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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a striking new feature in Saturn’s atmosphere: a huge, evolving 10-sided wave circling the planet’s south pole. It is the first time scientists have observed a large, regularly shaped jet pattern in Saturn’s southern hemisphere. The structure has some similarities to Saturn’s famous hexagon at its northern pole, but important differences suggest researchers may be watching a distinct atmospheric phenomenon take shape. The results were published in the journal Science Advances. A New Pattern Emerges on Saturn Researchers reconstructed the development of the feature using several years of Hubble observations going back to 2023.…

Teenage wing sensation Noah Caluori has revealed that he spent the majority of his breakthrough season – featuring 18 tries in 13 Prem games and an England debut – playing with a detached ligament in his wrist.The 19-year-old sustained the injury when he came down heavily on his arm while competing for a high ball in Saracens’ defeat by Exeter in December.After consulting both club and national team coaches, Caluori opted to play through his pain and wait until the summer for an operation to reconnect the ligament.”It would just hurt,” said Caluori. “A lot of movements hurt, I had…

Adéla brought Nicole Kidman‘s most famous roles to life in a new music video for her single “Nicole Kidman.” The video, directed by Hannah Lux Davis, is filled with references to some of the Oscar-winning actress’s most beloved films, including Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge, Birth, and Babygirl, as well as her iconic AMC commercial. The singer recently explained of the song’s inspiration, “Somehow, I got invited to a Golden Globes event. I’ve never been in a movie, but I got all glammed up, put into a dress, had my hair done, and I looked really good. My hair was super bouncy, and my corset…

As Globacom unveiled a new campaign philosophy, Never Settle for Less, in Lagos recently, the thought in the minds of many in the audience was the several moments in their lives when the familiar path becomes too small for the dream. The security of a well-paying job that no longer fires the imagination, the uncertainty of beginning again, the leap into the dark, or the niggling temptation to accept what is just adequate when something greater is within reach. For those who remain where they are and those who move forward, the difference is often not always talent or privilege,…

Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has approved the appointment of Shehu Baraya as the Head of Service for Zamfara following the retirement of the occupant of the office, Yakubu Haidara. The appointment was announced in a statement on Thursday in Gusau by the Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Nakwada. Until his appointment, Mr Baraya was the Permanent Secretary of the Zamfara Civil Service Commission. According to the statement, he succeeded Mr Haidara, who recently retired from the State Civil Service after years of meritorious service. Mr Baraya, a seasoned career civil servant with extensive institutional experience and a deep…

Teslyn Barkman, a former member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, told the BBC that Milei’s speech had “probably irked every single Falkland islander”.Speaking from the capital Stanley, she added that “we have a burgeoning economy for a small place… we will remain forever British”.The crux was a proposal to introduce a bill to parliament to impose sanctions on energy firms planning to begin oil exploration off the Falklands.The Sea Lion oilfield, around 130 miles from the islands, contains an estimated 1.7 billion barrels of oil – a significant amount.In comparison, the Rosebank oil field 80 miles west of the…

Nvidia has become one of the world’s largest strategic tech backers as the value of its equity investments soared more than tenfold in the past year to $99 billion, with the chip giant increasingly looking to leverage its huge capital reserves to bolster the AI sector.The company has ramped up dealmaking for financing rounds across the AI stack in the previous 12 months, with over $40 billion committed in 2026. Equity investments were valued at $99 billion as of July 26, up from about $7 billion a year earlier and about $2.2 billion two years earlier.The rise in value puts…

Fifteen years ago there was almost no market for avocados in India, remembers Sunil Bopaiah.Ripe fruit would fall off trees and be eaten by dogs, earning avocados the unappetising name dog fruit, he says.Bopaiah has been working in India’s plantation industry for 26 years, he’s currently group manager at Cottanad Plantations, which grows cocoa, rubber, coffee, spices and fruits, including avocado, in the hills of Wayanad in the southern Indian state of Kerala.”We never planted avocado as our main crop. We introduced it as a shade tree for coffee plantations, and only later realised it could become a profitable business,”…

Reform UK says two senior officials have stepped down as the party launched an investigation into claims about funding aired during a Channel 4 News report.Nigel Farage’s senior aide Dan Jukes and Reform’s head of policy James Orr have both stood down pending the outcome of the internal probe, the party said. A Reform UK spokesman said: “The party believes it is important that the investigation is allowed to proceed independently and without prejudice. “No further comment will be made while the investigation is ongoing.”The row threatens to overshadow Reform’s conference in Birmingham, which has its first full day on…

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