By Niall McCracken BBC News IS 1 hour ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser video caption, Local historians are raising awareness of this site’s fascinating astronomical connections It may seem unlikely, but a visit to an ancient Neolithic site in rural County Tyrone can evolve into a journey … Read more
By Conor Neeson BBC News IS 2 hours ago image source, Vanderbilt University One of the groups making the discovery is the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOgrav) Collaboration, led by Northern Ireland’s Dr Stephen Taylor. The 35-year-old credits his love of all things space-related to witnessing a partial solar eclipse in the … Read more
Liverpool are closing in on signing number two this summer, with Dominik Szoboszlai on the verge of completing his move from RB Leipzig. According to the ECHO, the midfielder will travel to Merseyside today to undergo his medical before completing his move. Liverpool triggered the $76m (£60m/€70m) clause in the midfielder’s contract in Germany on … Read more
Space seems to be the place for science news, with many amazing discoveries from the cosmic realm captivating us all this week. The main headlines were the groundbreaking discovery of gravitational waves reverberating in the cosmic backgroundand the first map of the Milky Way made with matter, not light, by tracing the galactic origin of … Read more
By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent photo caption, The €1.4bn (£1.2bn) Euclid telescope took exactly 10 years to build 6 hours ago A European space telescope is about to launch from Florida in a quest to solve one of the biggest questions in science: what is the Universe made of? The Euclid mission will create … Read more
While the hosts are busy trying to save Test cricket, Khawaja is content to play it Matt Roller30-Jun-2023 • 6 hours ago Starc: There are only flat wickets, not quick wickets in England Mitchell Starc had his say in Australia’s short-ball attack in England, as the visitors took a commanding lead. As Usman Khawaja punched … Read more
As the transfer window heads into July, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham remain among the busiest clubs of the summer so far. The Gunners are still working out a final deal for Declan Rice, and are also close to sealing a £40m deal for Jurrien Timber, with the arrival of Kai Havertz also announced this week. … Read more
As the transfer window heads into July, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham remain among the busiest clubs of the summer so far. The Gunners are still working out a final deal for Declan Rice, and are also close to sealing a £40m deal for Jurrien Timber, who also signed Kai Havertz this week. Chelsea and Manchester … Read more
Matt Roller29-Jun-2023 • 6 hours ago Duckett has no regrets about the aggressive dismissal in 98 England’s Ben Duckett reflects on his dismissal two short of a century on day two at Lord’s England arrived at Lord’s as outsiders on Thursday morning, and left the ground 10 hours later as favourites. Not bad, for a … Read more
By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent 37 minutes ago image source, EPTA/Steliios Thoukidides photo caption, Artist’s impression: The supermassive black holes at the center of each galaxy orbit each other, sending gravitational shock waves throughout the Universe Scientists have captured shock waves from the orbit of supermassive black holes at the center of distant galaxies as … Read more
Bairstow carting a protester back to the Grand Stand was the only time an Englishman extolled dominance Vithushan Ehantharajah28-Jun-2023 • 7 hours ago Have Australia got a hand in the Ashes after the first day at Lord’s? Andrew McGlashan explains how Australia took early control of the second Test At the end of the opening … Read more
Summary: Octopuses, despite their completely different brain structures, show sleep cycles similar to humans. Research shows octopuses enter an active sleep stage similar to REM sleep in humans, suggesting the presence of this sleep stage in complex cognition in the species. The scientists also discovered that sleep disruption prompts octopuses to re-enter this active phase … Read more