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If you’d told Keir Starmer last summer that just over a year after his election as prime minister he would single‑handedly, and by the sheer force of his own personality, have stopped England fans from singing songs about the IRA and Ten German Bombers, he would no doubt have been delighted. I guess they must really like me then. Phase One Goals. You warned me off, Jeremy, but I knew the Arsenal thing was a good idea.Either way Starmer has now made this happen. England fans are not singing about those things any more. They are instead singing about him…

Pallab GhoshScience CorrespondentWatch: Dazzling dancing spiders strut their stuff. What’s behind their extraodinary diversity?It’s not just the dazzling colours and slick moves of Australia’s dancing spiders that make them special.There are more than 100 different species of the peacock spider, whereas most animals have only five or ten.Researchers believe that’s partly down to the spider’s ‘dark DNA’ – a mysterious part of the animal’s genetic code, and they are studying it to find out more.They think that this dark DNA might enable it to adapt rapidly to changing environmental circumstances by developing into new species.What the scientists find out, they…

MEDLEY, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 21: Angel Reese #5 of Rose goes up for a shot against the Lunar Owls during the second half at Wayfair Arena on February 21, 2025 in Medley, Florida. (Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images)Getty Images Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women’s basketball league founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, has closed an oversubscribed Series B investment round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, the league announced. The deal values Unrivaled at $340 million, a record figure for a new professional sports league New investors include Serena William’s Serena Ventures, while Warner Bros. Discovery and Alex Morgan’s…

On Wednesday, just one day after SpaceX acquired $17 billion of wireless spectrum from telecommunications company EchoStar, Elon Musk made some typically bold claims for how he would put it to use. The second-richest person in the world described a vision where Starlink could be your one-stop-shop for connectivity, whether at home or when you’re away from your Wi-Fi. On the All-In podcast, Musk said Starlink could eventually combine its home internet service with mobile. But he was careful to note that Starlink wouldn’t be putting AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon out of business anytime soon – those companies still own far…

Mark David Chapman, 70, appeared before a parole board in August The man who murdered John Lennon was denied parole for the 14th time, according to the decision posted online by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Mark David Chapman, 70, first became eligible for parole in 2000, 20 years after he fatally shooting the former Beatle outside of his Upper West Side apartment. He appeared before a parole board on. Aug 27, according to the Associated Press. Chapman pleaded guilty to killing Lennon outside of the Dakota apartment complex on Dec. 8, 1980, shortly after Lennon had autographed an album for…

England captain Harry Brook described the rain-reduced T20 between England and South Africa in Cardiff as a “shambles of a night”.A delayed start until 20:50 BST saw the match reduced to nine overs a side and the tourists reached 97-5 after 7.5 overs before another downpour, which gave England a revised target of 69 from five. The hosts fell short on 54-5 to go 1-0 down in the three-match series, though Brook felt there was nothing to glean from the contest.”They got nine overs, we got five overs. You can’t take much from it,” said Brook.”It was a bit of…

September 9, 20254 min readThis Rock May Hold Proof of Life on MarsThe Perseverance rover’s new findings set the stage for bringing Martian samples back to Earth to test whether microbes once inhabited the Red PlanetBy Humberto Basilio edited by Lee BillingsNASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie, made up of 62 individual images, on July 23, 2024. A rock nicknamed “Cheyava Falls,” which bears tantalizing features suggesting it may contain ancient microbial fossils, is to the left of the rover near the center of the image. The most enthralling rock yet found on Mars—a speckled hunk of mudstone that…

Discover Alexandria, Virginia—just minutes from Washington, D.C.—where colonial history, cobblestone streets, boutique shops, and foodie gems offer travelers a calmer, richer alternative to the nation’s capital.Washington D.C. can be a tough town to visit as a tourist. We’ve become so polarized that our perception of the city is often filtered through the lens of how we feel about the government of the day, but aside from that, D.C. still holds allure. When I visited last fall, I stayed at the lovely, infamous Watergate Hotel enjoying river views and a short walk to attractions, like the new museum The People’s House, which…

Ley maintains Nampijinpa Price a ‘valued member’ of the teamDespite Ley dumping Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from the shadow ministry yesterday, the opposition leader said the senator remained a “valued member” of the team.Ley said earlier: Jacinta is a valued member of our Liberal party team in our Liberal party party room and has contributed much in public policy and debate in this country and will continue to do so. ShareUpdated at 21.07 EDTKey eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePetra StockTornadoes in NSW a rare occurrence, BoM saysWhile New South Wales experienced a selection of “severe weather…

Emma WoollacottTechnology reporterGetty ImagesNearby residents were evacuated in January after a battery energy storage facility in California caught fireRobert Holden is worried about one of New York City’s five boroughs going up in flames.”It makes absolutely zero sense why, now, these facilities are being sited practically in people’s backyards, and next to gas stations, all over Staten Island,” says the city councillor.”Simply put, it is not just a bad policy, but a dangerous one, and the city is literally playing with fire by allowing this to happen.”Holden is talking about proposals to build more battery energy storage system (Bess) centres…