Donkey that ‘inspired Eddie Murphy’s character in Shrek’ dies aged 30
The donkey thought to have inspired Eddie Murphy’s character in the Shrek films has died aged 30. Miniature donkey Perry died after battling a...
Lake Mendota’s Bacteria Are Stuck in an Evolutionary Loop, Finds Study
Seasonal variations in Lake Mendota in Wisconsin, US, appear to drive rapid evolutionary changes in bacterial species, as revealed through a long-term genetic study....
Barnes wins San Vicente Stakes; Baffert goes 1-2
Associated Press Jan 4, 2025, 09:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARCADIA, Calif. — Barnes defeated stablemate Romanesque by 5½ lengths to win the...
Irish hurry CFP prep with 2 fewer days than PSU
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJan 4, 2025, 12:59 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open...
PSU’s Franklin: ‘Too early’ to say if Carter plays
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJan 4, 2025, 01:05 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended...
Michigan QB Warren reveals he tore ACL in bowl
Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterJan 4, 2025, 07:19 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before...
‘Complete buzz’: Headset allows visually impaired football fan to watch Premier League games
Crystal Palace football club has become the first in the world to offer permanent technology for fans who are visually impaired, to improve their...
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer to resign after talks on forming new government fail
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has announced he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed for a second...
Amit Yoran, chair and CEO of cybersecurity firm Tenable, dies unexpectedly after cancer battle
Amit Yoran, CEO and chairman of Tenable H/O Tenable Amit Yoran, who ushered cybersecurity company Tenable into the public market as chief executive, died...
James McMurdock: Reform MP previously jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend challenged at party conference
Reform UK is a party that’s vying for attention and is not ashamed of how it gets it. With political support from Elon Musk...
Death of New Orleans attack victim has impacted Royal Family in a devastatingly personal way
Members of the Royal Family are often among the first to extend condolences to families of those who have been impacted by incidents of...
First-Ever Female Burial With Weapons Uncovered in Hungary
The first confirmed case of a female burial with weapons from the 10th century in the Carpathian Basin, Hungary, has been uncovered. Skeletal remains...
JUNO Neutrino Detector Nears Completion, Set to Begin Operations in 2025
Physicists are finalising the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a facility designed to unravel the mysteries surrounding neutrinos, subatomic particles with no electric charge...
Tristan Da Cunha: The Earth’s Most Remote Inhabited Island
Tristan da Cunha, a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, is renowned for being the most isolated inhabited location on...
Search for Elusive Missing Link Black Holes Not Ending Anytime Soon
A black hole once believed to bridge the gap between stellar-mass and supermassive black holes has been re-evaluated. The object, previously identified as an...
Solar Winds Could Trigger Stunning Aurora Lights This Weekend
A powerful stream of solar wind is expected to strike Earth this weekend due to a large coronal hole in the sun’s atmosphere, as...
What is freezing rain and what makes it so dangerous?
An amber warning for snow and ice, with the risk of freezing rain, covers most of Wales and central England until midday on Sunday....
Space Debris Crashes in Kenya, Experts Investigate Potential Rocket Link
A large metallic fragment, described as an 8-foot-wide ring weighing around 500 kilograms, crashed into Mukuku village, Makueni County, Kenya, on December 30. The...
This Newly Discovered Oxygen Reaction Could Reveal Life on Other Planets
A new method for oxygen formation in carbon dioxide-rich planetary atmospheres has been identified, potentially altering the approach to searching for extraterrestrial life. This...
This Is All You Need to Know About the Full Moons of 2025
In 2025, 12 full Moons will grace the skies, including three supermoons and two total lunar eclipses. These celestial events will offer unique opportunities...