The Feanedock Oak stands out so clearly in Derbyshire's section of the National Forest, you'd think it was calling to you. Surrounded by open fields, hawthorn hedges and young beech forest, a majestic old oak like this anchors the English countryside.
An underwater bloom of toxic algae has wreaked havoc off the coast of South Australia since mid-March 2025. After eight months, this harmful algal bloom is the longest and one of the most environmentally devastating events ever recorded in Australian waters.
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Native Australian animals range from high-hopping kangaroos to fast-running emus—but clever little bettongs also have a special ability to find and eat the food they love.
After a long and deadlocked bidding process for Australia and Pacific Island nations to co-host the UN climate summit (COP31), the event will now be hosted by Turkey. Australia's Climate Minister, Chris Bowen, will reportedly take a key role as "COP President for negotiations".
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and House of the Dragon have both been renewed for additional seasons, all the way to 2028
In recent years, more and more lobbyists from the oil, gas and coal industries have taken part in international climate negotiations. Estimates of lobbyist numbers have risen sharply, from 503 at the 2021 Glasgow talks to 1,773 at last year's talks in Azerbaijan's capital Baku.
“House of the Dragon” has been renewed for Season 4, which is set to debut on HBO sometime in 2028. The third season of the Targaryen-filled “Game of Thrones” prequel is due in summer 2026. The renewal announcement came during an HBO press presentation in New York, where CEO
HBO has renewed “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” for Season 2. The renewal comes ahead of the series premiere, which is slated for Jan. 18, 2026. The second season of the half-hour series will debut in 2027. “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” serves as a prequel to “Game of
Over the course of billions of years, the universe has steadily been evolving. Thanks to the expansion of the universe, we are able to "see" back in time to watch that evolution, almost from the beginning. But every once in a while we see something that doesn't fit into our
Over the past week we've witnessed the many political discussions that go with the territory of a COP—or, more verbosely, the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Two nonprofit organizations devoted to supporting emerging filmmakers and creatives have teamed with Adobe to launch career development programs. Rideback RISE, the creative incubator established by producer Dan Lin in 2022, and Highways Lab have joined forces to execute the
Several species of tiny fungi completely new to science—and all from Alberta—have been discovered through University of Alberta research.
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Using the Tianma Radio Telescope (TMRT), researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted 66 simultaneous dual‑frequency (2.25 GHz/8.60 GHz) observations of the fast radio burst FRB 20240114A over one year and detected
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Imagine you're in southeast Cape York Peninsula, heading north from the tiny town of Laura—population 133. You're in a dusty four-wheel drive, bumping over a rough gravel road to a remote location known only to traditional Kuku Warra custodians.
Major League Baseball (MLB) plans to comply with a request from Congress to provide documents and testimony on how it will address concerns about illegal gambling and game rigging, commissioner Rob Manfred said this week. “We’re going to respond fully and cooperatively and on
Ticket touting has become increasingly sophisticated in recent years, according to the UK government. New measures, however, to restrict the illegal practice won't apply to Britain's most famously expensive tennis championship, Wimbledon.
Israeli and US pressure on Lebanon's army to speedily disarm militant group Hezbollah is intensifying, with the army chief cancelling a visit to Washington after officials snubbed him, a military official told AFP. Lebanon's army has been beefing up its presence in south
WeChat is best known as China's all-purpose "super-app." It is used for everything from messaging and mobile payments to shopping and government services.
“Baywatch” is back. The syndicated series defined Los Angeles in the 1990s, but filmed its final two seasons in Hawaii thanks to $3 million in state incentives. The “Baywatch” movie filmed in Georgia, which provides a 30% rebate. Now, the show is coming home. The California
Such recall delays raise questions whether public safety is taking a back seat to corporate profits.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died last month at the age of 84, will be honored Thursday during a funeral service at Washington National Cathedral. Tributes will be delivered by former President George W. Bush and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the late vice
The decision is a blow to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who defended García Ortiz during the months-long investigation and trial.
The four artists will take part in the "In Conversation" series to discuss their careers.
But the singer teased hope for 2027 on social media with a less resounding "Maybe"
Joseph Zada leads a star-studded cast as young Haymitch Abernathy for the Second Quarter Quell, taking place 24 years before the events of the first 'Hunger Games.'
The Red Sea Intl. Film Festival has announced the first creative talents who will be speaking at the In Conversation series at this year’s festival. These include British Egyptian actor Amir El Masry, the star of the festival’s opening film “Giant,” and the Tunisian director of
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Charlotte's Democratic leaders say border agents are "stoking fear" in the city.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has arrested over 250 undocumented immigrants in the first few days of its operations in Charlotte, N.C., the department said Wednesday. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials arrived in Charlotte on Saturday as part of President
Magnetic data collected in the late 1960s has been brought back to life by a research team including a Keele scientist, who have used it to learn more about how the continent of Africa is stretching and splitting apart.
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said her description of President Trump as “the worst thing on the face of the Earth” could have been “worse.” “One of the things you said recently in an interview, you said that President Trump is ‘a vile creature, the worst
Over the last several months, reports from billionaire-funded centrist advocacy groups, like WelcomePAC and Searchlight Institute , have insisted that Democrats stop talking about climate change—either in their campaigns or while governing. Climate change has little resonance
