Researchers listening off the Caribbean island of Dominica found variations in the mammals’ audible clicks when marine traffic was close Sperm whales produce a specific pattern of clicking noises when they hear the noise of boats, researchers have found. The pattern is so distinct that the scientists who identified it...
‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies
Elon Musk is trying to own it, competing powers are trying to fight in it and nobody seems to be regulating it. So who does space really belong to? The last time I saw Laura Grego was in a tent in a baking field on the Welsh borders in May....
From the Mexican border to Washington: A tiny Texas town fights Trump’s wall plan
A small Texas town is challenging the Trump administration's border wall plans, arguing they could cause flooding and bypass legal processes
Terrorism trial set to open in stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie is going on trial again
As the president touts Trump Accounts, some families are still waiting
President Donald Trump says Trump Accounts could lift children out of poverty and help more Americans invest in the stock market
Trump will attend the dignified transfer of 4 US service members
President Donald Trump plans to attend the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members recently killed in the Middle East
Beaches closed and sandbags filled as Tropical Storm Bertha approaches the Gulf Coast
Communities on the U.S. Gulf Coast distributed sandbags and closed beaches before Tropical Storm Bertha brings flooding and wind from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria increasingly leaving children vulnerable to common infections, global study finds
Exclusive: Research spanning 82 countries finds antibiotic resistance increased in every region between 2004 and 2022 Harry Booth has had a rough run through Australia’s coldest months. The 13-year-old has been in and out of hospital with a range of common chest and urinary tract infections that his doctors found...
Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say
Durham University researchers find cataclysmic direct hit with Gaia Sausage sent Milky Way into its current position Astronomers have found evidence that the Milky Way was flipped on its side following a direct hit from a wayward galaxy long before the solar system was born. The cataclysmic collision took place...
Slowdown in Arctic ice melt ends after largest winter decline on record
Scientists recorded slower reduction over past 20 years, but study finds this was ‘temporary rather than sustained’ A previously recorded slowdown in Arctic sea ice decline has ended, according to a new study, with the largest year-to-year wintertime reduction ever recorded. In a study published last summer, researchers found that...