Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño
Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found.
Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures.
Continue reading...Experts say US influence over South American neighbour will be hard to replicate in country with deep and long-standing antipathy to the west
First, the CIA tracks the head of an oil-rich, US-baiting nation to a heavily guarded compound at the heart of his country’s mountain-flanked capital.
Then, that leader is removed from power with a deadly and irresistible show of US military force.
Continue reading...Didn’t you know? True British patriots are the ones who want to join an obviously disastrous war on behalf of Israel and Donald Trump
Have you heard enough pant-wetting about Britain’s “reputation” this week? Honestly, I don’t think any of us can bear the social embarrassment of not getting immediately involved in an obviously disastrous war in the Middle East. The awks of it. How will good old Britannia hold her head up high if she isn’t an instant ride-or-die for a US administration described by a former senior Nato commander as “gung-ho nutters” with “no clear understanding of how this thing is going to end”? You should be simply unable to stand it. You should have Middle East-catastrophe FOMO.
Opposition party leaders and politicians seem genuinely excruciated by the fact that Earth’s pettiest man, Donald Trump, sniffed earlier this week of Keir Starmer: “This is not Winston Churchill we’re dealing with.” Boo-hoo for you, pal. We’re having to deal with the Cheeto FDR, so everyone’s making sacrifices.
Continue reading...The unemployment rate was 4.4% in February, with 130,000 jobs added in January
The US lost 92,000 jobs in February, an unexpected major slackening in the labor market that came just before Donald Trump threw the global economy into upheaval with his conflict in Iran.
The unemployment rate edged up to 4.4% in February. In comparison, the US added a revised 126,000 jobs in January, far surpassing expectations of 70,000 jobs but still less than January 2025. Economists predicted an increase of 60,000 jobs added in February and a steady unemployment rate of 4.3%.
Continue reading...Two women who have lived almost all their lives in UK, but whose British fathers were not married, tell how they are having to battle for British citizenship
Two women who have lived almost all their lives in the UK have had their lives thrown into chaos due to the new border control rules for British dual nationals because their French mothers were not married to their British fathers.
Both women have been forced to prove their right to British passports as a result of archaic laws, which did not accord automatic citizenship to the children of unmarried British fathers in dual national relationships until the law was changed in 2005.
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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot holds a cartridge filled with a white emulsion of oil and water. A couple of weeks into the εpsilon mission, she replaced samples for an experiment dedicated to studying how fluids behave in microgravity in a corner of Europe’s Columbus laboratory.
This experiment, called SMD-SEEDS/PASTA, investigates droplet dynamics to pave the way for more sustainable emulsions on Earth. Scientists closely observe the mixtures as they evolve through different stages, building on nearly two decades of European research on the International Space Station.
That research revealed that it is possible to create super-stable emulsions in orbit. From vinaigrette to mayonnaise, emulsions are part of our daily lives, yet gravity makes them short-lived on Earth, where emulsions break down in a frenzy compared to the more stable conditions on the station. Gravity splits the fluids by density, triggering effects like creaming and sedimentation. Think of your frothy cappuccino.
At Sophie’s new home in space, different concentrations of oil, air and foaming agents produce a range of emulsions. Inside each sample unit, pistons shake the liquids at high speed to generate droplets.
Scientists follow their evolution over several days using laser optics, fast detectors, and high-resolution cameras. The results are then sent to the Belgian User Operations Centre in Brussels, Belgium, where operators control the experiment remotely.
This sample replacement is most likely to be the last one for the Soft Matter Dynamics instrument. During previous missions the instrument has studied foams, granular materials and a variety of emulsions part of our everyday lives.
A deeper understanding of how these materials behave could unlock more sustainable ways to produce them, with benefits both on Earth and for human space exploration.
Follow Sophie’s mission on the εpsilon page and on her social media platforms, such as X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn.
Credits: NASA/ESA – S. Adenot
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Het Team Openbare Orde Inlichtingen van de politie bewaakt met hulp van informanten de openbare orde. Dat gebeurt al jaren zonder de juiste juridische grondslag, concludeert toezichthouder AP.
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De succesvolle zitskiër Jeroen Kampschreur leerde met minder druk en risico van pistes te razen. Hij heeft opnieuw medaillekansen in Milaan-Cortina. „Soft ben ik niet geworden, ik ga nog steeds vreselijk hard.”
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Draft rules could force Nvidia and AMD to seek government approval before selling abroad
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House of Lords committee says ministers must not trade a £124B sector for promises of future tech growth
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BERLIJN (ANP) - Het Duitse mediaconcern Axel Springer koopt de eigenaar van de Britse krant The Telegraph. Daarmee komt de rechtsgeoriënteerde krant onder een dak met de Duitse tabloid Bild, nieuwssite Politico en tv-zender Welt. De Duitsers troeven daarmee de Britse uitgever van Daily Mail af.
Axel Springer koopt de Telegraph Media Group voor 575 miljoen pond, omgerekend ruim 663 miljoen euro. Topman Mathias Döpfner stelt dat de Britse conservatieve krant altijd een voorbeeld is geweest voor het door hem geleide mediaconcern. Twintig jaar geleden deed Axel Springer ook een poging om The Telegraph in te lijven, maar dat mislukte. "Nu komt onze droom uit", aldus Döpfner, die The Telegraph wil laten uitgroeien tot het "best gelezen en intellectueel inspirerendste centrumrechtse nieuwsmedium in de Engelssprekende wereld".
Vorig jaar bereikte de eigenaar van Daily Mail al een deal om The Telegraph te kopen voor 500 miljoen pond. Maar die overname werd onzeker door onderzoek van de Britse markttoezichthouder.
Eyder Fuels creates green energy solutions with green ammonia, enabling emission-free power at sea. The identity draws from the material itself: the drop as a symbol of concentrated energy, precise yet organic. Cool, muted tones and purposeful typography balance technological force with sustainability.