18 h. ago Space probe to map carbon content of world’s remotest tropical forests

Revolutionary scanner to be fired into Earth orbit this month to measure effects of deforestationScientists are about to take part in a revolutionary mission aimed at creating detailed 3D maps of the world’s remotest, densest and darkest tropical forests – from outer space. The feat will be achieved using a special radar scanner that has been fitted to a probe, named Biomass, that will be fired into the Earth’s orbit later this month.For the next five years, the 1.25-tonne spacecraft will sweep over the tropical rainforests of Africa, Asia and South America and peer through their dense 40m-high ­canopies to study the vegetation that lies beneath. The data collected by Biomass will then be used to create unique 3D maps of forests normally hidden from human sight. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Lily Phillips' second life as 'Lillian' . and it doesn't involve the middle

Behind the scenes, 23-year-old Lily Phillips from Derbyshire lives a remarkably normal life, worlds away from her racy content on the adult content platform.

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1 week ago Content creator posted video showing her sexually abusing her chihuahua, cops say

The content creator boasts thousands of followers across several NSFW platforms

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2 w. ago Newspaper group National World grows profits after increasing video content

The newspaper group said growth has been achieved despite it still grappling with tougher economic conditions and print media challenges.

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2 w. ago 'World's sexiest footballer' risks Instagram BAN after posting racy see

Lehmann - who has been dubbed the 'World's Sexiest Footballer' - posted the series of images as part of a paid partnership with Tezenis, an underwear brand.

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3 w. ago Why is Donald Trump crashing the US economy? Because he’s high on his own supply of fake news | Jonathan Freedland

Addicted to Fox News and outlets even more extreme, the president finds support and justification for actions disastrous to Americans and the worldNot content with shattering the post-1945 international order, which delivered prosperity and power to his country for eight long decades, Donald Trump is seemingly set on destroying the US economy. And he’s doing it because he, and the American right, have lost their ability to grasp reality.Start with the economic vandalism, unfolding in real time and mesmerising to watch. For weeks, you could see the US stock market falling and falling until on Thursday the S&P index passed an unwanted milestone: it stood more than 10% down from the peak it had reached less than a month earlier, a fall that meets the Wall Street definition of a “correction”. In other words, even if the market eventually rallies, this is no blip. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Who are the Sidemen? KSI and fellow YouTube stars profiled before Wembley charity match

YouTubers take over a sold-out Wembley Stadium on Saturday afternoon, as the 2025 Sidemen Charity Match kicks off featuring a number of the world's biggest content creators – but who are the Sidemen?

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