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Supereruptions are among the most powerful volcanic events on Earth. These massive eruptions release more than 1,000 cubic kilometers of magma, rock, and ash, with the potential to dramatically affect climate, ecosystems, and human societies. Because of their enormous impact, scientists are working to better understand the underground processes that create and sustain these volcanic giants. Researchers from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS) have now developed a detailed three-dimensional model of western North America that simulates the present-day behavior of both the lithosphere and the flowing mantle beneath it. Their work reveals…

Key eventsSo, we have some confirmed semi-finals.Tuesday 2.30pm BST: Australia v West IndiesThursday 6.30pm BST: England v South AfricaGood news for England fans. As had India won, England would have been playing the Tuesday semi-final in the middle of the afternoon. But a Thursday evening at The Oval? Will be a cracker.ShareRecords have tumbled everywhere here by the way.A total of 27,163 people were in at Lord’s, and they witnessed the highest ever run chase in Women’s T20 World Cup history.SharePlayer of the match Ellyse Perry: “An amazing opportunity to play an amazing team. We thought it was a pretty…

The auction will take place at Ayton Castle on Sunday 5 July – with viewing on the Friday and the Saturday beforehand.Tickets are required for both the viewing and the auction itself.Jim Railton, of the auctioneers Railtons, explained: “Basically it’s the residual contents of Ayton Castle.”Alan Carr, as we know, has bought the castle and he’s bought a certain amount of the furnishings.”But the residual items that he doesn’t want – and that the last owners of the castle don’t want to take to their new house – we’re selling.”

A professor pauses mid-lecture. A slide remains half-explained, a thought suspended in the air. As a new academic year begins and campuses come alive once again, attention drifts not to the screen or the board, but to a student seated at the back, gazing out of the window. Is it disengagement, uncertainty, or a search for meaning that the lecture has not yet reached? In that fleeting moment, teaching reveals its deeper question: not what is being delivered, but what is truly being understood.As colleges and universities reopen, beyond a return to schedules and syllabi and planning lectures lies a…

The Ondo State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress has rejected a Federal High Court ruling setting aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission to register the party, insisting that the NDC remains a valid political platform ahead of the 2027 general elections. The party said it would challenge the decision at the Court of Appeal, maintaining that no order had been made directing its deregistration. The NDC stated this in a statement issued on Sunday by its Ondo State Chairman, Mr Kennedy Peretei. A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, had reportedly set aside…

Eleven people have died after a civilian aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in the town of Tomblaine in eastern France, local authorities said. The pilot and 10 passengers died in the incident, including five students and five instructors, according to local officials.The plane, which was being used by a parachutist school, had taken off from Nancy-Essey airfield when it crashed, local media reported.Police have urged the public to avoid the area around the airport in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department.French transport minister Philippe Tabarot said he and interior minister Laurent Nunez were travelling to the scene of the crash, which he called a…

ToplineThe northern lights have a higher chance to be visible next week, according to a forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, beginning on Monday night when a coronal mass ejection from the Sun is expected to arrive at the Earth.Although the northern lights likely won’t be visible on Sunday night, expected geomagnetic storms could make the aurora reappear further south on Monday.Anadolu via Getty ImagesKey FactsNOAA is predicting a Kp index of five out nine for Monday night, meaning the aurora could appear brighter and further south from the magnetic north pole.The Earth could see the effects of…

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid space telescope has captured the largest and most detailed visible-light image ever obtained of the Milky Way’s galactic bulge, the central region of our galaxy.The image is a mosaic containing more than 60 million stars, as well as nebulae and star clusters. It will allow scientists to confirm the possible presence of exoplanets using a microlensing technique and measure their masses with greater precision.The Power of EuclidAlthough Euclid was designed to observe billions of distant galaxies, its visible-light camera is sensitive enough to resolve individual stars at the center of the Milky Way—a region…

Hezbollah calls the deal a surrender as Israeli forces stay put and continue striking the south.Israel has resumed air strikes on southern Lebanon, only days after signing a US-brokered agreement meant to end its war with the country.The strikes came on Sunday, two days after the framework was signed in Washington following five rounds of talks.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listEach side is presenting the same document as a victory on its own terms, and the deal has been rejected by Hezbollah and by far-right Israelis, raising immediate doubts over whether it can hold.Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency…

Teenagers who use cannabis may be more likely to develop serious psychiatric conditions by young adulthood, according to a major new study published in JAMA Health Forum. Researchers tracked 463,396 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17 through age 26. They found that teens who reported using cannabis within the previous year faced significantly higher risks of later developing psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, and anxiety. The risk of both psychotic and bipolar disorders was approximately doubled among adolescents who used cannabis. The study was carried out by researchers from Kaiser Permanente, the Public Health Institute’s Getting it Right…