Desert dust in Europe is increasing with implications for health and solar energy installations
While particulate matter air pollution from human activity in transportation, households and industry is decreasing in Europe, thanks to strict regulations, another source is developing in the opposite direction: desert dust.
Apple Releases AirPods Pro 3 Firmware With iOS 27 Features: How To Install
Apple AirPods Pro 3 — new firmware is available for iOS 27 users. Apple
Apple released the first public beta version of iOS 27 for the iPhone on Monday, July 13. Now, beta firmware for select AirPods has become available with new features on board, so users on the iOS 27 beta can try them out. Here’s what’s coming and how to install the firmware.
New study pinpoints Europe's most critical wetlands for climate action
Wetlands have shaped human life in Europe since ancient times. These ecosystems provided essential resources and safe havens for plants and animals, and in many regions they also held spiritual and ritual significance. For millennia, wetlands covered vast parts of the European continent.
We’re finally learning what happens to gifted children in adulthood | New Scientist
Gifted children are exceptionally talented or intelligent for their age Simbie Yau 
Lady Gaga may seem to have little in common with Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin, other than being extremely successful. But there is a connection: all three were deemed gifted in childhood.
Healthier, more sustainable diets could reshape global agriculture: New study shows by how much
There is a clear need to shift toward healthier and more sustainable food systems. According to the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission Report, global adoption of a flexitarian Planetary Health Diet could prevent around 15 million premature adult deaths per year.
Risks of solar storms may be underestimated, warn researchers
The effects of extreme space weather may be larger than previously thought, research in the journal Nature reveals. The paper, titled "Regression to the mean can explain saturation of geomagnetic storms," is led by Dr. Nithin Sivadas of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and co-authored by Dr. Maria Walach from Lancaster University.
Bruno Mars’s Most Recent No. 1 Ties Several Of The Star’s Biggest Hits
As it returns to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, Bruno Mars's "I Just Might" reaches half a year on the tally, tying several of the singer's smashes. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 03: Bruno Mars of Silk Sonic performs onstage during the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Google’s Rumored Home Display Could Double As A Nest Cam
The Nest Hub Max. (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images
Google’s smart home comeback looks set to continue, with evidence suggesting its long-rumored Home Display is going to land soon.
As unionised Microsoft workers rally against Bethesda layoffs, Fallout 4's been filled with protest signs and OneBGS logoed vault suits by modders
"The bosses are stealing our game industry, and we aim to take it back"
Today, July 15th, unionised Microsoft workers are set to hold a series of co-ordinated rallies outside the offices of Xbox-owned studios, in protest of the mass layoffs the company set in motion last week. According to the Communications Workers of America union (CWA), over 400 union-represented jobs across Bethesda Game Studios, ZeniMax, and id Software are being cut. In solidarity with the union marches, modders continue to fill Bethesda games with union logos. Skyrim was the first and Fallout 4's the latest.
School in remote SA Indigenous community on list of places where accused paedophile worked
A federal police investigation into an accused paedophile facing more than 300 child abuse charges has expanded to a remote community in South Australia.
Hamish Tait, 35, faces 329 charges of child abuse between 2009 and 2025 while working across 62 centres.