2 h. ago ‘Rogue’ action by countries to geoengineer climate could worsen impacts – study

Royal Society assessment says solar radiation modification techniques could reduce global temperatures if done in a globally coordinated way.

Politics

2 h. ago Invisibility cloaks and flying cars are 'on the brink of becoming a reality'

A group of top engineering experts say that artificial intelligence (AI) has brought us closer to innovations once thought impossible and that our lives will soon be unrecognisable

Transport

6 h. ago Google plans to put datacentres in space to meet demand for AI

US technology company’s engineers want to exploit solar power and the falling cost of rocket launchesGoogle is hatching plans to put artificial intelligence datacentres into space, with its first trial equipment sent into orbit in early 2027.Its scientists and engineers believe tightly packed constellations of about 80 solar-powered satellites could be arranged in orbit about 400 miles above the Earth’s surface equipped with the powerful processors required to meet rising demand for AI. Continue reading...

Technology

9 h. ago Predator: Badlands review – a pointless but unkillable franchise that has started to eat itself

The toothy villain is humanised and made sympathetic in this disappointing horror sci-fi – at which point it ceases to be the Predator There is disappointment in store for those hoping the Terrence Malick classic Badlands had been rebooted as a horror sci-fi, with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek menaced by a great big space alien with a peculiar mouth. No: this is actually the umpteenth iteration of the Predator franchise, which has a roach-like unkillability itself, having started in 1987 with Arnold Schwarzenegger facing an extraterrestrial creature rustling and snarling in the Central American jungle.Predator: Badlands is just about kept from flatlining by Elle Fanning’s effortless charm, though it shows what happens when the Predator in question must, in the service of narrative development, be humanised and made sympathetic and vulnerable and kinda nice? What happens is that it ceases to be the Predator, so something or someone else has inevitably to fill the Predator role. Conti...

Events

10 h. ago Exact date subzero freeze to hit Scotland as weather maps turn icy blue

After the dullest October since the 1960s, the weather looks set to turn bone-chilling as we approach winter.

Events

11 h. ago Coffee, chocolate and wine could be wiped off the menu by climate change warn experts

Boffins are warning that global warming will kill off coffee, wine and chocolate and they even thought about sending reflective particles into the stratosphere to cool the Earth’s surface

Events

12 h. ago Animal charity warns dog owners against doing one thing to stop barking

The Blue Cross has issued a warning to all dog owners about certain training methods

Events

12 h. ago 'Alien spaceship' 3I/ATLAS makes history with 'most extreme orbit' ever seen

The 3I/ATLAS spaceship has stunned scientists by blazing through our solar system on the most extreme, stretched-out orbit ever recorded, confirming it comes from far beyond the sun

Politics

12 h. ago NASA pressured to share information on mysterious 'alien spaceship' hurtling towards Earth

A bizarre 'alien craft' shooting through our solar system could escape proper investigation because NASA isn't sharing 'precious data' during the government shutdown, claims scientist

Events

13 h. ago EU says Ukraine must accelerate reforms on rule of law and other ‘fundamentals’ if it wants membership

EU says reforms needed ‘with regards to the fundamentals, in particular rule of law’ to have a chance to ‘provisionally close accession negotiations by the end of 2028’We will formally get the EU’s commentary on the enlargement ratings (9:26) in just over an hour – when EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and EU enlargment commissioner Marta Kos are due to speak to journalists – but we have just had a brief glimpse of what’s coming during Kos’s appearance in the European parliament.She said these have been “significant advances on the EU path achieved so far by Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and Ukraine,” stressing that “reforms pay off.”I can say that these four candidates have matched their ambitions with concrete actions. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is seen for the first time since it disappeared behind the sun

Using the Lowell Observatory's powerful Discovery Telescope, astronomer Dr Qicheng Zhang managed to snap the mysterious object as it sped back into Earth's line of sight.

Events

15 h. ago World's tallest and longest hedge found in Scotland seen in autumn colours

It has been named the biggest on Earth by the Guinness World Records.

Politics

15 h. ago 1 in 4 young people still believe STEM jobs are 'boys' jobs'

Research suggests a quarter of young people still believe STEM - science, tech, engineering or maths - jobs are more suitable for boys.

Politics

16 h. ago Andrew Wiggins: how a shy NBA player negotiated growing up a star in the social media era

In an extract from his new book on the rise of Canadian basketball, Oren Weisfeld examines the pressures of being a teenage star in the modern gameAndrew Wiggins was among the first superstar prospects of the social media era. Born in Thornhill, Ontario just north of Toronto, Wiggins was known internationally by the time he was 13. It wasn’t always easy for the shy, small-town kid to embrace the spotlight.After just one full season at Vaughan, Wiggins needed better competition than Canada could provide and moved on to Huntington Prep in Huntington, West Virginia — a relatively new prep school set in a small, blue-collar, sports-oriented college town near Kansas.This is an edited extract from The Golden Generation: How Canada Became a Basketball Powerhouse by Oren Weisfeld. It’s published by ECW Press for $19.95 (USD) wherever you get your books. Continue reading...

Sport

16 h. ago Engineering climate may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine – study

Scientists assessed the feasibility of injecting particles into the stratosphere to cool the Earth to help growing conditions for ‘luxury’ crops.

Politics

18 h. ago BP accelerates overhaul with higher asset sale target as profits beat forecasts

The oil giant reported third quarter underlying replacement cost profits of 2.21 billion US dollars (£1.68 billion), down 3% on a year earlier.

Economics

19 h. ago Is that a goose on your head? Earth’s most spectacular inhabitants – in pictures

From sharks to rays, from island cliffs to the tribes of Africa’s Omo Valley, Cristina Mittermeier’s show A Greater Wisdom celebrates the beauty of our planet – and highlights the biggest threats it faces Continue reading...

Politics

20 h. ago Cruise ship entertainment: The best theatre shows at sea including Come from Away and Dirty Dancing

Several top stage shows are available at sea, including singalongs and classic theatre productions

Culture

20 h. ago Blue Whale’s Stephen Yiu: save the London Stock Exchange by spinning it off

Blue Whale’s Stephen Yiu: save the London Stock Exchange by spinning it off  MSN

Politics

22 h. ago Melbourne Cup 2025: Jamie Melham follows in Michelle Payne’s footsteps with win aboard Half Yours

Melham becomes second woman to win famous race over 3200mJockey and horse complete Caulfield-Melbourne Cup doubleJockey Jamie Melham became the second woman to win the Melbourne Cup after Half Yours saluted on a wet track under cloudy skies at Flemington, in front of around 80,000 spectators. The five-year-old gelding – the only Australian-bred horse in the race – finished two lengths ahead of Goodie Two Shoes, with Middle Earth third.Interviewed on the track immediately afterwards, Melham, who created history as the first female jockey to complete the Caulfield-Melbourne Cups double, said: “What just happened? Oh my god”. Continue reading...

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