Home News Rubble pile asteroids are like giant ‘space cushions’ By Fred Watson, Australia’s Astronomer-at-Large • May 11, 2023 Itokawa, a rubble pile asteroid, photographed by Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa. Image credit: NASA/JPL New research flips our knowledge of ‘rubble pile’ asteroids on its head. Once in a while, a scientific result emerges that flies in … [Read more…]
Tottenham Hotspur’s late push to secure Europa League qualification continues with a trip to Aston Villa on Saturday. Ryan Mason’s appointment as interim manager has coincided with a renewed sense of optimism in N17, and though he has only won one of his three games back in the hot-seat, performances have much improved of late. … [Read more…]
To Benito Mussolini, the Mediterranean was Mare Nostrum, ‘Our Sea’ — a term borrowed from the Romans, but reinvented by Italy’s fascist dictator to mean something akin to Hitler’s concept of Lebensraum, or ‘Living Space’. And on 10 June 1940 — the date on which Mussolini declared war on the Allies — both the Sea … [Read more…]
The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee has published 24 written evidence submissions from local authorities and other stakeholders ahead of the first evidence session of its inquiry into financial reporting and audit in local authorities on Monday (15 May). The submissions cover issues concerning the users and uses of local authority accounts and … [Read more…]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It’s May which means high school baseball and softball teams from across the First Coast are in the midst of the FHSAA playoffs. Here’s an update on how our local teams are doing in the postseason: BASEBALL 7A-Region 1 Winter Park 10-0 over Creekside (Creekside eliminated) Spruce Creek 9-3 over Sandalwood (Sandalwood … [Read more…]
Masks, gloves and other COVID-19 equipment are for sale at Embry Health’s Tolleson warehouse through the end of May. Photo taken on April 28, 2023. (Photo by Jack Wu/Cronkite News) Recreational vehicles like this, which were used by Embry Health staff who vaccinated thousands of Arizonans, are now being sold in Chandler by the company. … [Read more…]
EMERALD ISLE — Emerald Isle commissioners caught some heat again Tuesday night, as residents continued last month’s parade to the podium to complain about town actions or inactions on several issues. The board met for its regular monthly session in its meeting room beside the police department and online via the town’s Facebook page. On … [Read more…]
Graduates of LAC Academy spring class. Photo by Vint Miller/LAC COUNTY NEWS RELEASE Members of the LAC Academy spring class were honored on their graduation day, April 20, in the Municipal Building Council Chambers. The Academy is a nine-week cohort style leadership development program for identified high potential leaders in Los Alamos County. The current … [Read more…]
Sam Heughan and Priyanka Chopra in LOVE AGAIN image: film still Romantic comedies are a dime a dozen but surprisingly there is something quite special about this movie which is unashamedly oozing with sugar sweetness from beginning to end. When a young woman’s boyfriend dies, she sends text messages to his mobile phone as … [Read more…]
A Gold Coast couple who found out the house they bought never belonged to them five years after they moved in has been ordered to pay the legal costs of the woman who sued them. Key points: The home was found to have been sold fraudulently, meaning the Morecrofts never owned it The family has been … [Read more…]