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What is the £100k income ‘cliff-edge’?
Earners exceeding £100,000 annually face a 60% effective tax rate on income in that range and lose access to substantial government childcare subsidies, creating a significant financial cliff-edge.
Inherited IRAs can boost wealth — and trigger a tax bill. Here’s how to reduce it
Inherited IRAs averaging $128,000 can significantly boost wealth but trigger substantial tax bills without proper planning, with heirs typically receiving accounts at age 59 and facing a 10-year withdrawal requirement.
Wellbeing support demand for cancer patients in Jersey grows
Macmillan Cancer Support Jersey reports significant growth in wellbeing support services over the past five years, with counselling sessions more than doubling and complementary therapy sessions rising substantially.
Russia steps up election influence efforts in final stretch of midterms
Russian operatives are deploying fabricated claims, AI-manipulated videos, and fake news accounts in the final weeks before the midterm elections, according to researchers and intelligence officials tracking online influence operations.
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Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?
Scientists are testing ocean alkalinity enhancement in the Gulf of Maine to combat ocean acidification, examining whether shellfish like lobsters can help neutralize threats to marine ecosystems.
Aditya-L1: Indian solar mission’s new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteries
India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission has identified key mechanisms explaining why the Sun’s corona remains millions of degrees hotter than its surface despite frequent energy-losing eruptions.
Tiny graphene wrinkles create surprisingly powerful electrical effects
Researchers at Rice University demonstrate that tiny graphene wrinkles create surprisingly powerful electrical effects, offering a new method to control electricity in atomically thin materials through shape rather than chemistry.
Animals have been eating nature’s original bioplastic for millions of years
Researchers discovered that many animal species possess enzymes enabling them to break down polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), natural microbial bioplastics that animals have likely consumed for millions of years.
A SpaceX rocket smashed into the Moon — NASA just revealed the crater
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed a newly formed crater on the Moon created when a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage impacted the lunar surface on Aug. 5.
Scientists crushed diamond beyond Neptune-like pressures—and solved a 20-year mystery
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory used advanced laser techniques to measure diamond’s behavior under extreme pressure, resolving a two-decade mystery about its melting point and structure.
The “Asian water tower” is losing 24 billion tonnes of groundwater every year
Groundwater reserves in High Mountain Asia, which supplies water to over a billion people downstream, are declining by approximately 24.2 billion tonnes annually, according to a satellite-based study.
Scientists say the human family tree may need a major rewrite
Monash University researchers propose expanding the genus Homo to include Australopithecus and Paranthropus species, arguing that recent fossil discoveries and genetic analysis reveal traditional human taxonomy no longer accurately reflects our evolutionary history.
Bird flu vaccine trial begins against potential pandemic strain
UK volunteers are receiving an mRNA-based vaccine against H5N1 bird flu in a trial involving 4,000 participants across England, Scotland, and the United States.
‘World-first’ vaccine designed by artificial intelligence
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed an AI-designed vaccine targeting coronaviruses, marking the first time a vaccine’s key component was entirely designed by artificial intelligence and tested in humans.
NI health: Resident doctors begin strike action over pay
Resident doctors in Northern Ireland began a 24-hour strike on Monday in a pay dispute, following strikes by consultants and specialist doctors the previous week.
‘Babies will be born in laybys’: maternity cuts leave women with stark choices in Devon
North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple has suspended maternity services due to unsafe staffing levels, forcing pregnant women to travel up to two hours to Exeter or Taunton for births.