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For peat’s sake: RHS faces conservative backlash over Chelsea flower show
Critics of Royal Horticultural Society turn hose on corporate sponsorship, peat-free compost and general ‘wokery’There was King Charles and David Beckham as well as a nocturnal garden to support bats and a Viking-themed allotment full of edible plants in pots. The Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea flower show, which ends on Saturday, was as lovely and celebrity-glittered as ever, most agreed.But dig a little deeper, say critics on the conservative wing of the RHS – including one spectacularl...
Finnish rescue divers believe they may have SOLVED Maldives cave dive mystery that claimed five lives - with 'sand wall illusion' to blame
Finnish rescue divers believe they may have SOLVED Maldives cave dive mystery that claimed five lives - with 'sand wall illusion' to blameSee more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy SABRINA PENTY, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:16, 21 May 2026 | Updated: 11:17, 21 May 2026 e-mail View comments
Researchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science
Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear. (Image credit: Jodi Hilton for NPR)
Archaeology breakthrough as six 19th century coins discovered underneath HMS Victory
A collection of six coins and tokens dating from the nineteenth century has been unearthed from beneath the foremast of HMS Victory in a major archaeological breakthrough.It comes as part of the warship's ongoing £42million restoration project at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.The artefacts came to light after conservators successfully lifted the foremast from Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's legendary flagship during work on HMS Victory: The Big Repair.Andrew Baines, Executive Director of Museum Operat...
Sheikha Latifa hosts Dubai innovation majlis to drive global research partnerships and commercialisation - Emirates 24|7
Sheikha Latifa hosts Dubai innovation majlis to drive global research partnerships and commercialisation Emirates 24|7
New version of Starship rocket ready for critical test flight
Space SpaceX ready to launch upgraded, more powerful Super Heavy-Starship By William Harwood William Harwood CBS News Space Consultant Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. Read Full Bio William Harwood May 21, 2026 / 12:05 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google A new version of SpaceX's mammoth Starship rocket, featuring multiple upgrades, more powerf...
AI will help make a Nobel prize-winning discovery within a year, says Anthropic co-founder
Jack Clark describes ‘vertiginous sense of progress’ and ‘profound changes’ to society alongside risks of technologyAn AI system will work with humans to make a Nobel prize-winning discovery within 12 months and tradespeople will be helped by bipedal robots in two years, according to the co-founder of Anthropic.Jack Clark described a “vertiginous sense of progress” in the technology and made a series of predictions, including that companies run solely by AIs would be generating millions of dolla...
Climate-proofing CPEC 2.0
AS Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif travels to Beijing this week to mark 75 years of Pakistan-China relations, the centrepiece of his agenda will be CPEC 2.0. The 14th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting in September 2025 formally launched phase II, anchored in five corridors: growth, livelihood, innovation, green development, and regional connectivity. The direction, at last, is set. Translating that direction into a durable design is the defining task ahead. CPEC 1.0 was a government-to-g...
Bryson DeChambeau thinks the original moon landing video is fake: 'I don't know about the footage'
Bryson DeChambeau is one of the world's best golfers, has a widely beloved and popular YouTube channel, and has been one of the most committed adopters of science and technology in the sport.But an astronomer, he is not.DeChambeau joined "The Katie Miller podcast" show this week, covering a wide variety of topics. He spoke about his aspirations of reaching the Golf Hall of Fame, dating, the mental side of golf, and his experiences playing with President Donald Trump.LIV GOLF STAR BRYSON DECHAMBE...
From the archives: Mount St. Helens erupts in 1980
Mount St. Helens in Washington erupted 46 years ago, on May 18, 1980. Here's how the "CBS Evening News" covered the event.
Roses bloom ‘weeks early’ as climate change upends flowering patterns
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Los Angeles-area wildfires left lead in soil, but how much and where remains contentious
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said residents should feel assured that most properties cleared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers don’t have hazardous amounts of lead. At least one outside scientist is skeptical.
‘Solve all diseases,’ you say?
Let’s unpack what Demis Hassabis said at the end of yesterday’s Google I/O keynote. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. This week's issue is a special early edition tied to The Verge's Google I/O coverage. You can expect our next issue at its usual time next Friday. Opt in for Optimizer here. Toward the end of this year's Google I/O key...
OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this time
OpenAI claims its new reasoning model has produced an original mathematical proof disproving a famous unsolved conjecture in geometry, which was first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946. If this sounds familiar to you, it’s because this isn’t the first time OpenAI has made such a bold claim. Seven months ago, the AI giant’s former VP Kevil Weil posted on X: “GPT-5 found solutions to 10 (!) previously unsolved Erdős problems and made progress on 11 others.”
A Third-Wave Philanthropy Unlocked By AI Could Supercharge Federal R&D
LeadershipCareersA Third-Wave Philanthropy Unlocked By AI Could Supercharge Federal R&DByShalin Jyotishi,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover workforce, science and industrial policy, and labor topics.Follow AuthorMay 20, 2026, 03:17pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Billions in philanthropic giving unlocked by the AI boom could mean more government-phila...
Bryson DeChambeau insists 'moon landing footage is fake' in astonishing interview
Bryson DeChambeau has waded into conspiracy theory territory during a podcast chat with Katie Miller, wife of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller.The two-time major champion reckons humans did make it to the moon, but he's not convinced the footage we've all seen is genuine."I don't think the footage is real. But I think we did go to the moon. I don't know about the footage. It's quite, it's quite wild," DeChambeau said.The American golfer pointed to Elon Musk as shaping his thinking on th...
The Silence of the Lambs introduced the world to forensic entomology – but how much has the science changed since?
In the early 1990s, crime-loving television audiences could choose mainly between cozy, fictional detective series such as Columbo and Murder, She Wrote. The US docuseries Unsolved Mysteries brought a few real cold-case investigations to light, but coverage of forensic science on screen was still relatively simple. Then, in May 1991, The Silence of the Lambs was released. Based on Thomas Harris’s 1988 novel, this big-budget thriller was darker, more disturbing and psychologically complex than m...
ChatGPT and other AI bots made huge errors before Scottish election, study finds
Exclusive: Electoral Commission calls for new controls, as Demos finds tools made up fake scandals, invented candidates or gave wrong dateUK politics live – latest updatesThe Electoral Commission has called for new legal controls over misinformation from AI chatbots, after a thinktank found they had made serious mistakes during the recent Scottish election.The thinktank Demos said its investigation had found that AI services gave voters misinformation to 34% of the questions it posed, which it s...
Palaeontology breakthrough as scientists discover reason why T-Rex had tiny arms
Scientists may have finally cracked one of palaeontology's most enduring puzzles: the Tyrannosaurus rex’s famously tiny arms.A new study by researchers at University College London (UCL) and the University of Cambridge suggests the answer lies not in the arms themselves, but in the dinosaur's extraordinarily powerful head.The research found smaller arms in meat-eating dinosaurs were closely linked to the development of large, robust skulls and jaws, rather than simply being a by-product of growi...
Takeaways from Tuesday's primaries. And, victims of mosque shooting revealed
LISTEN & FOLLOW NPR App Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music iHeart Radio YouTube Music RSS link Takeaways from Tuesday's primaries. And, victims of mosque shooting revealed May 20, 20267:42 AM ET By Brittney Melton Massie Ousted, Trump, Vance and Iran, San Diego Mosque Shooting Investigation Listen · 14:53 14:53 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed