Kate Middleton news: Princess pictured at farm shop as friends say she may speak about health

Princess Kate ‘reassuring’ Mother’s Day image ‘done completely opposite’, says royal biographer Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Princess of Wales smiled and looked relaxed while on a shopping trip with her husband in the first pictures of … Read more

Feeling apathetic? There may be hope

Do you sometimes feel like you just can’t be bothered? Would you like to have exercised more, learned a new language or taken more education, but you feel that everything is too much effort? If so, you probably need more grit and belief in your ability to achieve things. A recent pilot study has sparked … Read more

Study highlights achievements of the scientific drilling of Songliao Basin

The International Continental Scientific Drilling Project of the Songliao Basin has revealed crucial information for understanding past and future climate trends and for sustainable exploration of oil and gas. Credit: Wang Chengshan from China University of Geosciences Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the increase in carbon dioxide emissions has consistently warmed the Earth’s … Read more

Breathe, don’t vent: Turning down the heat is key to managing anger

Venting about a source of anger might feel good in the moment, but it’s not effective at reducing the rage, new research suggests. Instead, techniques often used to address stress — deep breathing, mindfulness, meditation, yoga or even counting to 10 — have been shown to be more effective at decreasing anger and aggression. Researchers … Read more

The diaspora’s response to the Second World War

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Chicago, designed by architect Mulokas and artist Jonynas, 1957, from the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture. Credit: Original content from the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture The Second World War had a profound impact not only on the fate of countries and people but … Read more

Holographic message encoded in simple plastic

There are many ways to store data — digitally, on a hard disk, or using analogue storage technology, for example as a hologram. In most cases, it is technically quite complicated to create a hologram: High-precision laser technology is normally used for this. However, if the aim is simply to store data in a physical … Read more

As Voyager 1’s mission draws to a close, one planetary scientist reflects on its legacy

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For nearly 50 years, NASA’s Voyager 1 mission has competed for the title of deep space’s little engine that could. Launched in 1977 along with its twin, Voyager 2, the spacecraft is now soaring more than 15 billion miles from Earth. On their journeys through the solar system, the Voyager spacecraft … Read more

US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution | United Nations

The US and Japan are sponsoring a UN security council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the US ambassador has announced. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a UN security council meeting that “any placement of nuclear weapons into orbit around the Earth would be unprecedented, dangerous, and unacceptable.” The … Read more