A Chinese spy ring has been sentenced to a combined 18 years in prison for running ‘shadow policing’ operations on British soil. UK Border Force officer Peter Wai and retired Hong Kong police officer Bill Yuen spied on Chinese dissidents in the UK and senior MPs who supported them. In…
Bees are buzzing on Michigan State’s campus » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: At Michigan State University, the roar of lawn mowers is being replaced by the sound of buzzing bees. Last year, the school began transforming some mowed lawns into wild meadow habitat for pollinators like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Landscape services coordinator Josh Ridner worked with an entomology professor to…
Do-gooder environmentalist barrister who cleaned up rubbish-infested river is probed by busybody officials and told he needs a licence
A do-gooder environmentalist barrier who cleaned up a rubbish-infested river is being probed by jobsworth officials after being told he needed a licence. Paul Powlesland, 40, is under investigation by the Environment Agency (EA) after clearing a section of the River Roding in Barking, east London, alongside a group of…
Could cosmic memory explain dark matter, dark energy, and black holes?
For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein’s general relativity explains gravity as the bending of space and time. Quantum mechanics governs the world of particles and fields. Both work brilliantly in their own domains. But put them together and contradictions appear – especially…
Burnham’s day of destiny? Polls open in Makerfield by-election as Labour plotting rages… with Starmer braced for challenge within days if mayor returns to Commons
By JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 08:36 BST, 18 June 2026 | Updated: 12:13 BST, 18 June 2026 The moment of truth is looming in the Makerfield by-election today – with voters delivering their verdict on Andy Burnham’s bid to become PM. Polling stations have opened as the Greater…
‘Rachel Carson and the Power of Queer Love’ explores how intimate relationships can spur political action » Yale Climate Connections
by Samantha Harrington, Yale Climate Connections June 18, 2026 In seaside Maine in 1953, science writer Rachel Carson met Dorothy Freeman and quickly fell in love. Lida Maxwell, author of the 2025 book “Rachel Carson and the Power of Queer Love,” says this moment was a turning point for Carson.…
‘I’ll never forgive you’: Mother of murdered baby Preston Davey tells court ‘part of me died with him’ as adoptive fathers are sentenced
Preston Davey’s birth mother sobbed in court as she told her son’s adoptive killer fathers ‘I will never forgive you’ ahead of their sentencing today. Jamie Varley, 37, was found guilty this week of the murder of the 13-month-old Preston in July 2023, who suffocated during sexual abuse. His partner John McGowan-Fazakerley,…
NASA’s Perseverance rover just ran a marathon on Mars. Could you do the same?
Could you run a marathon on Mars? And also — would you want to? NASA’s Perseverance rover just completed an off-Earth marathon: It has now traveled more than 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers) across the Martian landscape after landing in February 2021, according to the mission team. The only other rover…
Trump says ‘fools who think I haven’t been tough enough on Iran’ are ‘jealous or stupid’ after signing widely-criticised deal
Donald Trump has hit back at critics who said he had not been tough enough with Iran after signing a peace deal aimed at ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The US President took to his Truth Social platform this morning after several US lawmakers and politicians…
Sombre-looking Dan Andrews makes his first public appearance in months as he dons a blue suit and returns to parliament after secret health battle
Dan Andrews has been spotted publicly for the first time in months. The former Victorian premier made a rare appearance at state parliament as Labor MP Emma Vulin delivered her valedictory speech on Wednesday. Vulin has previously worked in Andrews’ Mulgrave electorate office and will retire in November after she was…