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Tributes paid to ‘Mirfield’s finest’ actor Sir Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Stewart, the acclaimed actor best known for Star Trek and X-Men, died Wednesday at age 86 at his Los Angeles home after battling Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.
Sky-high ratings – for a lacklustre series: The Celebrity Traitors has become too nice for its own good
The Celebrity Traitors has achieved record ratings this season, but critics argue the series has felt underwhelming due to casting choices and an overly polite atmosphere among celebrity contestants.
Abercynon woman, 93, waits 10 hours on floor for an ambulance
A 93-year-old woman in Wales waited 10 hours on her floor with broken bones before receiving ambulance transport to hospital, raising concerns about emergency service response times.
I lost my job in a primary school due to endometriosis
A primary school teaching assistant lost her job due to endometriosis, a condition affecting one in 10 women. A new inquiry found nearly half of women with the condition have lost income due to their symptoms.
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From blast off to splashdown: My days following Nasa’s historic mission to the Moon
Four astronauts have completed a historic 10-day mission to the Moon and back, traveling further into space than humans have journeyed before aboard NASA’s Artemis II spacecraft.
Aditya-L1: Indian solar mission’s new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteries
India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission has revealed new clues about why the Sun’s corona remains millions of degrees hotter than its surface despite constant energy loss.
Science or fiction? Shadowy ‘paper mills’ let you pay to be a published author – of fraudulent research
Shadowy organizations called “paper mills” profit by selling fraudulent academic authorship and falsified research, charging fees ranging from $30 to $800 per paper, with activity doubling approximately every 18 months.
King penguin chick hatches in UK for first time in 12 years
A king penguin chick has hatched at a British wildlife park for the first time in 12 years, with keepers hand-rearing the 188g bird after moving its egg to an incubator.
Scientists turn tiny “defects” into a 5.5x heat transfer boost
Researchers developed a polymer coating that boosts condensation heat transfer by up to 5.5 times by leveraging nanoscale surface structures to improve water droplet formation and removal.
A hidden “on switch” in human DNA has finally been decoded
Researchers at UC San Diego used artificial intelligence to decode the “initiator,” a DNA sequence that marks where genes begin to be expressed, finding it present in roughly 60% of human genes.
Scientists discover a real-life “dragon” and name it after Syrax
Scientists discovered a new lizard species in Thai mountain forests and named it Acanthosaura syrax after a dragon from House of the Dragon, citing shared traits including small size and high egg production.
NASA is about to launch a powerful new eye on the universe
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been cleared for launch after passing a Flight Readiness Review. The mission targets liftoff no earlier than 7:26 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Starwatch: Lunar eclipse to reward early risers in UK and Europe
A partial lunar eclipse will be visible from the UK and Europe in the early morning hours of Friday 28 August, transforming the moon into a dramatic coppery-red sight.
UK’s rarest bird of prey rears new chicks in secret location
The UK’s rarest bird of prey, a male Montagu’s harrier, has successfully nested for the second consecutive year in a secret location, producing six chicks across two nests on English farmland.
Scientists just imaged the hidden quantum shape of a molecule
Scientists at the University of Göttingen have successfully imaged the three-dimensional wavefunction of an organic molecule using photoelectron spectroscopy and advanced algorithms, a breakthrough published in Nature Communications.
A tiny “rainbow on a chip” could help supercharge 6G networks
Researchers demonstrated a microchip-sized device that generates precise light frequencies convertible into millimeter-wave signals, potentially advancing 6G networks and quantum technologies.