Plastic is ubiquitous. Around 1m plastic water bottles are sold every minute and 5trn plastic bags are used around the world every year, according to the un’s Environment Programme. Half of all production, which is growing faster than that of any other material, is designed for single-use applications. The world’s annual output of over 400m…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Biden-era White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly left the Democratic Party in her rear-view mirror, announcing in June that she had become an Independent after spending more than two years as President Joe Biden‘s top spokesperson and defender. “Our country has become obsessed with blind…
Sunday marks the first full day of action at the new-look Club World Cup, one that will feature several European heavyweights and a handful of intriguing matchups. The day’s action began with one of the group stage’s most mismatched games, with six-time UEFA Champions League winners Bayern Munich facing off against the competition’s only semi-pro…
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Illustration of the volcanic exoplanet L 98-59 b NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center An alien world with a seemingly sulphur-filled atmosphere may be the most volcanic planet astronomers have ever spotted. We have never directly detected volcanic activity outside our solar system, in part because current telescopes aren’t powerful enough to take images of exoplanets’…
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Jun 15, 2025, 03:47 PM ET Even before the FIFA Club World Cup started, the revamped competition had generated its share of doubts — over ticket sales, security measures, lack of player rest, and more. But once the games kicked off, the focus was supposed to shift away from the controversies to the action on…
The seaglider hybrid vehicle begins sea trials in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Amory Ross / REGENT An all-electric “seaglider” that can transition between floating and flying has begun sea trials in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. The tests are a prelude to the vehicle’s first crewed flights, scheduled for later this year, which would make it…
A Greenland shark photographed near the seabed dotted zebra/Alamy A genomic study may have revealed how Greenland sharks live for centuries and yet rarely get cancer. These sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) are slow-moving dwellers of the deep that can reach more than 6 metres long and weigh over a tonne. We know little about their lives…
The government has written to Sainsbury’s and Morrisons asking them to stop “advertising and promoting” heated tobacco products, which it says is against the law. The BBC reported in February the supermarkets were displaying posters and video screens showing devices which create a nicotine-containing vapour by heating tobacco with an electric current. At the time,…
