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Kurdish-Canadian director Soran Mardookhi, with his latest documentary feature The Flight, recalls the doomed Ukraine Airlines Flight PS752 that in January 2020 crashed soon after taking off from an airport near Tehran. All 176 passengers and crew members on board were killed by Iranian surface-to-air missiles that brought the Boeing 737 airliner down, with Iranian … Read more
Predicting extreme weather events and warning the public was much more difficult before we had satellites, aircraft reconnaissance, computer models, radio, television, and the internet. In this talk, we will discuss the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 and its effects, our understanding of weather and the state of forecasting at the time, what we learned … Read more
The mechanical keyboard isn’t always so mechanical anymore. Over the past six years, keyboards with optical, Hall-effect, and other “contactless” switches have become increasingly common, often going for higher prices than traditional mechanical keyboards, which already command a premium over basic membrane boards. In return, they promise some theoretical advantages, particularly for gamers. In daily … Read more
A coalition of nearly 90 organisations has written to the prime minister calling for “decisive action” on violence against women and girls after a Guardian investigation revealed the scale of child-on-child sexual abuse in schools in England and Wales. The groups urged Labour to redouble efforts to deliver on its manifesto promise to halve violence … Read more
The US saw almost 12,000 book bans in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, the highest number in a single year, according to the free-expression non-profit PEN America. In a report released on Monday, PEN America said that there had been 34,000 instances of book bans since the organization started tallying the increasing “book … Read more
George Russell could face a further “double whammy” hit following his Malaysia retirement if his Mercedes Formula 1 power unit cannot be fixed. The Mercedes driver had looked on course to take a podium finish at Sepang before he was forced to stop his car five laps from the chequered flag with a suspected engine … Read more
A lack of good-quality sleep has long been linked to an increased risk of developing dementia, but recent research goes further – giving us an optimal amount of overnight slumber to minimize dementia risk later in life. Using data pooled from 69 previous studies, a team at York University in Canada ran a statistical analysis … Read more
The biggest stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is where the people building the future come to talk about what happens next in the tech ecosystem. Across three days, from October 13 to 15, at Moscone West in San Francisco, the Disrupt Stage will bring together some of the biggest game-changing founders, CEOs, and investors shaping everything … Read more
A powerful nor’easter battered the Northeast again on Sunday, flooding coastal communities and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power as forecasters warned that another round of high tides could inundate vulnerable shorelines. The slow-moving storm, which killed a New York City housing authority worker when a tree fell Saturday, was expected … Read more
Tawfik Sabouni’s documentary “The Other Side of the Sun,” which world premiered as part of the Panorama section of this year’s Berlinale, has been chosen to represent Syria in the best international feature film category of the 2027 Academy Awards. It marks the country’s first Oscar candidate since the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s … Read more