Relative ‘desperate for news’ from cyclone-hit island as communities prepare emergency aid
The compound in front of the blue and white low-rise building is buzzing with rushed activity. On one side there are men stacking boxes...
Five family members, including 2-year-old, found dead alongside teen with gunshot wounds at Utah home
Five members of the same family, including a two-year-old girl, have been found dead at a home in the US state of Utah. A...
France awaits 51 verdicts in Gisele Pelicot mass rape trial
A husband described as one of France’s worst sex offenders is expected to be sentenced tomorrow – as the verdicts for all 51 defendants...
Ancient Human Remains Reveal Brutal 4,000-Year-Old Massacre in Somerset
The discovery of 4,000-year-old human remains at Charterhouse Warren in Somerset has unveiled a harrowing chapter of British prehistory. The analysis of over 3,000...
Scientists Develop New Approach to Capture Gravitational Wave Memory from Supernovae
A study published in Physical Review Letters explores a new approach to detecting the gravitational wave memory effect, a phenomenon predicted by Einstein’s general...
NASA’s Astronaut Sunita Williams Poses with Tentacle-Armed Astrobee Robot on ISS
A technology demonstration involving NASA’s Astrobee robot was carried out aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 72 Commander, posing...
SpaceX Launches NROL-149 Spy Satellites for NRO with Successful Rocket Landing
A Falcon 9 rocket launched the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)’s NROL-149 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 8:19 a.m. EST on December...
Rent prices reach record high in England
English rent prices have reached another record high, growing by close to 10% in the past year, official figures show. The typical private rental...
Passan on the Rays’ future in Tampa Bay — or elsewhere: Latest on new stadium deal, status of the Trop
Jeff Passan, Senior MLB InsiderDec 18, 2024, 08:40 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most...
SpaceX Successfully Launches Rapid Response Trailblazer-1 Mission from Florida
SpaceX successfully launched the Rapid Response Trailblazer-1 (RRT-1) mission on Monday, December 16, 2024, at 7:52 PM from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral...
No white Christmas, say forecasters, as Met Office releases weather prediction for 25 December
The Met Office has released its forecast for Christmas Day, and it says there will be no white Christmas this year. The nation’s weather...
World’s First Nuclear-Powered Diamond Battery Can Power Devices for Millennia
The world’s first nuclear-powered battery, capable of lasting thousands of years, has been developed by researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K.,...
Joseph Corcoran: Indiana executes first death row inmate in 15 years
A death row inmate’s last words were “let’s get this over with” before he became the first person to be executed in the US...
Oklo targets 12 gigawatts of new nuclear power through agreement with data center operator
Rendering of a proposed Oklo commercial advanced fission power plant in the U.S. Courtesy: Oklo Inc. Nuclear startup Oklo aims to deploy 12 gigawatts...
SpaceX Dragon Cargo Capsule Returns to Earth After CRS-31 Mission
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule, part of the CRS-31 mission, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on December 16, 2024 at 11:05 a.m. EST,...
Health AI startup Suki expands partnership with Google Cloud to deliver more assistive tech for clinicians
Health-care artificial intelligence startup Suki on Wednesday announced a new collaboration with Google Cloud as part of its push to expand beyond clinical documentation. ...
New Study Finds Axons May Resemble ‘Strings of Beads’ Instead of Smooth Lines
Recent research has called into question the traditional understanding of axons, the message-sending fibres of neurons, suggesting that these structures may not always be...
Trump’s pick to lead NASA made a big bet on crypto while going to space on the side
Jared Isaacman, Mission Commander, steps out of the manned Polaris Dawn mission’s “Dragon” capsule after it splashed down off the coast of Dry Tortugas,...
Rachel Reeves says most Waspi women knew pension age was changing so compensation not needed
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said most Waspi women knew the state pension age was changing so it was not “the best use of taxpayers’...
What is a Waspi woman and what happened to them?
The Labour government is facing backlash after refusing to pay compensation to women who were affected by the rise in state pension age. The...