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The grueling, 630-mile road race where the only fuel is sunlight
On 19 July, dozens of teams of American high school students set off on a five-day, 630-mile road race from Fort Worth to Fort Stockton, Texas, driving cars they built themselves that run solely on solar power. The Solar Car Challenge, marking its 30th anniversary this year, tasks students with designing and constructing their own…
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I worry less about screens than about the challenges today’s teens never face
An opinion piece for Fox News argues that concern over teenagers’ screen time is overblown compared with a bigger issue: the decline of formative experiences such as summer jobs. The author highlights that the share of 16-19-year-olds holding summer jobs has fallen to near the lowest levels recorded since tracking began after the Second World…
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Supergirl streaming release date window: When will it be on HBO Max, Blu-ray, and DVD?
When will the latest DC Universe film be coming to streaming (HBO Max), Blu-ray, and DVD? Here’s what we know.
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007: First Light was originally going to be less about James Bond and more of ‘an ensemble piece’, with ‘all the 00s working together, as they do in Slovakia’
“You had the different agents working together.”
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8 Great Crime Shows Overshadowed by ‘Breaking Bad’
Collider has published a list highlighting eight critically acclaimed crime television series that, despite their own merits, have often been overshadowed by the enduring cultural dominance of Breaking Bad. The article argues that AMC’s series, which followed chemistry teacher Walter White’s descent into the drug trade, set such a high bar for the genre that…
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How to survive being attacked by Britain’s most dangerous spider: Venomous false widows are spreading in the UK – and a single bite can trigger agonising flesh-eating infections…
False widow spiders, considered Britain’s most dangerous arachnid, are continuing to spread across the UK, with health experts warning that their bite can in rare cases trigger serious flesh-eating infections. The report highlights growing concern among medical professionals about the spider’s expanding range and the potential for bites to cause severe secondary bacterial infections if…
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Fifa gives fraud ‘an open door’ with betting, says Council of Europe chief
The Council of Europe’s secretary general, Alain Berset, has launched an unusually sharp public attack on Fifa, accusing it of leaving an “open door to fraud” through its expanded betting partnerships and of letting political pressure undermine the World Cup’s integrity. In an open letter published to coincide with Sunday’s final, Berset called for a…
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Restoring Britain’s health to 2014 levels could add 2% to GDP, thinktank says
A new report from the Health Foundation thinktank argues that restoring the UK population’s health to 2014 levels would boost GDP by 2% and deliver a £72bn benefit to public finances, framing national health as an economic asset rather than simply a cost to be managed. The paper, published on Sunday, comes as healthy life…
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US retaliates with military strikes on Iranian defense systems following attack that kills two American troops
The United States conducted military strikes on Saturday night targeting Iranian missile storage facilities, air defense systems, and surveillance infrastructure operated by the Revolutionary Guard Corps. The action was
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World Snooker deal to deliver £200m boost to Sheffield’s economy, council says
Sheffield City Council says a new World Snooker agreement is expected to generate a £200 million boost for the city’s economy. The deal matters because it would secure the economic benefits associated with major snooker events, including spending by visitors and wider exposure for Sheffield. The available text does not provide the deal’s duration, specific…