By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 19:09 BST, 8 May 2026 | Updated: 19:58 BST, 8 May 2026 Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. The ceasefire comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares a grand celebration in Moscow this weekend to mark the Soviet Union’s victory…
Doubling their genomes may have helped plants survive mass extinctions
Genome duplication has occurred in many flowering plants, such as the purple gromwell David Chapman/Alamy Extra copies of genetic instructions may have helped flowering plants survive mass extinctions, including the catastrophe that saw off the dinosaurs. New findings suggest that angiosperms – flowering plants like daisies, grasses and fruit trees…
High Performance Spaceflight Computing
For decades, NASA has advanced on-board spacecraft computer processors that coordinate and execute the functions needed to support mission success. Space computing originated in the 1960s with the Apollo Guidance Computers, which were pivotal for guidance, navigation, and control computations during NASA’s first Moon missions. For decades, radiation-hardened processors have…
Labour loses control of Birmingham with Reform and pro-Gaza independents poised to shatter party’s dominance of crisis-hit City Council
Labour has lost Birmingham Council after 14 calamitous years in charge of the city council, party sources fear. The party believes it is in for a punishing day in Britain’s second city and could pick up as few as 20 seats, down from the 65 it won at the last election…
BORIS JOHNSON: Kemi’s full of bounce and zip. If anyone can rebuild the electoral coalition that won the Tories power in 2019, she can
Well I have listened to the BBC, and I have absorbed the teachings of Sir John Curtice – and frankly I have had about as much analysis of the local elections as I can take. My conclusion, from the point of view of an ardent Conservative: there is still absolutely…
U.S. neutrino megaproject takes shape in abandoned gold mine
The U.S.’s most ambitious particle physics project ever is one step closer to reality. The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will be a giant in both budgetary and basic science terms: A cavernous, multibillion-dollar Department of Energy facility one mile below the town of Lead, S.D., that will serve as…
I Am Artemis: Anton Kiriwas
Listen to this audio excerpt from Anton Kiriwas, senior technical integration manager for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: Your browser does not support the audio element. When Anton Kiriwas first spotted an image of the Moon and Mars hanging over a job fair booth while in college, it captured his…
Dr Fauci’s top aide’s face says it all as he’s booked in court on federal charges for ‘COVID cover up’
Dr Anthony Fauci’s former top aide who allegedly worked to shield sensitive documents about COVID-19 from public view arrived in court on Friday to face federal charges. Dr David Morens, 78, of Chester, Maryland, was indicted by the Department of Justice at the end of April for allegedly concealing falsified…
Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha dropped from ITV show ‘to give her some space’ after she was accused of sharing ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theories’ on social media
Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha has been dropped from the hit ITV show after she was accused of sharing ‘unhinged’ anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on social media. Nadia, 61, was not on the panel this week and will not appear next week, with a source claiming that while bosses love her both parties…
Fire is spreading in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after drone crash
A forest fire is burning in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo A large forest fire is spreading through the Chernobyl exclusion zone after a drone struck the area yesterday. Though the fire is serious, those on the ground…