Georgina Rannard Science correspondent NASA A concept image of NASA’s Fission Surface Power Project US space agency Nasa will fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, according to US media. It is part of US ambitions to build a permanent base for humans to live on the lunar surface. According […]
A dental practice in Nottinghamshire says it has been told it cannot offer NHS treatment because there is deemed to be “no need” for it in the area. Toothbank aims to open in The Square, Beeston, later this month, offering private care but has been unable to obtain an NHS contract from the local integrated […]
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a media briefing during the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting at the in Kuala Lumpur Friday, Malaysia, on July 11, 2025. Mandel Ngan/Pool AFP/AP hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/Pool AFP/AP The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up […]
BBC Charlotte Creevy was supported by a charity after her son stopped breathing Charlotte Creevy’s son Seth was two weeks old when he stopped breathing and was rushed to intensive care at a London hospital. “What kept going through my mind was, ‘Is he going to live or die?’” Charlotte said Seth had contracted three […]
Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter EPA Banning or charging for plastic bags is helping stop them ending up on US shorelines, a study of the country’s litter suggests. Data from thousands of cleanups showed that areas which tried to reduce bag use saw them fall by at least 25% as a percentage of total […]
Texas state lawmakers board a bus following a press conference at the DuPage County Democratic Party headquarters on August 03, 2025 in Carol Stream, Ill. The group of Democratic lawmakers left the state earlier today so a quorum could not be reached during a special session called to redistrict the state. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide […]
Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Victoria Gill BBC News Science Team Getty Images / Maxar Technologies. Iran’s Natanz nuclear site has been a target of Israel’s airstrikes US warplanes have bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, the same places Israeli planes had targeted in its ongoing war with Iran. One of the targets was Fordo, […]
Katy Scott and Paul O’Hare BBC Scotland News Damage and disruption as Storm Floris crashes into UK An amber weather warning is in place for most of Scotland as Storm Floris batters the country with winds of up to 85mph. About 50,000 homes lost power, trains and ferries were suspended and people were urged to […]
Josh Parry LGBT & Identity Reporter Getty Images Gonorrhoea vaccines will be widely available from today in sexual health clinics across the UK, in a bid to tackle record-breaking levels of infections. The jabs will first be offered to those at highest risk – mostly gay and bisexual men who have a history of multiple […]
Ione Wells South America correspondent Georgina Rannard Science correspondent NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory The first image revealed by the Vera Rubin telescope shows the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae in stunning detail A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into the dark depths of […]