Millions of Aussies brace for sweltering weekend: Scorching 30C could set spring record

Sydneysiders have been warned to brace for temperatures as high as 30C this weekend, with forecasts that spring records could tumble.  Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domensino said the temperature could reach 30C on Saturday. ‘If it does reach 30C, this would be the city’s first 30C day in six months,’ he…

APOD: 2026 September 3 – The Eclipse and the Stork

Explanation: How do animals react to a total solar eclipse? The featured image shows a stork roosting on her nest in Poland at a partial phase of the recent total solar eclipse. If you are lucky enough to experience a total eclipse somewhere quiet and close to nature, you may be able to notice…

Inside Liam Payne’s trashed hotel room: From the burned Coca-Cola can lids to the pills lined up on the sofa, incredibly detailed 3D model explores troubled star’s third-floor suite

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‘You’re going to feel exposed, vulnerable, and very isolated’ — ‘Alien Isolation 2’ creative director talks upping the scare factor for the sequel (interview)

Released in 2014, “Alien: Isolation” was a sci-fi horror gaming masterpiece that combined stealth, survival horror mechanics, and cinema’s greatest monster to create an underpants-ruiningly terrifying experience. After earning phenomenal reviews, winning awards, and selling millions of copies globally, players were left clamouring for a sequel. Now, 12 years later,…

RICHARD EDEN: Night Oasis Noel gave The Sun’s editor a slap

He’s the one-time editor of a raucous red-top newspaper who now panders to the luvvie set on a BBC podcast. But this week David Yelland inadvertently secured an infinitely wider audience when he derided Tory MP James Cleverly for his decision to run for London mayor, confusing him with Kwasi…

Aussie boy, 6, dies from scurvy: Parents say they had no idea he suffered from incredibly rare 19th century disease until it was too late

A six-year-old boy with Down syndrome died from a disease so rare it has not been prevalent in Australia for the last two centuries. Queensland deputy state coroner Stephanie Gallagher has handed down her non-inquest findings into Connor Dean’s tragic death two years ago. Connor lost his fight for life…

Blue Origin wins $700 million contract to build NASA’s next Mars orbiter

Blue Origin will build NASA’s next Mars orbiter. The agency announced on Tuesday (Sept. 1) that it has selected Jeff Bezos‘ spaceflight company to develop the $700 million Mars Telecommunications Network (MTN), which is expected to be up and running at the Red Planet by 2030. “The award marks a…

Grieving Aussie mum has a huge load of filthy rubbish dumped on driveway in revenge attack – but she says it was never hers

A Queensland skip bin operator has openly admitted dumping rubbish on customers’ properties if they fail to pay outstanding bills, after a grieving daughter accused him of scattering waste across the entrance to her late parents’ Townsville block. Fat Boy Skips owner Barry Shonhan told Daily Mail Australia he dumped…

Bank of America VP remembered by loved ones as deeply devoted and remarkable mom in heartbreaking tribute after life tragically stolen in Times Square

The Bank of America vice president murdered by a knife-wielding woman in Times Square was remembered as ‘deeply devoted’ to her family in a touching tribute. Erin Piacenti, 32, of Chester in the Garden State, died after being stabbed in the stomach by Pamela Cisneros Lopez, 49, on Monday afternoon,…

2 spacecraft headed to Mercury are about to begin their long-awaited arrival for Europe and Japan — watch it live on Sept. 3

BepiColombo’s Mercury arrival begins (Official ESA broadcast) – YouTube Watch On The BepiColombo mission is finally getting ready to arrive at its exotic destination. BepiColombo launched in October 2018 and took a long, looping and highly circuitous route toward Mercury our solar system’s innermost planet. That journey is now nearly…