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On Earth, lightning can occur in turbulent clouds of volcanic ash. Now researchers have found evidence of sparks in Martian dust devils. NASA/JPL/Caltech/University of Arizona hide caption toggle caption NASA/JPL/Caltech/University of Arizona Mini-lightning strikes created by whirling dust devils on Mars have been detected accidentally by the microphone on board the Perseverance rover. The chance discovery is direct evidence of a form of lightning on Mars, researchers say in a report published in Nature. They describe how the rover’s microphone picked up signs of electrical arcs just a few centimeters long, which were accompanied by audible shockwaves. “There’s been a…

In the summer of 2016, streaming TV was still figuring itself out. Netflix had been producing original series for a few years, with occasional company from Amazon, Hulu, Yahoo and the like. Disney+, Apple TV and HBO Max were still gleams in some billionaires’ eyes.Would the future of streaming be in wild, form-breaking experimentation, like Netflix’s “Sense8”? Would it be nonlinear storytelling, like its revival of “Arrested Development”? Would it be in prestige comedies, like “BoJack Horseman,” or prestige-flavored dramas, like “House of Cards”?I’m not sure anybody was expecting the answer to come from a popcorn horror thriller that premiered…

NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Luke Goldstein of The Lever, who wrote about the rise of private equity control of youth hockey facilities. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: If you have kids and they play sports, maybe you’ve been tempted to reach for that video camera in your pocket, which also makes phone calls, and maybe grab a little footage. About a year ago, a U.S. senator was warned about that.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)CHRIS MURPHY: I was just told this last weekend that if I livestream my child’s hockey game, my kid’s team will be penalized and lose a place in the…

Nearly a century ago, scientists proposed that a mysterious invisible substance they named dark matter clumped around galaxies and formed a cosmic web across the universe.What dark matter is made from, and whether it is even real, are still open questions, but according to a study, the first direct evidence of the substance may finally have been glimpsed.More work is needed to rule out less exotic explanations, but if true, the discovery would go down as a turning point in the decades-long search for the elusive substance that is said to make up 27% of the cosmos.“This could be a…

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Reeves claims freezing tax thresholds does not breach Labour’s manifesto – while admitting this sounds like ‘semantics’Rachel Reeves has held a Q&A with reporters at a hospital. After two relatively neutral questions, she called Beth Rigby, the Sky News political editor, who went full Kemi Badenoch. Rigby said that Reeves suggested in her budget speech last year that freezing tax thresholds would be a breach of the manifesto, and she went on: “How in good conscience can you stay on in your job?”Reeves said that the manifesto referred to the rates of income tax and VAT.But she also said she…

Pritti MistryBusiness reporterGetty ImagesA new tax for electric and hybrid vehicles has been announced by the chancellor in her autumn Budget.Electric car drivers will pay a road charge of 3p per mile, while plug-in hybrid drivers will pay 1.5p per mile from April 2028, with the rates going up each year with inflation.The new tax is about “half the fuel duty rate paid by drivers of petrol cars”, according to the government’s independent forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).Details of the new charge emerged ahead of the Budget when the OBR published its economic forecast early, an error which…

Up to 6,000 jobs are to go at HP worldwide in the next three years as the US computer and printer maker increasingly adopts AI to speed up product development.Announcing a lower-than-expected profit outlook for the coming year, HP said it would cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs by the end of October 2028. It has about 56,000 employees. The news drove its shares lower by 6%.“As we look ahead, we see a significant opportunity to embed AI into HP to accelerate product innovation, improve customer satisfaction and boost productivity,” said the California company’s chief executive, Enrique Lores.He said teams…

Getty Images In the spirit of hope and teams on the College Football Playoff bubble outside of the selection committee’s current top 10, all paths to placement in the bracket begin with rivalry week victories for Miami, Vanderbilt, Texas and Michigan. The Hurricanes and Wolverines are the only squads within that group still in contention for an auto-bid as potential conference champions, albeit slim.None of these aforementioned top-20 teams control their own destiny and need the chaos route to unfold to be in the mix. During a season of parity, however, who’s to say that doesn’t happen this week?No. 16…

Plans to relax restrictions on new oil and gas exploration in the North Sea will be unveiled on Wednesday under the government’s North Sea Strategy.Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce the publication of the strategy in the Budget, the BBC understands. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will issue a document on it shortly after.The strategy is expected to contain a more liberal interpretation of a manifesto pledge to ban new oil and gas exploration using more generous extensions of existing fields. This idea for allowing new drilling in a way that can be “tied back” to existing fields…