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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. They’re chunky, sticky, and a sewer system’s worst nightmare. Solid masses of fats, oils, and grease called fatbergs can gum up drains and sewers around the world and can be incredibly costly to remove and repair. For example, New York City spends roughly $18.8 million removing fatbergs each year. Now, a new wastewater treatment system may help prevent them from building up in the first place. The prototype uses a redesigned grease interceptor and smart chemical treatment that work together to optimize how water flows. The…

Winning tip: glorious north Wales circuitStarting from the border town of Shrewsbury, a spectacular multiday circuit of north Wales is possible: take the Cambrian Coast line through Aberystwyth, Barmouth, Porthmadog, then the gorgeous Ffestiniog Railway to Blaenau, where you can link back to Llandudno on the coast, and return to Shrewsbury (change at Llandudno Junction). There’s no shortage of accommodation, allowing you to stop and explore without rigid planning. The Cambrian coast and the seaside towns are a largely unexplored jewel outside summer.Dave ThomasProfileReaders’ tips: send a tip for a chance to win a £200 voucher for a Coolstays breakShow…

An “entirely man-made” famine is taking place in Gaza’s largest city and its surrounding area amid deteriorating conditions that threaten an exponential increase in deaths across the devastated territory, UN-backed experts have declared.The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a globally recognised organisation that classifies the severity of food insecurity and malnutrition, found that three key thresholds for famine had been met, signalling a major escalation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.Only four famines have been declared by the IPC since it was established in 2004, most recently in Sudan last year.“This famine is entirely man-made, it can be halted…

Nicolas Jayr, Charles Leclerc and Antoine Truchet (left to right)Gregoire Truchet Every race has a story worth telling. Whether it’s a duel into turn one, tension on the grid, heartbreak of a mechanical failure or a story of glory, sport has always been a stage for these tales to be told. For athletes, these stories define legacies, and for fans, they forge memories through emotions they evoke. Charles Leclerc knows this better than most. But for the Ferrari driver, storytelling threads through his off-track ventures in music, fashion, and creative collaborations as well. Alongside photographer-filmmaker Antoine Truchet and brand strategist…

When Trump Mobile first unveiled the T1 Phone, we were confused by the mixed marketing, which included dubious renders of what at least appeared to be an original phone along with multiple appearances from what was quite clearly a gold-plated iPhone. Now we can add Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra into the mix.The Trump Mobile team shared an ad to X on Wednesday pushing preorders of the T1, but with an image we’d never seen before. You don’t have to look hard to realize that this is an S25 Ultra that’s been Photoshopped gold with a T1 logo and US flag;…

Michael BuchananSocial Affairs CorrespondentBBCThe review will look into cases at the Royal Sussex County HospitalFamilies calling for an inquiry into maternity care in East Sussex say they feel “ignored, exhausted and dismissed” after meeting the chair of a national review.The group met with Baroness Amos on Wednesday, claiming she was poorly briefed and that no progress was made.The families, who all lost babies under the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust, have been campaigning for 18 months for an inquiry and insist that senior midwife Donna Ockenden is appointed to lead it.The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said Baroness…

The rapper also shared a music video for the LP’s debut single “Tourmaline” Earl Sweatshirt dropped a new album, Live Laugh Love, after teasing it to fans throughout the week. The LP features 10 tracks, including “Gamma (Need the Love),” which references the late Dave Trugoy of De La Soul, and single “Tourmaline,” which reflects on Sweatshirt’s role as a father. The rapper explained that the LP began as a tongue-in-cheek critique of the irony in the titular phrase, but quickly developed into something more genuine. “I named it before I wrote it,” he said in a statement. “And then…

ASHBURN, Va. — Washington’s most anticipated training camp in decades wrapped up Thursday, fittingly under cloudy, cool conditions that felt much more like football weather than the heat and humidity of the previous few weeks.The Commanders focused heavily on situational football, sprinkling in two-minute drills, last-second field goal attempts, scenarios with and without timeouts, hurrying up to spike the ball after a completion and much more.The Commanders thrived in these scenarios last season, winning eight one score games in the regular season (plus in the wild card round against the Buccaneers) and scoring 38 points in the final minute of…

A team of astronomers has found what appears to be a previously undiscovered moon orbiting Uranus. If confirmed, this finding would mean the gigantic blue-green ice planet would have 29 moons. The discovery was made using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), extending the instrument’s list of achievements and raising expectations that other new discoveries might be made within the solar system.With JWST’s infrared camera, the researchers took ten 40-minute exposures of Uranus and detected a tiny, fuzzy dot accompanying the icy giant’s other moons. With the preliminary information gathered, the researchers estimate that it is a body of about…

No matter where you’re traveling, comfortable walking shoes are essential for every trip. If you’re in need of a fresh pair, we’ve found some stylish sneakers that rival Nike and Adidas styles, and they’re available for just $30 at Target.  The A New Day Maddison Sneakers have racked up over 400 five-star ratings from reviewers who say they “match everything,” including dresses, jeans, jumpsuits, and more vacation attire, and are “extremely comfortable right out of the box,” per shoppers who wore them the first time while visiting Europe and New York City. So, if you don’t have time to break…