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'Lanterns' episode 8 ending explained: who killed Hal Jordan, does John Stewart become a Greeen Lantern, and more on the HBO Max show's season 1 finale
The final episode of Lanterns' debut season is out now — and I'm here to answer your most pressing questions about it.
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Whisky to be blasted into space for first time for major test
Engineers in Scotland and Japan are planning to put Scotch on a rocket in 2028
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Mixed start for pre-Cop as just two non-Pacific leaders accept Australian invitation to climate summit
Anthony Albanese joins about 4,000 people in Fiji for preparatory meeting for year-ending Cop31 UN climate summit
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A Prediction Market About the Past? Sure, Why Not!
As prediction markets surge in popularity, a new platform called Verifact Markets is pushing the concept even further, letting users trade on “disputed facts.”
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Elusive ‘Geoneutrinos’ Are Building a New Map of Earth’s Volatile Interior
A global network of detectors are reporting some of the most substantial measurements yet of neutrinos created deep underground by the radioactive elements that power our planet’s tectonic activity.
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'This expansion provides more than enough reason to kit back up and head into its refreshed, uncompromising world' — Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance is a DLC that wants to push and test players
Our preview of Monster Hunter: Wilds Ascendance from the Tokyo Game Show gave us an insight into this aerial-based expansion that's exceptionally compelling and likely to pull latent players back in.
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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Melbourne
The epicentre was at Leongatha, 130km south-east of Melbourne, with residents reporting houses shaking just after 2am
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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Melbourne
The epicentre was at Leongatha, 130km south-east of Melbourne, with residents reporting houses shaking just after 2am
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'Secret chamber' in Tutankhamun's tomb could reveal lost burial place of Nefertiti
New tests are suggestive of concealed structures beyond the famous pharoah’s burial chamber
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Gem hunter finds potential $1 million diamond while livestreaming on TikTok
The Navy reservist’s livestream on TikTok showed the six‑carat stone, the largest found at Crater of Diamonds State Park this year
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‘An amazing ride’: SpaceX flight led by first Black female commander sets US speed record
Four astronauts pulled up at International Space Station after eight-hour express flight led by Jessica Watkins
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Rare Star Wars collection coming to North East exhibition for 50th anniversary
A major new exhibition celebrating 50 years of Star Wars will bring rare memorabilia, costumes and artefacts to the North East.
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Forget Trump v Carney: This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner could come from space
In the last 15 years, eight women have won the prize and just six men
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Ukraine war: Putin says he will use ‘all Russia’s weapons’ against Europe if attacked
Moscow threatened to use nuclear weapons if Russian territory is attacked
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Earth’s geographic poles wander more than we had thought
A phenomenon known as true polar wander, different to the movement of the magnetic poles, may be more common and more dramatic than previously known
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US is working with Musk and others to build the ‘future of warfare’
New projects will include autonomous killer drones and military protections for the Moon
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It's spring in the Southern Hemisphere and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming
Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming
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Orionid meteor shower 2026: How and when to see it
Friday sees the start of the Orionid meteor shower as Earth passes through debris left behind by Halley’s Comet. It peaks later in October.
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A giant ‘pulse wave’ is about to slam into California
The Kelvin wave is driven by this year’s super El Niño, according to experts
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Video game display appears in DC to mock Trump’s Greenland hopes
The anti-Trump group was also responsible for a series of statues depicting the president alongside Jeffrey Epstein
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Last Word: This week’s new questions
Why do dogs generally follow instructions, whereas cats largely ignore them? Will we ever build a space telescope that can see as far as the big bang?
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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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Anthropic warns of AI ‘existential risk’ as concerns emerge over Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s model
Anthropic’s prospectus makes chilling claim as new revelations emerge about Muse and Astra models
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Embracing the glitches in gravity could give us a unified theory of reality
Physicists have long struggled with their goal of making gravity a quantum force. A radical post-quantum approach might solve that problem – and clear up other cosmic mysteries, too
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From launch to fiery splashdown, SpaceX's Starship completes orbit test
A thunderous lift off, rapid satellite deployments and a fiery ending. That's how SpaceX's 14th launch of its Starship rocket panned out today.
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Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy
Startup Star Catcher is launching a system that, if successful, would be the first time energy has been beamed between two separate spacecraft.
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Tokyo vs Seoul: Which trendy capital should you visit on an Asian adventure?
Tourism in both Tokyo and Seoul has been booming for a while now and there’s no sign of this slowing down just yet. Here we take a look at two of Asia's trending capital cities. What’s the answer to the question in the headline above? It’s...
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The ups and downs of Space X's Starship test flights
The BBC's Ricky Boleto looks how previous SpaceX test flights went.
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Netanyahu battles October 7 warnings revelations with UN speech
With Israel’s election approaching, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is battling new revelations of alleged warnings about Hamas’ 7 October attack and countered the political storm with a fiery UN speech directed at his voters and the world.
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Google's strangest data center experiment is finally leaving Earth
Google is putting AI hardware in space, yet the biggest threat waiting there has nothing to do with radiation
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Scientists sound the alarm over disappearing kelp, lobster and crayfish
The shifting conditions are altering aquatic ecosystems with devastating impacts on certain European fisheries and coastal livelihoods
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Pope Leo attracts 700,000 people as he parades through Paris before outdoor Mass
The American pope greeted the crowds from his popemobile during a mile-long parade along the grand boulevard
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New study reveals surprising origins of bats dating back 65 million years
A genomic study of 103 species and 44 fossils places the origin of bats in Europe 65 million years ago and dates the birth of flight and echolocation, in a Nature paper with CSIC participation. For decades, it was assumed that bats had...
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'You have to provide a lot of energy': MobLand season 2 episode 2 explosive cliffhanger left one cast member 'terrified' as new villain Frankie Cooper is introduced
MobLand season 2 episode 2 ended with an explosive cliffhanger that's put one Harrigan in fatal danger. But for one cast member, filming it left them 'terrified'.
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A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
A competition between the gravity of the inner core and other forces in the mantle is altering the Earth's rotation.
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Leeds professor on how El Niño could impact UK’s weather and disrupt food supply
John Marsham, Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Leeds, explains the El Niño and how the record-breaking phenomenon could impact the UK.
