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Spectacular views of distant galaxies, giant dust clouds and hurtling asteroids have been revealed in the first images captured by a groundbreaking telescope that is embarking on a 10-year survey of the cosmos.The stunning pictures from the $810m (£595m) Vera C Rubin observatory in Chile mark the start of what astronomers believe will be a gamechanging period of discovery as the telescope sets about compiling the best view yet of the universe in action.In about 10 hours of observations, the observatory spotted 2,104 previously unspotted asteroids in our solar system, including seven near-Earth asteroids, which were said to pose no…

When President Trump took office, U.S.A.I.D. was one of the first agencies to be dismantled in the name of efficiency. Amy Schoenfeld Walker, a New York Times reporter and graphics editor who has been tracking the foreign aid cuts and restorations since they began in February, shares what she’s learned through her reporting.

Where A.I. Data Centers Are Located Only 32 nations, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, have A.I.-specialized data centers. Source: Oxford University Note: Count of data centers in China excludes facilities in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Last month, Sam Altman, the chief executive of the artificial intelligence company OpenAI, donned a helmet, work boots and a luminescent high-visibility vest to visit the construction site of the company’s new data center project in Texas.Bigger than New York’s Central Park, the estimated $60 billion project, which has its own natural gas plant, will be one of the most powerful computing hubs ever created…

While funding may be scarce for some, Europe’s fastest-growing startups still have their pick. The latest beneficiary of that investor appetite is Finom, a five-year-old, Amsterdam-based challenger bank that targets small and medium-size businesses across Europe. The company, which claims to have doubled its revenue in 2024, just closed a €115 million Series C equity round (around $133 million), TechCrunch learned exclusively. This comes only a few weeks after it landed $105 million in growth funding from General Catalyst, its backer since 2021. Finom’s business model centers on providing European SMBs with a financial platform that combines banking, invoicing, and…

Kelsey Parker, the widow of The Wanted singer Tom Parker, has announced the “earth-shattering news” that her newborn baby has died.Parker, a podcaster, actress and entrepreneur, posted a poignant poem for the baby boy named Phoenix, titled Born Sleeping, Forever Loved.It was accompanied by a caption saying: “Phoenix Parker-Lindsay, you will forever be loved.”Last week, the 35-year-old said on TikTok that she was 38 weeks pregnant. She has two children with boy band star Parker, who died in 2022, and is now in a relationship with Will Lindsay.The heartbreaking poem began: “The world grew quiet as you arrived, So loved,…

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced a national investigation into maternity care in England.The “rapid” inquiry will urgently look at the worst-performing maternity and neonatal services in the country, including Leeds, Sussex, Gloucester, and Mid and South Essex.Streeting has met parents who have lost babies in a series of maternity scandals at some NHS trusts and said the investigation would “make sure these families get the truth and the accountability they deserve”. It will begin this summer and report back by December 2025.The review will look across the entire maternity system, bringing together the findings of past reviews into a…

Jun 22, 2025, 10:01 AM ETThree spectators died and more than 70 others were injured after falling from the upper stand of a stadium following MC Alger’s second straight Algerian top-flight title win, the Algerian ministry of health said on Sunday.”The Beni Messous University Hospital received 38 injured people, while three deaths were recorded,” the Algerian ministry of health said in a statement via Facebook, adding: “Ben Aknoun Hospital also received 27 injured people, while Bab El Oued Hospital received 16.”Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune offered his condolences and wished a speedy recovery for the injured.”It is with great sadness and…

Animation of the same plastic spheres disappearing one at a time. A holy grail in pure mathematics is sphere packing in higher dimensions. Almost nothing has been rigorously proven about it, except in dimensions 1, 2 and 3. That’s why it was such a breakthrough when, in 2016, a young Ukrainian mathematician named Maryna Viazovska solved the sphere-packing problem in eight dimensions, and later, with collaborators, in 24 dimensions.

Finding a sneaker to take you from city strolls to airport runs and actual workouts is no easy feat. There are a lot of options out there, and not all of them live up to the hype. I learned this the hard way after my all-time favorite shoes were discontinued. What followed was a full-blown shoe grief spiral. Everything I tried felt bulky, gave me arch pain, or just wasn’t cute. Then I slipped on a pair of the APL TechLoom Breezes. Before I even did the awkward shoe store walk test, I knew. They had that feather-light, almost-barefoot feel…

At least seven people have been killed and several injured in an overnight Russian missile and drone attack in the Kyiv region, the interior minister has said.In a post on social media, Ihor Klymenko said residential areas, hospitals and sports infrastructure had been hit.At least six of those who died were in a high-rise building in the capital, Kyiv’s mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said, adding that 22 others were injured in the city.In recent weeks, Russia has been carrying out massive aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is travelling to London to discuss the conflict later on Monday.…