By ISABELLA MACHIN, REPORTER Published: 19:29 BST, 8 July 2026 | Updated: 19:30 BST, 8 July 2026 A woman has been arrested after police uncovered millions of pounds worth of cocaine hidden inside a Liverpool property. Officers seized more than 100kg of cocaine, with a street value of £10million, during…
Shoebox-sized ‘detector satellites’ could sniff out a nuclear bomb in space
A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by adversary nations, according to a new study. In 2024, rumors began to swirl in military circles that Russia might be developing a space-borne nuclear weapon. At that time, two years into the…
RFK, Jr. is turning his attention to the U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce
After overhauling a key government vaccine advisory panel to include vaccination skeptics, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. is reportedly preparing to name new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)—an independent group that guides recommendations for preventive services such as cancer screenings and helps determine…
Wealthy couple lose BOTH of their young children in horrific Wisconsin boat sinking that killed three kids, as family friend says youngsters were wearing life jackets
A couple lost both their children in a horrific boating accident that saw three children drown when a raging storm swept through Wisconsin and capsized the vessel. Abigail Oswald, seven, and her six-year-old brother Caleb drowned last Friday when the 25-foot Nautique P25 boat they were on sank on Lake Geneva. Abigail and Caleb, described…
Tattle-tale self-driving car drove children to POLICE after they fired Orbeez pellets out of its windows while swigging booze on back seat, cops say
By ANNA WRIGHT, US REPORTER Published: 18:26 BST, 8 July 2026 | Updated: 18:29 BST, 8 July 2026 A tattle-tale self-driving car reported two unruly teens to police after they allegedly swigged booze and drunkenly fired toy guns from the back seat. San Mateo police detained two 15-year-olds Monday afternoon…
Venus takes center stage with 2 easy-to-see sky shows this July. Here’s when and where to look
Between July 7 and July 17, Venus will put on two evening-sky shows: first passing close to Regulus, the brightest star in Leo the Lion, and then appearing near a waxing crescent moon. Both events are easy to see with the naked eye and offer excellent opportunities for casual skywatchers…
Einstein’s greatest theory triumphs again in landmark frame-dragging measurement
More than a century later, scientists are still proving Albert Einstein right. The famed physicist’s revolutionary general theory of relativity debuted in 1915, positing that gravity can be understood as objects falling along the curvature of spacetime. One well-tested product of this is frame-dragging, in which a heavy, rotating object…
Man is attacked and pinned down by a lioness for 30 minutes… but survives after STROKING it to calm it down
By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 17:53 BST, 8 July 2026 | Updated: 17:57 BST, 8 July 2026 This is the moment a man miraculously survived an attack from a lioness by stroking it to calm it down. The shocking footage shows the cattle herder covered in blood as…
Prisoners are being offered ‘woke’ yoga classes to help control their behaviour as part of £30,000 contract at taxpayers’ expense
By OLIVIA DAY, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA and ISAAC CROWSON Published: 17:18 BST, 8 July 2026 | Updated: 17:22 BST, 8 July 2026 Taxpayers’ money will fund tens of thousands of pounds’ worth of ‘trauma-informed’ yoga classes aimed at reducing tensions behind bars. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has awarded…
‘This is the future of spatial intelligence’: Vantor unveils stunning 3D satellite views of Earth (photos)
The American Earth-observation company Vantor maps Earth from space in 3D. The images are available in near-real time, revealing immediate effects of natural disasters and armed conflict. What is more, the images are also absolutely stunning. Vantor, which operates a fleet of 10 satellites that image the surface of the…