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ATOP a Chilean mountain - counting all the stars in the sky. The largest digital camera on Earth has finally started filming a motion picture of our universe. Last month, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a telescope perched atop a mountain at the edge of Atacama Desert in Chile, began the deepest survey yet of the entirety of the Southern sky. Over the past 10 years, the telescope will drink in…
Something mysterious has been happening in the world of secondhand books. Over the last few months independent booksellers have been observing a strange pattern of purchases which have seen scores of their novels being shipped to far-off warehouses. In a typical week, Stuart Manley, from Barter Books, in Northumberland, would sell two or three thousand books. But one recent single bulk order from…
STREAMING : A House Divided. '' The Last House juggles alien invasion, family drama and survival horror, but takes far too long to make any of them compelling. " FOR a simple straightforward movie, The Last House is surprisingly confused about what it wants to be. Is it an alien invasion thriller ? A survival story ? A family drama where most of the runtime is taken up by perfunctory decisions…
PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox; Yacht Club Games. This brilliant adventure creates a whole world from one character with a unique ability. You could mistake Mina the Hollower for something found on the liquid-crystal display of a Game Boy Color around the turn of the millennium. Like the pocketable Zelda and Pokémon games of the time, it presents a kind of snow-globe…
SAN JOSE : Nocturnal ' coffee frog ' discovered in Costa Rica : A tiny greenish, nocturnal frog that thrives in coffee plantations has been discovered in Costa Rica's central Pacific region, where it also faces risks from agrochemicals used in the farming. Measuring less than four centimeters and known as '' spring frog,'' reporters observed the dark green-spotted amphibians in San Lorenzo de…
FAR down on the ocean floor, Earth is recycling its own skin. At certain boundaries, the huge plates of rock that make up the planet's crust crash into or over each other, pushing old crust below. At other junctures, these tectonic plates are spreading apart, allowing magma to bubble up and create entirely new stretches of seafloor. But the process is subtle and difficult to catch in action.…
Climate change and conflict are testing the global food supply chain. In Europe, the fastest-heating continent, the June 2026 heatwave alone caused an estimated loss of 9 million tons of grain. Insecure access to food drives up inequality and historically has been behind episodes of upheaval, including wars and revolutions. Population ecology Professor Tim Benton tells DW’s Ben Fajzullin that next…
OPINION : ''' THIS A.I. THAT ''' GREATEST SOCIAL CHANGE - MANKIND - can ever, ever conceive, is afoot. The World Students Society - the eternal and exclusive ownership of the students of the world - believes in artificial intelligence - but it needs superb regulation. It goes to reason that major technological change produces major social change. So, many thanks to artificial intelligence, we are…
An animal's ability to change its behaviour in response to a changing environment can make all the difference, Sih has found in his research. In some animals, this ability to alter their behaviour is the first step to more profound change. "Step one is that they need to respond well behaviorally," Sih says. "If they do that well enough, they survive well enough to have a chance to later evolve…
Spain midfielder Rodri said it is his "dream" to play for Barcelona after he arrived in the city to complete his move from Manchester City. Barcelona have agreed to pay City about £65m, with the 30-year-old to sign a four-year contract with the La Liga champions. "I'm very happy to have arrived. The last few days have been intense, but I'm glad everything has been sorted out. Of course, playing…
