A mosaic image of asteroid Bennu composed of images collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic properties. Scientists have been analysing clumps of rock from Bennu since…
Benjamin Netanyahu has spent most of his political career pledging to do whatever it takes to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons. In the early hours of Friday, the Israeli prime minister tried to do just that, sending more than 200 aircraft to strike targets throughout Iran in the most destructive assault the Islamic republic has…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s strikes on Iran in the early hours of Friday have hit nuclear sites, military bases and weapons facilities across the country. The co-ordinated assault, Operation Rising Lion, also hit residential compounds home to some…
Default passwords and outdated firmware are turning your home camera into a public livestream, report warns Thousands of exposed webcams are offering a front-row seat into private and corporate life A simple web browser is all it takes to peek into 40,000 unsecured camera feeds Thousands of internet-connected webcams, intended to enhance safety and convenience,…
Life Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique By Colin Barras We all know the story: give every chimpanzee on the planet a typewriter and wait until something monumental occurs, either the recreation of the complete works of…
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Israel’s strikes against Iran have threatened to ignite a regional conflict that disrupts oil supplies across the Middle East, with traders reviving the decades-old question of whether Tehran could respond by closing the vital industry chokepoint at the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude, the global benchmark, surged 12 per cent to a high of $78.5…
Jun 13, 2025, 09:32 PM ET OAKMONT, Pa. — Sam Burns avoided a repeat of the meltdown that ruined his opening round at the U.S. Open and wound up with a big par save on his last hole for a 5-under 65 and the 36-hole lead. Best of all, he was long gone before the…
KeyGene’s new potato variety (centre) has the skin of Pimpernel (left) and the flesh of Bintje (right) Courtesy of KeyGene A new technique for creating fruit and vegetables with the skin of one variety and the flesh of another could make crops more resistant to pests and droughts. A lot of the fruit and vegetables…
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. In recent years, June Fridays have often been viewed by financiers as a good moment to work from home. Not now. As news spread about the Israeli air strikes on Iran, traders across Wall Street…
