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Palmer Lake residents will vote to approve or deny annexation for Buc-ee’s
PALMER LAKE — Residents will vote on whether to approve or deny an annexation proposal for a Buc-ee’s travel center in Colorado at the corner of Interstate 25 and County Line Road between Denver and Colorado Springs. Palmer Lake’s seven-person...
RAF A400M Conducts Historic Landing on Remote Arctic Island in NATO Mission
The Royal Air Force (RAF) revealed on Oct. 9, 2025 a first-of-its-kind operation conducted in cooperation with the U.S. and Norway in late September. As part of the operation, an RAF A400M Atlas transport aircraft landed for the first time on...
A massive weak spot in Earth's magnetic field is growing, scientists discover
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A weak spot in Earth's magnetic field over the South Atlantic Ocean has ballooned in size since 2014, satellite data reveals. The region, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly, has grown by an area nearly half the size of continental Europe,...
Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to cruise ships
Cruise ships these days are truly massive. Just this year, Royal Caribbean unveiled the Star of the Seas family vacation cruise liner. With a capacity of 5,610 passengers, the vessel has a “population” larger than many small towns. But bigger...
The six words no one wants to hear from a tradie
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size You realised this moment was coming, right? You sensed it when you made the call in the first...
Letters: Trump doesn’t deserve the Nobel Peace Prize
RIGGED! Everyone knows the Nobel Prize voting is RIGGED! If it weren’t, President Donald (“I hate my opponents.”) Trump would have won in multiple categories. In part, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to a nominee who has “done the most or the...
Western Development Commission wins European award for boosting creative economy
Published: Tue 14 Oct 2025, 8:34 AM THE Western Development Commission (WDC) has been honoured with a prestigious Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) Award in the category ‘Reaching a Critical Mass’, recognising its leadership in...
Giant deep-sea beasts aren’t just the stuff of legend – here’s how they got so massive
The deep sea is by far the largest habitat on Earth. It is, says Natalie Lawrence in her book Enchanted Creatures, “the last wilderness vast enough to hide monsters”. Unsurprisingly, many myths have arisen about the terrifying things that lurk in...
Last month was the third-hottest September on RECORD - with average global temperatures hitting a balmy 16.11°C
Brits endured mild and wet weather this September – but globally, the picture was a lot warmer. Last month was the third-hottest September on record, scientists at the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) have revealed. The global average...
National Guard, Nordic Partnerships Bolster European Defenses
OSLO, Norway — The National Guard Bureau’s top leaders traveled to Finland, Sweden and Norway last week as part of a series of Northern European country visits to strengthen the Guard’s security cooperation ties in the Nordic region. Each nation...
New Haven Bird Club hosts national stationary birdwatching contest
Over the weekend, the New Haven Bird Club hosted the national Big Sit! birding competition, in which birdwatchers must count the species they observe from within a small area. Sophia Le 5:32 am, Oct 14, 2025 Contributing Reporter Daniel Schwem via...
The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Within weeks of their publication in July 1776, those words spread around the world. In August, a London newspaper reprinted the Declaration of Independence in full....
Last Hours to Book Terra Nova’s Exclusive Arctic Launch Offers
The clock is ticking for travelers eager to secure a spot on the Terra Nova, the new small-ship expedition vessel designed for polar exploration. With just 100 passengers per voyage, the ship offers an intimate experience, blending comfort with...
On North Shore, woman with tires trains for a South Pole expedition
Her name is Monet Eliastam and what she is doing is training to try to do something no American woman has done before. In November, the 36-year-old will set off to attempt to cross-country ski to the South Pole, solo and unsupported. That means...
Give Trump full credit for the Israel-Hamas hostages deal. But will a lasting peace take hold? | Editorial
President Donald Trump deserves credit for the current ceasefire in the bloody war in Gaza and freeing the remaining hostages. But the military and human cost of the war was steep, and big questions remain. Such as: How long will the ceasefire...
‘Ends Of The Earth,’ By Neil Shubin — Review
A gripping story of polar exploration written by a scientist who has devoted his entire career to identifying the growing environmental threats to these regions in an increasingly warming world. Beautiful Scoresby Sund in Greenland getty How would...
Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism
As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rain forests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes. Scientists have long warned that if global temperatures warmed more...
Weekly Commentary: Two Questions
Image Source: Pixabay Ominous week. October 10 – Financial Times (Ryan McMorrow and Demetri Sevastopulo): “China has unveiled sweeping export controls on rare earths and related technologies, as it boosts its leverage over critical minerals ahead...