Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed
"Our calculations suggest Heisenberg significantly underestimated the materials required."
Election week in Trumpland: algae, space proclamations and a deflection of blame
Donald Trump’s unrelenting focus on the ‘beautification of Washington’ and Fox News ratings did not stop the Democrats’ decisive midterm election winsThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every…
Datacentres are deeply unpopular – so the geniuses at OpenAI are rebranding them | Arwa Mahdawi
These resource-guzzling centres drive up utility bills and are hated across the political spectrum. Cue a clunky, but potentially influential, new name for themJesus may have turned water into wine, but Donald Trump has done one better: he turned Lake…
This space company is betting its future on a propellant available everywhere
Is that water in your spacecraft, or are you just happy to see the delta-V?
How a small Wisconsin city scuttled a secretive $1.6bn datacenter project
Residents of Menomonie mounted a successful protest against a huge campus proposed by Meta – and community resistance to the AI boom is growingIn the spring of 2025, Sydney Brennan was riding high. The 22-year-old was finishing college and was a newly…
Ceasefire allows evacuation from devastated Russian-occupied Oleshky
But several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay in the frontline town, despite the lack of gas, electricity and running water.
‘The status quo sucks’: affordability and Trump loom over final stretch of Maine’s tight Senate race
Key contest between incumbent Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson will gauge how voters feel about Trump 2.0 and rising costsChristian LaMontagne has started slowing his lobster boat down.The 27-year-old fisher spends longer on the water…
Residents leave devastated Russian-occupied Oleshky as evacuation corridor opens
Several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay in the frontline town, despite the lack of gas, electricity and running water.
Yorkshire Water boss resigns after firm downgraded
Nicola Shaw, who has led the company since 2022, will step down in January, it is announced.
Cuts like a knife: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams trolls Trump with new song
Musician wrote a ‘love letter’ to Canada with a new album – and some pointed commentary about the US presidentLake Ontario, the vast body of water that straddles the US-Canada border, has gone by many names over the centuries: Lac Saint-Louis, Lacus…