Who are the shellsuit boys in image that captures the 1980s? New Tate Britain show solves mystery

Friends who posed for celebrated photographer Ingrid Pollard in 1989 are reunited for new picture 35 years later. In 1989, three 15-year-olds, dressed in identical shellsuits and trainers, posed ...

World - The Guardian - 4 hours ago

Hot snogs, fizz-fuelled City boys and a hilltop homage to Duran Duran: 10 photos that capture the 1980s

It was a tumultuous decade characterised by street riots, financial excess and big-haired bands making big-budget videos. As a major exhibition of shots from the 1980s prepares to open, we talk to ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

The race to solve the mystery of 'ghost particles'

China is building a facility to measure neutrinos — mysterious subatomic particles. It's the first of three neutrino observatories expected to open worldwide in the next decade.

They Searched Through Hundreds of Bands to Solve an Online Mystery

After 17 years, a group of Redditors have identified “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet.” It’s just the beginning.

Tech - Wired - November 6

1959 cold case of boy's murder in Wisconsin solved through DNA testing

The boy's adpotive mother admitted to killing her son, but investigators could not tie the case to skeletal remains found in 1959 until now.

AP PHOTOS: 1,000 days of war in Ukraine captured in images

World - Yahoo News - November 16

AP PHOTOS: 1,000 days of war in Ukraine captured in images

A thousand days of war in Ukraine have been captured in stunning images, many of them horrifying, some of them poignant, others uplifting. Since Russia’s all-out invasion of its smaller neighbour ...

World - ABC News - November 16

How a Diver Found a Ring Lost 50 Years Ago Near Barbados

A dive instructor found the well-preserved ring with a metal detector, and then used clues on the ring to try and track down its owner.

World - The New York Times - November 13

Scale of Spain floods destruction shown in before and after photos

Satellite images and on-the-ground photos show the scale of destruction caused by the floods.

‘There are images no leader ever wants to be seen’: 33 pivotal US presidential moments captured on camera

From the intimate to the infamous, these pictures of US commanders-in-chief (and a few also-rans) capture moments of tragedy and hope at the heart of the White House. Is it any surprise that “photo ...

World - The Guardian - November 2

New plant captures carbon dioxide for fizzy drinks

The new electricity plant plans to use the gas rather than releasing it into the atmosphere.

‘The first thing I did was poke it’: Canada beach blobs mystery solved by chemists

Newfoundland Memorial Univeristy team find white masses are likely material used to clean pipes in oil industry. When the chemist Chris Kozak finally got his hands on a sample of the mysterious ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

Pentagon solves 1 UFO mystery but still probing case of "large orange orb"

Director of Pentagon office probing UFOs showed Congress 3 cases it's resolved, but also discussed 3 — out of nearly two dozen — still under active investigation.

Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at Iranian military bases

There were no Israeli strikes on Iran's oil industry, nor its nuclear enrichment sites or its nuclear power plant at Bushehr.

Satellite images show damage at Iran military sites after Israel attack

Satellite imagery suggests that Israeli’s attack on Iran appears to have damaged a key element of Tehran’s ballistic missile production and air defense sites, potentially leaving it exposed to any ...

Israel Demolished Hundreds of Buildings in Southern Lebanon, Videos and Satellite Images Show

At least 1,085 buildings have been destroyed or badly damaged since Israel’s invasion targeting the Hezbollah militia, including many in controlled demolitions, a New York Times analysis shows.

World - The New York Times - October 30

Satellite images show Russia giving N Korea oil, breaking sanctions

Satellite image analysis shows several North Korean tankers visiting Russia dozens of times since March.

Murder Suspect Who Alleged Bear Attack Is Captured in South Carolina

The suspect was taken into custody, ending a multistate manhunt in a case involving a suspicious emergency call, a false identity and a fake bear attack.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 12

Rudy May, 1980 American League ERA champion who pitched for Yankees, Angels, others, dies at 80

May pitched in parts of 16 MLB seasons across his career

Sports - CBS Sports - October 25

Man who made 'depraved' child images with AI jailed

Hugh Nelson, who used software to create images, told police he was "very corrupted and warped".

Britain's 'best new building of 1996' to be demolished

Salford University's award-winning Centenary Building has been vacant for the past eight years.

Police inquiry after boy who was shaken as baby dies aged 9

North Yorkshire Police says it is investigating the cause of Bradley Nelson's death last month.

Who is Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead Britain's Conservative Party?

The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken and she is the one to fix it

World - ABC News - November 2

First Images of the Sun’s Flares Released From a New Space Telescope

Forecasters will soon be able to use the instrument, a coronagraph, to better monitor the effects of solar storms.

Science - The New York Times - October 27

New film unravels mystery of the Russian ‘spy whale’

Director sets out to unmask the secret underwater agent known as Hvaldimir in new documentary . When a white whale, mysteriously kitted out with covert surveillance equipment, was first spotted in ...

World - The Guardian - November 10

Two new lawsuits accuse Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexually assaulting boys

The music mogul faces multiple lawsuits and criminal charges alleging sexual abuse, including of minors. He denies any wrongdoing.

Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at 2 secretive Iranian military bases

An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran’s onetime nuclear weapons program and at ...

World - ABC News - October 27

Satellite images show North Korea dug large border trenches after demolishing road, rail links

Commercial satellite images reveal that North Korea freshly carved at least two large trenches across its heavily armed border with South Korea after it blew up northern sections of unused road and ...

World - ABC News - October 31

'The Bear' has a mirror image: Chicago crowns lookalike winner for show's star Jeremy Allen White

More than 50 contestants turned out in a Chicago park to compete in a lookalike contest to portray actor Jeremy Allen White — star of the Chicago-based television series, “The Bear.”

Entertainment - ABC News - 6 days ago

First close-up image of a star outside Milky Way shows supergiant in ‘cocoon’

Astrophysicists say material may suggest star is dying and ejection of matter signals coming supernova. A star cloaked in an egg-shaped cocoon has been revealed in the first detailed images of a ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Satellite images show Russia defying sanctions to give North Korea 1 million barrels of oil: report

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Shohei Ohtani and very good boy Decoy steal show at Dodgers’ World Series parade

Dodgers celebrate title win with long-awaited parade Club didn’t have public celebration in 2020 due to Covid The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their World Series win on Friday at a rousing ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

Man who used AI to create child abuse images jailed for 18 years in UK

Judge rules in landmark case involving deepfake sexual abuse material

Business - Financial Times - October 28

The boy who kicked the hornets’ nest: Stieg Larsson’s double life as an anti-far right activist

His Millennium trilogy was a worldwide hit. But to the Swedish author, it was only ever a sideshow to his true life’s work: fighting fascism, racism and rightwing extremism. It is a relatively ...

World - The Guardian - November 4

Kiss chaste: number of high school boys in Japan who have had first kiss falls to record lows

Polls showing downward trend in kissing indicates a move away from ‘real physical sexual activity’ that could affect country’s birthrate, experts say. Just one in five of boys at senior high school ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

Andrew Tate’s ‘Educational Platform’ Was Hacked

Plus: The worst telecom hack in US history rolls on, iPhones are harder to break into, and more of the week’s top security news.

Tech - Wired - 9 hours ago

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