War-stricken Sudan is in danger of becoming another failed state because civil society is disintegrating amid a proliferation of armed groups, the head of a leading international aid agency has told the BBC. As well as the two main warring parties in Sudan – the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – there are […]
A short-lived heatwave is bringing hot, dry and windy conditions to much of southern Australia, with total fire bans in place and some areas experiencing catastrophic fire danger. Forecaster Jonathan How from the Bureau of Meteorology said the combination of high temperatures and gusty winds was driving up fire dangers on Saturday, particularly across South […]
England’s Immanuel Feyi-Waboso celebrates after scoring against the All Blacks.Credit: AP The absence of the livewire Alex Mitchell, England’s injured halfback, clearly hurt them in an attacking sense against the All Blacks, but the Wallabies will need to shut down Feyi-Waboso at every opportunity. 4. Fans flocking to Scotland the brave Before the November Tests […]
Most stars form in collections, called clusters or associations, that include very massive stars. These giant stars send out large amounts of high-energy radiation, which can disrupt relatively fragile disks of dust and gas that are in the process of coalescing to form new planets. A team of astronomers used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, in […]
Les deux saisons précédentes de « La Défense Lincoln » ont permis au public de bien faire connaissance avec l’avocat Mickey Haller et de son équipe peu orthodoxe : Lorna (Becki Newton), sa seconde ex-épouse et assistante juridique, le compagnon de cette dernière Cisco (Angus Sampsonau), enquêteur au passé trouble, et Izzy (Jazz Raycole), une ancienne toxicomane engagée […]
Hurricanes Beryl, Francine and Helene have battered the Gulf Coast this year. Hurricane Milton is expected to add to the destruction, particularly in parts of the west coast of central Florida that are already reeling from Hurricane Helene. Scientific American’s associate editor of sustainability Andrea Thompson joins Science Quickly to help us understand how we […]