Beaver Island sits in the middle of the northernmost end of Lake Michigan, about 70 miles from the maritime border with Canada. The forested island, just a little bigger than San Francisco in size, is a popular summer destination for tourists and home to about 600 permanent residents. Getting there...
After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built the nation’s largest air monitoring network
Serap Erdal stopped at a light pole in Chicago’s Grant Park, pulled out her phone, and began pinching at the screen. Behind her, towering skyscrapers cut into a sunny blue sky as she scanned her palm-sized map of the city. The researcher barely noticed the hum of city buses, cars,...
Wimbledon’s big talking points: Serena’s return, Sinner’s recovery and Sabalenka’s slump
All-time greats have questions to answer in SW19 while Raducanu and Draper have to show they can stay fit Serena Williams left it until the last minute to take the final available singles wildcard at Wimbledon and dramatically escalate her comeback from retirement. It is hard to imagine this was...
Rain stopped play? Biggest worry now in British sport is extreme heat | Emma John
Climate crisis is on show every day when sportspeople do their thing and the rest of us sweat on the sofa Nothing sharpens the distinction between professional athletes and the rest of us like a week of truly hot weather. While we’re apologetically crying off long-in-the-diary engagements – so sorry,...
World Cup 2026: Haaland and Mbappé face off; Ecuador’s national holiday; Scotland still in limbo – live
⚽ Latest news from day 15 | Haaland v Mbappé in data⚽ Third-place table | Player guide | Bracketology | Mail us Ecuador fans’ nerves will be eased for now but that is not the case for all the nations yet as all of the knockout spots have not been...
‘You better remember where you watching’: 30 years on from England’s loss to Germany at Euro 96
With those words on 26 June 1996, Des Lynam ended his coverage of England’s defeat by Germany, one of the most unforgettable nights in English tournament history. So we did … Des Lynam ended the BBC’s coverage of that European Championship semi-final between England and Germany on Wednesday 26 June...
USA suffer late defeat to Turkey but eye Bosnia and Herzegovina in World Cup knockout stage
The US men’s national team have already made history this summer. They scored the most goals they ever have in a single World Cup game, won two straight games in the tournament for the first time in the modern era, and wrapped up top spot in an evenly-matched Group D...
A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong
Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures A scientist who decoded the dictionary that a bird uses to communicate has won a $100,000 prize for making progress towards a world in which humans can talk to the animals...
Windows 10’s free security updates now extend to October 2027
Microsoft's support page explaining how to continue receiving security updates on Windows 10 now states that the company will continue providing patches through October 12, 2027 – a change made without a formal announcement. The update gives Windows 10 users exactly one additional year to decide whether to upgrade to......
Game designer Sandy Petersen recalls how Quake’s development “broke” id Software
id Software and GT Interactive released Quake in 1996, marking a significant evolution in the first-person shooter genre just three years after Doom. Sandy Petersen, one of the studio's original designers from the Doom era, said that developing the first "true" 3D FPS took a heavy toll on the team....