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What is Burnham’s GB Grid plan and could it bring down energy bills?
Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced Great British Grid, a government-backed entity designed to increase competition in electricity grid infrastructure and reduce energy costs for British consumers and businesses.
U.S. Oil Drilling Continues to Inch Upward
U.S. oil and gas drilling activity increased this week, with total active rigs rising to 603, up 56 from the prior year, driven primarily by gains in oil drilling operations.
Three in four UK GPs ‘too busy to talk to their patients in depth’
A Royal College of GPs survey finds 75% of UK family doctors lack time for in-depth preventative care conversations with patients about lifestyle changes and health management.
2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for ‘mirror image’ molecule research, with impact on pharmacology
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discoveries enabling precise manufacturing of chiral molecules, which has major implications for safer pharmaceutical development.
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From blast off to splashdown: My days following Nasa’s historic mission to the Moon
Four astronauts completed a 10-day mission to the Moon aboard Artemis II, travelling further into space than any humans before them, with the crew safely returning to Earth after a challenging re-entry.
‘Immature playground boasting’: Mathematicians uneasy at OpenAI’s latest scalp
OpenAI’s AI model solved a Millennium Prize Problem worth $1 million, shocking mathematicians who worry about the field’s future and the integrity of collaborative research.
NASA’s New Horizons spots signs of liquid nitrogen flowing on Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has detected evidence suggesting liquid nitrogen may be flowing on Pluto’s surface near its giant heart-shaped glacier, marking the first indication of recent liquid activity on the dwarf planet.
JWST’s mysterious little red dots may be black holes growing at incredible speeds
New simulations suggest the James Webb Space Telescope’s mysterious Little Red Dots may be rapidly growing black holes that exploited unique conditions in the early Universe.
Astronomers just found the youngest known planet ever
Astronomers have confirmed the youngest known planet ever discovered, less than 1 million years old and still forming within its star’s dusty disk, offering rare insights into planetary formation processes.
A $100 detector can see invisible particles raining down from space
A $100 detector called CosmicWatch allows researchers and students to identify muons—invisible particles from space that constantly rain down on Earth. The portable device has expanded from an educational tool to use in professional astrophysics research.
Scientists discover a mysterious new frog hiding in the Amazon
Scientists have identified a previously unknown frog species, Adenomera varcena, in the western Amazon’s seasonally flooded forests, adding to evidence of undocumented Amazonian biodiversity.
Alaska’s salmon-feasting bears face off in biggest Fat Bear Week ever
Katmai National Park’s annual Fat Bear Week tournament expands to 16 competitors this year, featuring a record number of cubs as bears feast on salmon to prepare for hibernation.
Billions in rare earth elements may be hiding in America’s coal ash
A research team has received $3.3 million to investigate biological methods for recovering rare earth elements and critical minerals from coal ash and industrial waste streams.
Starwatch: Autumnal equinox in northern hemisphere, spring in the south
The autumnal equinox occurs this week in the northern hemisphere, marking the astronomical beginning of autumn. Despite its name meaning “equal night,” the equinox is not when day and night are precisely equal in length.
Baby girls’ greater interest in faces offers clue to nature v nurture debate
A study of newborns found that baby girls spent proportionally more time watching faces than boys did, suggesting some behavioral differences may be present at birth rather than learned through experience.
What kills Schrödinger’s cat? Gravity may not be the answer
A new experiment has ruled out a prominent gravity-based explanation for quantum decoherence, the phenomenon where quantum behavior fades at larger scales, narrowing the search for theories connecting gravity and quantum mechanics.