Iran threatens US oil, gas assets. Iran has threatened to retaliate against any new US attacks on its assets, warning that American oil and gas interests and energy infrastructure across the Gulf could be targeted as tensions escalate over the Strait of Hormuz.“Strike our assets and you get struck,” Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf … Read more
Iran doubles petrol prices Iran has doubled the price of petrol for consumers who exceed their monthly quota, putting a higher cost on heavy fuel use as households already grapple with falling purchasing power and soaring inflation.The revised rate came into effect early Tuesday and applies to purchases above 110 litres (29 gallons) a month. … Read more
Representative image of DNA All life on Earth, from bacteria to blue whales, writes its genetic instructions using the same four-letter alphabet. These four DNA bases, usually referred to as A, T, C and G, pair up in predictable ways to store and pass on the information needed for life. Now, researchers at UC San … Read more
Lightning ignited a massive West Virginia gas well, sending flames 200 feet into the sky (Image Credit: West Virginia Explorer) In 1895, a lightning strike turned an already uncontrollable natural gas well in West Virginia into a spectacular column of fire. The Big Moses gas well, located along Indian Creek in Tyler County, had become … Read more
Drones and ballistic missiles at King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait and Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia. (GIF: @theinformant_x) Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis said on September 8 that they had launched missiles and drones at Abha International Airport, King Khalid air base and Aramco facilities in Abha and Jizan.“Yemeni drones and missiles pound … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday (local time) said US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff told him that Russia is “ready to negotiate” when they met him in Kyiv after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.“Russia really thinks that this winter can help them break us. But the Trump … Read more
At 2 years old, Suborno Isaac Bari was already doing something that would later become a defining detail of his childhood: reciting the periodic table. Mathematics was developing alongside that early fascination with science, and his parents soon realised that ordinary lessons were not quite enough to contain his curiosity. Years later, the New York … Read more
A rare ninth-century grave in Latvia has revealed clues about violence, family ties and life during the Viking Age. Six people were buried at the Čunkāni-Dreņģeri cemetery in the Zemgale region, an unusual arrangement for a Semigallian burial ground where people were generally laid to rest alone. Sharp-force injuries found on the remains of three … Read more
For decades, a concrete barrier on Virginia’s Appomattox River stood between migratory fish and more than 120 miles of upstream habitat. In 2014, its removal changed that. The Harvell Dam in Petersburg was taken out as part of a collaborative restoration effort, reconnecting roughly 127 miles of river for migratory and resident fish, according to … Read more
Photo credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Two miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, in a world of near total darkness and crushing pressure, a remotely operated vehicle glided silently through the water. Its cameras were scanning the deep for the strange and the seldom-seen when something extraordinary … Read more