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Space Agencies Are Trying to Keep Astronauts From Losing Their Sight
The European Space Agency has commissioned British startup Siloton to develop a compact eye-scanning device to help understand and eventually treat spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS), a condition that damages astronauts’ eyesight during long missions. The work is being done ahead of the Artemis programme’s crewed missions to the moon and other deep space journeys, where…
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Clacton feels like the butt of a bad joke. ‘I saw Count Binface being interviewed – it made me really angry’
Voters in Clacton-on-Sea go to the polls on Thursday in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, the sitting MP, in July. The contest has been widely framed nationally as a two-horse race between Farage and satirical candidate Count Binface, with pollsters suggesting the joke candidate could win as much…
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John Oliver Takes Shots at Own Company’s DC Superhero Movies on ‘Last Week Tonight’
On his HBO show “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver mocked the US Department of Justice’s poor track record under Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche, before turning his mockery on his own corporate parent, Warner Bros., over its recent run of underperforming DC superhero films. The segment began with Oliver criticising the DOJ’s handling of cases…
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Peta Credlin unloads at Albo for billing taxpayers to fly his family to Canberra… after Daily Mail exposed out-of-touch act amid cost-of-living crisis
Sky News host and commentator Peta Credlin has criticised Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after it emerged that his family’s flights to Canberra were billed to taxpayers, a practice the Daily Mail had earlier highlighted as out of touch given the ongoing cost-of-living pressures many Australians face. Credlin’s intervention adds a prominent conservative media voice…
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The view from the proving grounds for next-generation nuclear reactors, Atomic City, Idaho
A new generation of small nuclear reactors is poised to come online in the next few years. Public opinion remains split.
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Pauline Hanson warns Australia is on track for another million migrants under Albanese government
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has warned that Australia is on track to admit another million migrants under the Labor government led by Anthony Albanese, with Immigration Minister Tony Burke named in connection with the warning. The claim taps into ongoing debate in Australia over migration levels, housing pressure and infrastructure strain, positioning Hanson’s party…
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Father of teen shooter given jail time for providing gun used in massacre requests new trial just days into sentence
Colin Gray, the father of the teenager who carried out a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, has filed for a new trial only days after beginning a jail sentence for providing his son with the firearm used in the attack. The case is significant because it forms part of a rare line…
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Kaptur moving to physical rehab after what police say was a hit-and-run crash
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) on Sunday said she will undergo physical rehabilitation after she was injured in what Toledo, Ohio, first responders said was a hit-and-run crash. Kaptur shared a video on the social platform X thanking “you so very, very much for the thousands of good wishes that are coming from our community, across…
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Stephen Miller’s wife comes out in support of woke nemesis AOC amid congresswoman’s fertility journey
Katie Miller, the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, has publicly praised Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she announced she is freezing her eggs. The gesture is notable because Katie Miller and her husband have long been vocal ideological opponents of Ocasio-Cortez, making the supportive message an unexpected moment of common…
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Council urged to rethink curbs on nightlife in London’s West End
Lord Sadiq Khan has told town hall chiefs to rethink proposed curbs on nightlife in London’s West End.