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Observers in dark locations away from street lighting can expect to see more than 100 meteors an hour
The Perseid meteor shower in August often catches the headlines because of the warmer conditions associated with watching the display, but to many astronomers the Geminids put on the better show.
The Geminids have been active since 4 December and they reach their climax this week with the peak...
President Trump’s latest move is a new AI platform called “Truth AI.” While no details about the platform are available, it has arrived at the exact moment when crypto is fighting for direction. AI stocks have dominated the 2025 narrative, pulling retail interest and flows away from crypto. The real question is, will Trump’s AI […]
What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade.
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
It is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago are being collected for what is being billed as the first complete dictionary of ancient...
Tech moguls may foolishly hope to stay forever young, but others could benefit too from evidence of the human body’s dynamic and varied journey through life
Ageing can feel remarkably sudden. One morning you awake to find new aches, or lapses in strength and memory that you could swear were not present just a few days prior. We do not literally age overnight, but as research is increasingly...
South African traders use proprietary trading firms to access external trading capital, scale funded accounts up to $1M, and trade global markets without risking personal savings. Prop firms provide the funding, set transparent risk rules, and share profits with traders who demonstrate consistent discipline. South African traders increasingly choose international prop firms because these...
Sometimes it’s easier to talk to strangers, which might explain why the platform has become an increasingly popular resource for wedding planning.
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
In the last month of 2025, Traders are prioritizing projects with solid fundamentals, clear tokenomics, and proven scarcity mechanics that promise long-term growth potential. This week, several projects have emerged in the spotlight, each offering a unique mix of technological innovation, strong community adoption, and reward mechanisms. Among these rising stars, BullZilla ($BZIL), top crypto […]
In a recent report, Polygon suggested that the crypto industry is in a “super-cycle” and stablecoins are at the center of the structural shift. Company’s Global Head of Payments and RWA, Aishwary Gupta, noted that the market could see more than 100,000 stablecoin issuers emerge over the next five years. Japan’s recent steps show that […]
The growing discussion around Reform UK funding has revived interest in how whales use stablecoins to shape political movements. Former Tether investor and billionaire Christopher Harborne has made a whopping £9M investment in Reform UK, the political group spearheaded by Nigel Farage, causing much controversy. Against this backdrop, Digitap ($TAP) continues to stand out in […]
Ethan Zuckerman says his intentions were good when he invented the ads.
The new repost option, sandwiched between comment and share, has led to consternation and accidental reposts by some users.
Some say it’s overdiagnosis, others say it’s greater recognition. But it’s clear we must think about how our society is impacting human development
Gabor Maté is the author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Does the rise in diagnoses of ADHD mean that normal feelings are being “over-pathologised”? The UK’s health secretary, Wes Streeting, seems to...
Bullish developments tend to push cryptocurrency prices higher. This can be seen in Ethereum (ETH), which reclaimed the $3,100 level after completing the much-anticipated Fusaka upgrade. While this is a laudable feat, Ethereum is still down 36% from its August 24, 2025, ATH. As ETH struggles to climb higher, investors seeking to hedge against further […]
Bitcoin has climbed back above $92,000, and big names in the industry are already predicting where it could go next. At Binance Blockchain Week, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said Bitcoin could reach $180,000 by 2026, pointing to progress on U.S. regulation as a possible catalyst. Others on the same panel shared similar expectations. But while […]
Ⅰ. The Call of Long-Termism: Why Newstar Becomes the New Paradigm Amid increasing global market volatility, rising geopolitical uncertainty, and frequent failures of traditional models, leading global asset management institutions have emphasized: The rise of systemic risk Strengthened cross-market structural correlations Tail events becoming the norm rather than the exception Transparent and...
Scientists have developed algorithms that give predictive scores for a host of physical and mental traits
UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health
The Guardian has learned that couples undergoing IVF in the UK are exploiting an apparent legal loophole to rank their embryos based on genetic predictions of IQ. But what is polygenic screening and...
British fertility clinics raise scientific and ethical objections over patients sending embryos’ genetic data abroad for analysis
What is polygenic embryo screening in IVF and does it work?
Couples undergoing IVF in the UK are exploiting an apparent legal loophole to rank their embryos based on genetic predictions of IQ, height and health, the Guardian has learned.
The controversial screening...
Former Perth curator Mark Harvey is one of the few people on Earth to have described 1,000 new species, many of them arachnids. Colleagues say his legacy is ‘unquantifiable’
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For most people around the world, 16 August 1977 was memorable because it was the day Elvis Presley died.
“We turned the radio on when we got back in the car...
The Streamer Awards organiser said the negatives of her online role made it hard to enjoy the job.