New University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows electric vehicle owners will need to charge their cars more in winter than in summer, leading to an increase in the winter electricity peak by 2050. Led by Associate Professor Michael Jack, Director of the Sustainable Energy Programme in the Department of Physics, researchers investigatedContinue Reading

The Sun’s hidden particle engines finally exposed

The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission has split the flood of energetic particles flung out into space from the Sun into two groups, tracing each back to a different kind of outburst from our star. The Sun is the most energetic particle accelerator in the Solar System. It whips up electrons to nearly theContinue Reading

The Traitor moves US Space Command to Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’

US President Traitor 47 makes an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 2, 2025. (Image credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) President Traitor 47 just announced that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama. In an Oval Office press conference on Tuesday (Sept.Continue Reading

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At least 15 people have been killed and 18 others injured after a carriage on Lisbon’s famous Gloria funicular derailed and crashed on Wednesday evening, emergency services said. Portugal’s emergency medical service authority said that five of those injured were in a serious condition. The remaining thirteen, including a child,Continue Reading