The mission is named for George Carruthers, an engineer and solar physicist who developed an ultraviolet camera placed on the Moon by the Apollo 16 astronauts in 1972. This camera captured the first view of the geocorona, a term coined by Carruthers himself. The 531-pound (241-kilogram) Carruthers observatory was built by BAE Systems, with instruments...
Jamie Hepburn MSP apologises to Holyrood chamber A former Scottish government minister who was accused of assaulting Conservative MSP Douglas Ross has apologised for his conduct. Jamie Hepburn, previously the minister for parliamentary business, quit his government job after Ross claimed he had grabbed him and swore aggressively outside the Holyrood chamber on Wednesday. The...
Top 6 Backpacking Stoves Compared Honorable Mentions There are a ton of tiny stoves out there. Here are a couple of stoves I like, but don’t make the top picks for one reason or another. They’re still fine stoves, and might be a great choice for your next backpacking trip. Primus Essential Trail Stove This...
If the constellation of your interests includes stars for both food and camping, you can probably visualize what it should look like to cook outdoors: a roaring wood fire and slabs of meat on an iron grill, vegetables resting on hot coals, smoke and soot and big-ass tongs on a Francis Mallmann-type beast. But the...
UK researchers said Wednesday they had slowed the progression of the fatal neural condition Huntington’s disease for the first time with a groundbreaking new gene therapy. Some patients who took part in early-stage clinical trials at University College London (UCL) saw the speed at which their condition developed reduced by 75 per cent after three...
Bahison Ravindran says he always believed he was Indian. Born to Sri Lankan refugee parents in the southern Indian Tamil Nadu state, the 34-year-old web developer had studied and worked there, and held several government-issued identity documents, including an Indian passport. But a rude shock awaited him in April when police arrested him, saying his...
Sep 24, 2025, 02:24 PM ET Trinidad Chambliss will start at quarterback again for Ole Miss in Saturday’s showdown against LSU, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. It will be the third straight start for Chambliss, who has replaced the injured Austin Simmons as Ole Miss’ starter. Simmons, who suffered an ankle injury Sept....
Jonathan Freedland’s analysis of the threats posed by a Reform UK government is spot-on (Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him, 19 September). We only have to look to Trump’s America to get a pretty clear idea of what it...
Katy AustinTransport correspondent BBC People wait to go through departures at Eurostar’s London St Pancras terminus The next time you travel from the UK to Europe, you might notice some changes. The EU’s much-delayed new digital border system, the Entry/Exit System or EES, will be gradually introduced this autumn. The system is meant to strengthen...
NewsFeed At the 80th UNGA, Argentina’s President Javier Milei — a key Trump ally in Latin America — praised Trump’s tariffs and immigration crackdowns while attacking “left-wing infiltration” of US institutions, warning America’s decline would spark a “global disaster.” Published On 24 Sep 202524 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share...