Charlie Teo’s partner and former patient has broken her silence after she was rushed into surgery with a fractured skull while the neurosurgeon was operating overseas. Former model Traci Griffiths suffered a fractured skull and a broken vertebrae following a nasty fall at the couple’s home in NSW’s Illawarra region,…
Trump expecting peace proposal from Iran TONIGHT as he inflicts tough sanctions on top suppliers giving Tehran drones and ballistic missiles
President Trump said that he is expecting a proposal from Iran’s leaders to end the war imminently – just hours after imposing sanctions on some of the country’s top weapons dealers. Amid ongoing talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the president told reporters that Iran was expected to give…
How you’d really die in space: What sci-fi gets right (and wrong) about extra-terrestrial expirations
You’ve seen it in a thousand sci-fi movies: an astronaut is ejected into space and freezes instantly, then shatters like an ice cube. A hairline crack appears in a helmet, and a character asphyxiates in seconds, desperately pawing at their spacesuit as they sink to their knees, and their skin…
‘I’m on my way to Downing Street’, says Nigel Farage as Reform leader celebrates party’s massive local elections success
Nigel Farage declared he is on course for Downing Street after Reform UK emerged yesterday as the clear winners of the local elections. His party stormed to victory across swathes of Conservative and Labour heartlands, winning more than 1,000 council seats and taking control of multiple authorities. The party surged…
Rise of the handy house buyer: Two-thirds of first-time home owners bought doer-upper properties
By ROBERT FOLKER, NEWS REPORTER Published: 00:02 BST, 9 May 2026 | Updated: 01:10 BST, 9 May 2026 Two-thirds of first-time buyers have bought a doer-upper to save money on the property price, a survey has found. And nine in ten had completed at least one renovation or DIY project…
Pentagon unveils trove of declassfied ‘UFO’ videos. How to see them all, from ‘a football-shaped body’ to ‘a misshapen and uneven ball of white light’
UFO enthusiasts just got a big old bone to sink their teeth into. The Pentagon released its first tranche of declassified “UFO files” on Friday (May 8), responding to a directive that President Trump issued in February. The new release consists of 161 files, most of which are PDFs recounting…
Zack Polanski stumbles at first hurdle as Green Party falls below predictions set out by polls in first real electoral test
By SOPHIE CHURCH, POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 00:22 BST, 9 May 2026 | Updated: 00:35 BST, 9 May 2026 The Green Party fell below its own expectations at its first real electoral test in a set of mixed results for Zack Polanski’s troupe of radical Leftists. The party made gains in…
‘Delusional’ Starmer urged to go by Labour MPs, ministers and unions as local elections ‘disaster’ sees Reform smash through Red Wall strongholds
Keir Starmer was fighting for his political survival last night after Labour was thrashed in the local elections. MPs, ministers and unions lined up to call on Sir Keir to set out a timetable for his departure following humiliating defeats across England, Scotland and Wales. Allies of Greater Manchester mayor…
Wildfire breaks out inside Chernobyl exclusion zone
May 8, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Wildfire breaks out in Chernobyl exclusion zone A fire covering at least five square miles burned through the exclusion zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster on Friday after two drones crashed into the area By…
NASA’s SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Mission Overview
NASA and SpaceX are targeting a mid-May launch to deliver scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Loaded with about 6,500 pounds of supplies, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will lift off aboard the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Following its arrival to the orbital complex, Dragon will dock autonomously…