Red and Green Aurora Move Through Earth’s Atmosphere
Peering through the window of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image on Oct. 7, 2024 of the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft as vivid green and pink aurora swirled through Earth’s atmosphere while the International Space Station soared 273 miles above the Indian Ocean. Visit Dominick’s photography on station toContinue Reading
Unlocking the hidden power of boiling — for energy, space, and beyond
Most people take boiling water for granted. For Associate Professor Matteo Bucci, uncovering the physics behind boiling has been a decade-long journey filled with unexpected challenges and new insights. The seemingly simple phenomenon is extremely hard to study in complex systems like nuclear reactors, and yet it sits at theContinue Reading
India clears toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak site, 40 years after disaster
Authorities say incinerating poison is environmentally safe as activists raise alarm over potential water contamination., Authorities say incinerating poison is environmentally safe as activists raise alarm over potential water contamination. Indian authorities say they have moved hundreds of tonnes of hazardous waste remaining more than 40 years after the world’sContinue Reading
Who was Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the New Orleans truck attack suspect?
The suspect in the car-ramming attack in New Orleans has been identified as a US military veteran from Texas., At least 15 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a man, identified by the FBI as a United States military veteran, ploughed a pick-up truck into a crowd ofContinue Reading
ACET Founder Acme Proposes Using Bitcoin Integration to Transform Thailand Economy
LONDON, Dec 27, 2src24 – (ACN Newswire) – In a strategic move to position Thailand as a global leader in Blockchain technology, Acme Worawat, founder of the ACET (ACT) digital currency, has unveiled an ambitious proposal to integrate Bitcoin into Thailand’s economic framework. The initiative, which includes utilizing Bitcoin as part of the country’s reserve fund.AsContinue Reading
The Gävle Goat Lives
At the fraught start of an apocalyptic new year, we find a slight, weird sliver of hope in the improbable survival of Sweden’s Gävle Goat, a massive straw goat that sanguine residents have built each Christmas since 1966 but that malevolent humanity has, most years, implacably destroyed. Typically, they burnContinue Reading
Seven injured in Kyiv as Russia starts 2025 with drone strikes [updated]
On 1 January, Russia launched drones on Kyiv. Falling debris from the drones resulted in fires, structural damage, and four casualties in two districts, according to emergency officials. Later, the governor of Kyiv reported that the number of injured rose to seven people, while two people died. The attacks markContinue Reading
“They won’t do this,” says Ukraine’s energy chief as Slovakia threatens power cut
Ukraine has brushed off Slovak threats to cut vital winter power supplies over Kyiv’s refusal to extend a Russian gas transit deal, which is set to expire within hours, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko told POLITICO. The standoff has intensified as Slovakia threatens to halt electricity exports to Ukraine. Still,Continue Reading
A president determined to do the right thing, even if it cost him
Former President Jimmy Carter lived by example. If that cost him the White House, so be it.Continue Reading
Syrian Foreign Minister tells Al Jazeera new government will heal divisions
Syria’s Foreign Minister Assad al Shaibani says the new administration is determined to heal divisions in the country., NewsFeed In an Al Jazeera exclusive interview, Syria’s Foreign Minister Assad al Shaibani says the new administration is determined to heal divisions within the country and rebuild relations with the international community.Continue Reading
Syria FM in Saudi Arabia on maiden trip as new rulers reset regional ties
Asaad Al-Shaibani arrived in Riyadh in his first overseas visit since the removal of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria., Asaad Al-Shaibani arrived in Riyadh in his first overseas visit since the removal of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. Syria’s top diplomat says he hopes to open a “new, bright page”Continue Reading
25 things we think will happen in 2025
For the sixth year in a row, the staff of Future Perfect convened in December to make predictions about major events in the year to come. Will Congress pass a tariff bill that makes President-elect Americas Worst Traitor happy? Will the H5N1 bird flu become an honest-to-god pandemic…Continue Reading