Astronomers have unveiled one of the largest cosmological simulation datasets ever created, offering an expansive new tool to explore how the universe evolved across billions of years. Produced by the FLAMINGO project — short for Full-hydro Large-scale structure simulations with All-sky Mapping — the dataset contains more than 2.5 petabytes…
Trump set to lift US sanctions on Iran, free billions and unlock uranium enrichment in stunning Obama-style peace proposal
Donald Trump is on the verge of securing a sweeping peace deal with Iran that would lift US sanctions and unlock billions in frozen assets for Tehran. A one-page, 14-point memorandum of understanding is being negotiated between senior Iranian officials and Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The White House believes the…
Over half of coral reefs bleached during a three-year heat wave » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: Coral reefs are extraordinarily diverse ecosystems, home to fish, sea turtles, and countless other marine species. But reefs are in trouble. Climate change is causing more heat waves in the oceans – and when corals get hot, they bleach, expelling the algae that give them vibrant colors and food.…
What are AI agents? Inside a real experiment where AI ran a start‑up
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Have you ever been chatting with a customer service rep and just felt like they’re a little off? Well, customer service is a tough job, so, you know, maybe you’re the problem. But it’s also possible you were communicating with…
US and Iran ‘close to ending war’ as Trump is praised for suspending Project Freedom – live updates
What we know about the memorandum between Iran and the US US envoys Jared Kushner (left) and Steve Witkoff are leading negotiations The one-page memorandum of understanding at the centre of the US and Iran peace deal is said to contain 14 points. According to Axios, the terms are being…
Missed Star Wars Day? You can still save big on Lego Star Wars sets and we’ve got the best deals.
May 4, aka Star Wars Day, may be behind us, but if you love Lego Star Wars there are still deals to be had on everything from massive, table-dominating UCS vehicles to shelf-friendly Star Wars helmets. But, be warned, these deals will go fast. We’ve already seen Lego’s Gift With…
Spain’s Iran war tourism headache: Surging number of visitors sees more anti-holidaymaker anger… with things set to get worse as Brits snub Dubai due to conflict
Spain’s tourism industry is hitting record highs as holidaymakers pivot away from Middle Eastern destinations due to the Iran conflict, flocking to safer alternatives in Europe. The first quarter of 2026 saw 17.5 million tourists arrive in Spain, a 2.6 per cent increase from the same period last year. Although…
Climate change is supercharging hurricane rainfall, contributing to deadly floods » Yale Climate Connections
In brief: The atmosphere can contain more water vapor when it’s warmer, enabling tropical cyclones to dump more rain. Tropical cyclones are already dropping more rain than they did in the past. Studies from several different research groups have found that climate change worsened the rainfall of recent hurricanes, such…
Waitrose stops selling mackerel in all of its UK branches over sustainability fears
Do you have a story? Email lettice.bromovsky@dailymail.co.uk By LETTICE BROMOVSKY, NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:17 BST, 6 May 2026 | Updated: 11:39 BST, 6 May 2026 A major UK supermarket has pulled mackerel from its shelves nationwide amid growing alarm over dwindling fish stocks. Waitrose has become the first in Britain…
Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster
The growing debris field in Earth orbit may someday endanger our access to the stars. Today, that field consists of nearly 130 million pieces of space junk — dead satellites, old rocket bodies and tiny fragments generated by on-orbit collisions. Understanding how debris shifts in orbit can help to avoid…