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Jim Bakker obituary
Jim Bakker, prominent television evangelist of the 1970s-80s who built a religious broadcasting empire with his wife Tammy Faye, died aged 86 following convictions for fraud and sexual misconduct.
Houthi missile attack on Yemeni presidential palace kills two, minister says
A Houthi missile attack on Yemen’s presidential palace in Aden killed two security personnel, with the Iran-backed group claiming to have struck a Saudi military operations headquarters.
Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on mirror-image molecules
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Henri B Kagan and Kensō Soai for discoveries about how chemical reactions can produce excess quantities of specific mirror-image molecular forms.
A quantum prediction from 1931 just came to life
Physicists have created and observed quantum structures predicted nearly a century ago, using ultracold cesium atoms confined to one-dimensional tubes to form unusual bound states.
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After record heat, could the Atlantic make Britain’s weather even more extreme?
Scientists are investigating whether the Atlantic’s ocean circulation system could weaken or shift as the planet warms, potentially triggering more extreme weather swings across Britain and beyond.
Global move away from oil could lead to conflict and migration, experts say
A global transition away from oil could trigger conflict, migration, and economic instability in oil-dependent nations unless governments take coordinated action, according to research from the E3G thinktank.
Cities in Great Britain most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed
Research identifies Portsmouth, Leicester, Exeter, Bristol and Nottingham as British cities most vulnerable to extreme heat by century’s end, with urban heat islands creating dangerous conditions in areas lacking green space.
Trump topples the last pillar of Biden’s climate agenda
The Trump administration has repealed the Biden administration’s 2024 carbon emissions rule for power plants, eliminating federal regulations requiring coal plants to either shut down or install carbon capture technology.
Gray whales are starving as the Arctic warms. Will the US protect them?
Gray whale populations along the U.S. West Coast have plummeted by half over the past decade, with climate change reducing their Arctic food sources and causing mass strandings. Conservation groups are preparing legal action against the Trump administration for failing to relist them as endangered.
Repeat offender gold panner caught in protected Afon Wen river
A 68-year-old repeat offender has been fined over £4,700 for illegally gold panning in a protected Welsh river, damaging wildlife habitats.
‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño
Asian governments are preparing for an exceptionally severe El Niño weather event expected through 2027, which threatens extreme heat, flooding, and food shortages affecting hundreds of millions of people across the region.
The fate of the Endangered Species Act rests on 2 simple words
The Trump administration has reinterpreted the Endangered Species Act to allow killing protected animals if unintentional, narrowing legal definitions of “harm” and “take” that have guided conservation for decades.
In Savannah, Georgia’s utility regulators faced public wrath over data centers
Georgia’s Public Service Commission held a public hearing in Savannah to address constituent concerns about data centers and electricity rates, with residents calling for greater transparency and consumer protection.
Michael Sheen had ‘constructive’ meeting with first minister over toxic dumping claims
Actor Michael Sheen met with Wales’ First Minister to discuss toxic dumping claims featured in his BBC documentary exploring chemical contamination across 14 sites in Wales and England.
Chemistry textbooks have been getting this wrong for nearly 100 years
An international research team says chemistry textbooks have incorrectly described the inductive effect, a fundamental concept in organic chemistry, for nearly 100 years. Two exam boards have already begun reviewing their teaching based on the findings.
A coral reef thought dead for 60 years is teeming with life
Scientists using modern sonar and underwater cameras have discovered a deep-water coral reef off Benin’s coast that was presumed dead for over 60 years, finding it alive with multiple coral and fish species.