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Macquarie University researchers reveal that chlorothalonil, still commonly sprayed on American and Australian produce, cripples insect fertility by more than a third at residue levels typically found on food. The unexpectedly sharp drop in fruit-fly egg production suggests cascading damage to polli…
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Netflix made a major splash at Anime Expo over the weekend, dropping new trailers, clips and images from its anime lineup including “Sakamoto Days,” “My Melody & Kuromi,” and “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2.” The streaming giant’s anime push comes as the genre reaches unprecedented heights on the platform…
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Participants in the Matadero’s inaugural Senior Audience School discover that theatre ‘takes the sting out of the nonsense in life’The 25 people who have gathered in a small Madrid theatre over the past few months to consider identity, relationships, gender-based violence and inclusion aren’t exactl…
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Keep your lawn neat – and avoid petrol models – with our pick of the best electric mowers, from cordless to budget-friendly to rented options• How to create a more eco-friendly lawn: six things you can do right nowLeaving your lawn to develop naturally into a meadow of pollinator-friendly wild flowe…
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If you're looking for an ultra-affordable away to make a part of your home a little smarter, look no further than the Amazon Smart Plug. Prime Day deals have brought the IoT device down to just $13, which is 48 percent off its regular price.
Amazon's accessory made it onto our list of the best smar…
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When it comes to Apple’s biggest films, “F1: The Movie” has officially moved to pole position. “F1” has generated $293 million at the global box office after 10 days of release, overtaking the entire theatrical runs of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” ($158 million worldwide) and Ridle…
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The brilliant planet will move across the invisible line between the pair and appear 3 degrees away from the star AldebaranThis week, Venus will pass through the so-called Golden Gate of the Ecliptic. Although the name has risen to prominence with science popularisers in recent decades, its exact or…
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A research team has achieved the holy grail of quantum computing: an exponential speedup that’s unconditional. By using clever error correction and IBM’s powerful 127-qubit processors, they tackled a variation of Simon’s problem, showing quantum machines are now breaking free from classical limitati…
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“One day we hope to be able to say — well, here’s a disease, and then click a button and out pops the design for a drug to address that disease,” Colin Murdoch, Isomorphic Labs president and Google DeepMind's chief business officer said.
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When Glen Manning discovered two cavalry swords, a later dig revealed two distinct chapters of British historyIt began with an extraordinary piece of fortune: a metal detectorist on only his second expedition coming upon two very rare cavalry swords on the brink of being lost for ever.A dig by profe…