President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are planning to address hundreds of U.S. military officials in person at a base in Virginia
Winning numbers drawn in Monday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 01-03-27-60-65, Powerball: 16
Louisiana’s governor asks for National Guard deployment to New Orleans
Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has asked for National Guard deployments to New Orleans and other cities, saying his state needs help fighting crime and praising President Donald Trump’s decision to send troops to Washington and Memphis
Does a bit of booze really make us better at languages? – podcast
The Ig Nobel prizes were awarded recently – for science that makes you laugh and then think – and the peace prize was given to a cheeky study testing the link between alcohol and language proficiency. Does a drink really help us to converse more convincingly in another tongue, or...
Did you solve it? Ungoogleable and unhinged – ten hilarious visual teasers
The solutions to today’s puzzles Earlier today I set ten puzzles from a new book of silly visual puzzles. Here they are again – I have put the solutions together at the bottom, just in case you are seeing them for the first time and don’t want spoilers. Continue reading...
Patrick Vaughan obituary
Epidemiologist who advised health services in Tanzania, Bangladesh and the UK’s Department for International Development Patrick Vaughan, who has died aged 87, was a pre-eminent epidemiologist and a director of the Tropical Epidemiology Unit at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He authored more than 120 papers...
Covid school closures in UK damaged ‘very fabric of childhood’
Inquiry hears of children exposed to pornography and suffering ‘grievous’ harm without protection of schools The Covid pandemic disrupted the “very fabric of childhood”, the UK inquiry has heard, on the first day of a four-week session devoted to its impact on children and young people. Clair Dobbin KC, counsel...
Is there such a thing as a ‘problem shark’? Plan to catch repeat biters divides scientists
Some experts think a few sharks may be responsible for a disproportionate number of attacks. Should they be hunted down? First was the French tourist, killed while swimming off Saint-Martin in December 2020. The manager of a nearby water sports club raced out in a dinghy to help, only to...
Mideast nations confront chaos in their region, which Egypt warns ‘is at a point of implosion’
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — all nations in the thick of the unrest that has pervaded the Middle East — confronted the crisis in the region at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders
Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police say
Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police say