool after Labour funding cut
AstraZeneca has cancelled plans for a £450m vaccine manufacturing plant in Liverpool, blaming a cut in funding from government. The investment, announced last year...
Unusual Globular Cluster System Found in Ultra-Diffuse Galaxy FCC 224
A team of researchers has observed an ultra-diffuse galaxy, FCC 224, uncovering an unusual system of globular clusters. The galaxy, located in the Fornax...
Microsoft and Google chiefs in £295m deal for London Spirit Hundred
A group of technology billionaires including the bosses of Google and Microsoft have triumphed in an auction of the Lords-based London Spirit cricket team...
New Study Finds Active Lunar Tectonics, Challenges Moon’s Dormancy
A recent analysis of lunar surface features has challenged long-standing assumptions about the moon’s geological dormancy. Findings indicate that small ridges on the far...
FTSE 100 reaches another record high as January is the best month in more than two years
The UK’s benchmark stock index has reached another all-time high, in a month of record breaking. The FTSE 100 index of most valuable companies...
NASCAR’s preseason race comes home as Bowman Gray hosts Clash
Kelly Crandall Jan 31, 2025, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For the first time since 1971, Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,...
Bennu Asteroid Sample Reveals Organic Compounds That May Hint at Life Beyond Earth
A sample from asteroid Bennu, delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in 2023, has revealed a collection of molecules and minerals that play...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has a Small but Notable Chance of Earth Impact in 2032
A newly detected asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has been observed by NASA scientists, carrying a 1.2 percent probability of colliding with Earth on December...
Chevron calls Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America in earnings release after Trump order
Offshore workers examine hydrocarbon samples aboard the Chevron Corp. Jack/St. Malo deepwater oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana,...
Emily Damari: Freed British-Israeli hostage tells PM she was held in United Nations facilities and denied access to medical care
A British-Israeli hostage held by Hamas for 15 months in Gaza has told Sir Keir Starmer she was detained in a United Nations facility...