The North Carolina Supreme Court has thrown out longtime litigation over education funding in the state
US crude tops $110 per barrel and Wall Street tumbles after Trump vows to escalate attacks on Iran
Oil rose more than 9% and U_S_ futures slid sharply lower after President Donald Trump said in his first national address since the Iran war began that the United States will continue to attack the Middle East nation for a few more weeks even though it...
Universities pressured to strip names of Epstein associates from campus buildings
Protests are growing at U.S. universities where buildings are named for associates of the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein
Activist Mahmoud Khalil wants ex-Justice Department official off panel of judges weighing his appeal
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student fighting deportation, have asked Judge Emil Bove to step aside from an appellate panel that could weigh in on his case because of Bove’s previous role as a top Justice Departme...
Relief for astronauts as fault fixed on Nasa’s $30m Artemis II toilet
Mission control confirms ‘toilet go for use’ after glitch sorted A blinking fault light on Nasa’s Orion spacecraft signalled an unwelcome setback at the start of the historic Artemis II mission: the toilet was out of order. Fortunately for the four astronauts on board for the 10-day mission, the issue...
Artemis II astronauts prepare to leave Earth’s orbit and head towards the moon
Nasa mission enters second day, with crew hoping to become first people to orbit moon in more than 50 years Nasa has given the four Artemis astronauts circling Earth the green light to head for the moon and carry out the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years....
Artemis II: Nasa’s crewed rocket lifts off to begin 10-day lunar journey – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. Full report – Nasa’s Artemis II rocket lifts off for historic moon mission There’s potentially alarming news from AccuWeather about a solar flare, which the forecasting service says could affect the Artemis mission. While not an official Nasa source for weather and climate information...
Artemis II astronauts rocket towards the moon after breaking free of Earth’s orbit
Spacecraft’s engine fired up for six minutes to propell astronauts on their three-day voyage towards Earth’s natural satellite The four Artemis astronauts have fired up their spacecraft’s engine to break away from Earth’s orbit and zoomed towards the moon, a milestone that commits Nasa to the first crewed lunar flyby...
Sex at arm’s length? Male octopuses use specialised arm to mate, scientists find
Sensory organ in male cephalopod able to detect female hormone progesterone, even if male cannot see partner Sex might seem an intimate act, but scientists have shed fresh light on how octopuses manage it at arm’s length. Male octopuses use a specialised arm called the hectocotylus to place a package...
As satellites fill Earth’s orbit, the space race risks becoming an environmental crisis
In this week’s newsletter: From pollution in the upper atmosphere to mounting debris, experts warn the rapid expansion in space could threaten our planet • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Our relationship with space is changing rapidly. For almost all of human history,...