Sign up HERE to our DC Insider newsletter for your guide on all the latest from the midterms campaign trail and what’s rattling the White House By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 12:16 GMT, 29 October 2026 | Updated: 12:24 GMT, 29 October 2026 Alaska’s Republican governor has ordered…
Stunning solar eclipse photos reveal giant hole and mysterious ‘smoke rings’ in the sun’s atmosphere
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Newly released photographs of the sun captured during the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse reveal the sun’s outer atmosphere in unprecedented detail. The images, released by researchers working as part of the Solar Wind Sherpas…
Climate change helps insects devour more crops even as farmers spray more pesticides » Yale Climate Connections
by Sanket Jain, Yale Climate Connections October 29, 2026 Farmers around the world are spraying more chemicals than ever on their crops as they battle insect pests. Many of these small, hungry creatures have benefited from climate change, which has expanded their range, extended their breeding season, and made them…
Monaco royal family member found dead in park ‘fell 40ft to his death’… as rumours swirl he was connected to cryptocurrency scandal and Ukrainian is arrested
The cousin of Prince Albert of Monaco, who was found dead in a public garden on Sunday, is believed to have fallen 40ft to his death. Speculation is meanwhile swirling over his possible link to a cryptocurrency scandal, as a Ukrainian national has been arrested in connection with his death.…
SpaceX’s Starfall capsule delivers cargo for US Air Force in landmark ‘point to point’ space mission
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The U.S. Air Force is opening up about the SpaceX Starfall cargo capsule it flew on a recent rideshare mission to orbit — and showing off what the capsule carried. The Air Force Research Laboratory…
Healey risks undermining Burnham’s bid to ease Brexit splits as he insists freedom of movement is ‘not on the agenda’
By JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 09:28 GMT, 29 October 2026 | Updated: 09:28 GMT, 29 October 2026 Andy Burnham’s bid to get a grip on Brexit tensions in Cabinet was dealt a blow by his Chancellor today. The PM sent a letter to ministers yesterday urging them not…
On this day in space! Oct. 28, 1971: Britain launches its 1st satellite Prospero into space on a Black Arrow rocket
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter On Oct. 28, 1971, the United Kingdom launched its first satellite. The satellite was named Prospero, but it was also known as the X-3. This wasn’t Britain’s first satellite, but it was the first and…
Kristin Scott Thomas’s £45,000-a-year former private school closes suddenly during half-term after 135 years
By ROBERT FOLKER, NEWS REPORTER Published: 15:08 GMT, 28 October 2026 | Updated: 07:17 GMT, 29 October 2026 A 135-year-old private school has announced it will not reopen after the October half-term amid Labour’s ongoing VAT raid on fees. Leweston School, near Sherborne in Dorset, apologised to families for the ‘little…
Arnab Strikes India – NASA Science
The first named storm of the 2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season—Arnab (pronounced Or-nab)—emerged in the Bay of Bengal on October 25, a rather late start for a basin that typically produces named cyclones in April or May. When the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on NOAA-20 captured this…
Terrified neighbors of the iconic Hollywood Sign say they are living in fear… and they blame bungling Karen Bass and her ultra-woke rival
Los Angeles residents near the iconic Hollywood sign are living in fear of fire hazards caused by throngs of tourists clogging the roads near their homes. About 100 residents of the affluent Hollywoodland, Lake Hollywood Estates and Hollywood Knolls neighborhoods filed a legal complaint against the City of Los Angeles on…