As wildfires increasingly threaten lives, landscapes, and air quality across the U.S., a Stanford-led study published in AGU Advances June 26 finds that prescribed burns can help reduce risks. The research reveals that prescribed burns can reduce the severity of subsequent wildfires by an average of 16% and net smoke pollution by an average of…
James Melley Social Affairs Producer Getty Images Nicky Hastie, holding an image of her mother, attended the inquiry in person on Monday A civil servant’s assertion that there was a “generational slaughter within care homes” in the early days of the pandemic is a phrase that “chimes with the experience of thousands of our families”,…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Donald Trump’s administration has ruled that Harvard University is in “violent violation” of civil rights law and must “immediately” reform or lose all federal funding. In a letter to the Ivy League university…
A Home Depot store in San Carlos, California, US, on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home Depot said Monday that it is buying GMS, a building products distributor, for about $4.3 billion as the retailer moves to draw more sales from contractors and other home professionals. Shares of…
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We’re just beyond the halfway point of the 2025 regular season and the All-Star break is only two weeks away. The trade deadline is two weeks after that. Soon division and wild-card races will really heat up. This season is flying by and, unfortunately, that means labor talks between MLB and the MLB Players Association…
Quantum computers have the potential to speed up computation, help design new medicines, break codes, and discover exotic new materials — but that’s only when they are truly functional. One key thing that gets in the way: noise or the errors that are produced during computations on a quantum machine — which in fact makes…
Signs of planet formation may appear earlier than expected around still-forming baby stars, according to new results of higher resolution images produced using new improved techniques to reanalyze radio astronomy archive data. These newly discovered signs of planet formation will provide a better understanding of when it begins around a young star, thereby elucidating the…
Young Welsh Labour members say their party is the best fit for people from “normal backgrounds” – but feel change is needed to attract their peers. At the party’s conference in Llandudno, Conwy county, over the weekend, one young member said “working people need Labour values in order to thrive”. Another added: “It’s the only…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce plans to cut the annual tax-free cash Isa allowance in her Mansion House speech next month, in an effort to shift some of the £300bn cash pile…
