Leo Wilson 
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email President Joe Biden has reacted to Donald Trump’s angry Christmas Truth Social post in which the former president expressed a desire that his opponents “rot in hell”. In the midst of … Read more
Schematic diagram of the population and decay of the 8He(02+) cluster state. Credit: Z. Yang/ Peking University Researchers at Peking University in China have successfully observed the elusive 02+ state of 8He, revealing a novel cluster structure with two strongly correlated neutron pairs. This finding provides insights into exotic nuclear structures and their potential implications … Read more
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Amazon is making plans to produce hydrogen fuel at its fulfillment centers. The retail behemoth partnered with hydrogen company Plug Power to install the first electrolyzer — equipment that can split water molecules to produce hydrogen — at a fulfillment center in Aurora, Colorado. The electrolyzer will make fuel for around 225 fork lift trucks at … Read more
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Thousands of prisoners are being “set up to fail” by being released with tents and sleeping bags into a revolving door of homelessness, reoffending and jail, despite a major new scheme to house … Read more
Map showing: a) the location of the Canary Islands (red square), b) the island of Tenerife and the Teide National Park (gray shape), and c) the location of the samples in the National Park (white dots). Credit: Mammal Research (2023). DOI: 10.1007/s13364-023-00728-9 Trophic ecology is the study of the food chain. On Tenerife in the … Read more
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A fire has broken out at Blackpool Tower, with emergency services called to the iconic attraction. Video shared on social media shows flames at the top of the structure, which opened in 1894. … Read more
This aerial photo taken from a seaplane shows tourist boats sailing on the waters of Ha Long Bay on December 28. Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay is losing its famous turquoise hue as pollution and over-development threaten its wildlife and picture-perfect image. The UNESCO site is one of Vietnam’s most popular tourist destinations, with more than … Read more
Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Whether you’re dabbling with drink-free days or turned your back on booze for good, more of us than ever before are choosing to go alcohol-free. So much so, research by Alcohol … Read more
The spatial distribution, proper motion, and parallax distributions of the members of NGC 6940 and sample sources determined using the ML-MOC algorithm. Credit: Panthi and Vaidya, 2023 Using the AstroSat spacecraft, astronomers from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India, have investigated a nearby open cluster NGC 6940. Results of the observational … Read more
I am a worrier. Long before I read about the stoics, I tended to begin my days with what they call a premeditatio malorum – a rumination on all the very worst things that could happen in the next 24 hours. These days, I achieve the same effect by logging on to Twitter (or X, … Read more
