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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Sunscreen’s skin protection is a literal lifesaver for humans, but the same can’t be said for its effects on coral. Every year, anywhere from 6,660 to 15,400 tons of commercial sunscreen winds up in the planet’s oceans. Laboratory studies indicate that concentrated exposure to some sunscreen ingredients can induce coral bleaching after only two days, and even kill a colony in under a week. To solve this problem, materials scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have concocted a new sunscreen recipe that spares the ocean’s…

If you’ve ever daydreamed about the best places to retire in the US, you’re in good company. If you’re like most people, career demands dictate where you plant your roots for most of your life—then, once retirement rolls around and you no longer have to worry about a daily commute or company requirements, the possibilities are suddenly endless. Now it’s time to choose your next address, but where to start?The decision comes with a mix of excitement and questions: Do you want endless sunshine or snowy winters? Small-town charm or big city amenities? Stick close to family or retire abroad?…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk calls for accountability for victims of atrocities.Published On 5 Sep 20255 Sep 2025Gross rights violations, possibly including war crimes and crimes against humanity, may have been committed by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia and the Congolese military and its affiliates in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to United Nations investigators.A fact-finding mission by the UN Human Rights Office said on Friday that it has determined that all sides in the devastating conflict had committed abuses since late 2024, including summary executions and rampant sexual violence in the provinces of North…

Getty ImagesSome SSE customers will see their gas prices go down, while Power NI electricity customers face higher pricesSome Northern Ireland energy customers face changes to their bills after price rises and cuts were confirmed following a review by the Utility Regulator.SSE Airtricity has announced that gas prices in Greater Belfast and West will be dropping by 8.47%.Meanwhile, Northern Ireland’s biggest energy supplier, Power NI is set to increase its electricity tariff by 4% for all customers.The tariff changes, which come into effect from 1 October, come as the Utility Regulator concluded its reviews of the regulated tariffs for Power…

“In the old days, it was more like a luxury project,” says Deo de Klerk, team lead for heating and cooling solutions at the Dutch energy firm Eneco. Today, his company’s clients increasingly ask for district cooling as well as district heating systems. Eneco has 33 heating and cooling projects under construction. In Rotterdam, Netherlands, one of the company’s installations helps to cool buildings, including apartment blocks, police offices, a theater and restaurants, using water from the River Meuse.It’s not hard to see why cooling technologies are getting more popular. A few years ago, Nayral moved out of Paris. She…

Mark SavageMusic correspondentMirrorpix via Getty ImagesDavid Bowie’s secret final project was a musical set in 18th Century LondonNotes, found locked in his study, reveal plans for a show called The SpectatorHe was inspired by the contrast between the era’s vibrant society and notorious crimeFans can view the original notes when the Bowie Centre opens at London’s V&A East on 13 SeptemberWhen David Bowie died in 2016, his parting gift was a final album, Blackstar, shaped by his cancer diagnosis and an acceptance of mortality. But in his final months, he had also started another project, described in his notes as…

Jeremy FowlerCloseJeremy Fowlersenior NFL national reporterJeremy Fowler is a senior national NFL writer for ESPN, covering the entire league including breaking news. Jeremy also contributes to SportsCenter both as a studio analyst and a sideline reporter covering for NFL games. He is an Orlando, Florida native who joined ESPN in 2014 after covering college football for CBSSports.com.Dan GrazianoCloseDan Grazianosenior NFL national reporterDan Graziano is a senior NFL national reporter for ESPN, covering the entire league and breaking news. Dan also contributes to Get Up, NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, Sunday NFL Countdown and Fantasy Football Now. He is a New…

Set your alarm, pray for clear skies and prepare to be awestruck in the early hours of Monday morning, when Australia becomes the prime location to witness a rare total lunar eclipse.A blood moon, as it is called, occurs when the Earth passes directly between the sun and the moon, casting its shadow across the lunar surface. The moon takes on a deep red hue, giving it a surreal, even eerie, appearance.What time is the blood moon in Australia?About 2.27am AEST on Monday, the moon will begin to enter Earth’s shadow. By 3.30am it will be fully immersed in the…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

As you go back to using school or campus Wi-Fi, always remember the disappointments with these networks. You can’t reliably used them to access sites like Netflix, Spotify, or YouTube. They say it’s so that to conserve bandwidth, minimize study distractions, or for whatever reason. Sometimes you can’t even download educational material from legit sites. More often, students use VPNs to survive the boredom — and you can too. A virtual private network (VPN) enables you to circumvent school or college restrictions by assigning you an IP address outside your institutional network range, and by also encrypting your traffic so that…