The first piece of mini-transfer window business is a significant moment for Fifa’s Gianni Infantino and his heinous creation Hmm. Ten million pounds. What does that work out to in booing, and boo-deletion? What’s the exchange rate here? How much un-booing does £10m get you, in a highly emotive run‑your‑contract-down...
Beever-Jones hits rapid hat-trick as Lionesses pummel Portugal 6-0 in Nations League
It doesn’t matter how you get your chance to shine, what matters is you take it, and on Friday night at a balmy Wembley Stadium the Chelsea forward Aggie Beever-Jones did just that in a 6-0 defeat of Portugal. “Destroy them” was the message from manager Sarina Wiegman before kick-off,...
Williams’ James Vowles ‘backing failure’ in bid to guide team to F1 summit
Team principal has turned Williams around in a short space of time and is looking to 2026 for a serious title charge Finding themselves fighting off Ferrari and mauling the midfield, these are heady times for a resurgent Williams. The team principal James Vowles has engineered an extraordinary comeback but...
Étienne-Émile Baulieu, French scientist who invented abortion pill, dies aged 98
Doctor whose discovery helped create mifepristone was ‘guided by his commitment to progress made possible by science’ French scientist Étienne-Émile Baulieu, the inventor of the abortion pill, has died at the age of 98 at his home in Paris. The doctor and researcher, who achieved worldwide renown for his work...
NHS could start offering breast cancer checks to women in their thirties
Currently women are only eligible for breast screening from the age of 50, but thousands are diagnosed younger Millions of women in their thirties could be offered breast cancer checks on the NHS after a world-first trial identified those with a higher risk of developing the disease. Currently, women are...
‘Gift of life’: experts hail neck and head cancer breakthrough
Global trial shows immunotherapy drug significantly lowers chance of cancer spreading or returning An immunotherapy drug can ward off head and neck cancers for twice as long as the standard treatment, in the biggest breakthrough in two decades. Pembrolizumab stimulates the immune system to fight cancer, targeting a specific protein...
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Dell, Nvidia, and Department of Energy join forces on “Doudna” supercomputer for science and AI
The advanced system, to be housed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and scheduled to become operational in 2026, will be named "Doudna" in honor of Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, whose groundbreaking work on CRISPR gene editing has revolutionized molecular biology. Read Entire Article
Unknown object in Milky Way found emitting both X-rays and radio waves
The celestial body, dubbed ASKAP J1832- 0911, was initially found by astronomers using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), a radio telescope located in Australia. Another look using NASA's Chandra X-Ray telescope found the object also emitted X-rays in an unusual yet predictable pattern. Read Entire Article
Western Digital’s plans for HAMR hard disk drives will materialize in 2027
At the recent Computex trade show in Taipei, Western Digital confirmed that its first hard drives based on Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) technology are scheduled to debut in 2027. Before then, however, the San Jose – based company plans to introduce another generation of hard drives built on its proven......