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In the autumn of 1930, Leo Scanlon, a plumber from Pittsburgh, solved a problem in his backyard that would leave a lasting mark on amateur astronomy. Scanlon was building a private observatory behind his home in the Summer Hill neighbourhood on Pittsburgh’s North Side. He needed a lightweight, weather-resistant dome to protect a homemade telescope….

YouTuber Matt Walsh sounds ‘grim’ warning about AI chatbots as he questions what happens when humans replace friends Conservative commentator Matt Walsh has raised concerns about young people turning to artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for regular conversations and emotional support. In a post on X on October 14, 2026, Walsh questioned what could happen if…

An Australian homeowner’s long-running dispute over invasive bamboo has ended with a court order for coordinated removal and a payment of A$6,253.50 toward treatment and likely repairs. In Wines v Homes NSW, the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales found that bamboo growing principally on a neighbouring property had spread beneath the boundary…

Redditor says she faces racism in her nurse job in Australia which is one of the reasons she wants to come back to India. A Redditor, claiming to be a 24-year-old woman with a secure nurse job in Australia and the prospect of getting permanent residency in two years, said she does not like life…

Pic credit: Savills/ On the market The Old Kirk has been a church, then a bistro, and now, if the sellers get their way, it could become a family home. The property sits in the village of Fordyce, a few miles from Banff in north-east Scotland. The five-bedroom detached house is now up for sale…

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is in hot water as she claims to be a lawyer but there is no confirmation that she passed the bar exam. A major row erupted over White House’s new press secretary Katie Zacharia, calling herself a lawyer because experts said she is not. Zacharia has a law degree…

The report estimates that 24% of the skilled trades workforce is aged 55 or older, raising concerns about retirements and replacement needs. Demand is also growing amid investments in data centres, energy modernisation and advanced manufacturing. The US needs roughly 1.7 million new skilled workers annually through 2035, according to The State of America’s Skilled…

Image: Serget Ponomarev/NYT When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake ruptured a fault offshore from Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in 2025, it sent tsunami waves across the Pacific Ocean. Now researchers have shown that clues to where it would strike may have been sitting in ground-motion measurements collected years earlier. By reanalysing older satellite positioning records, a new…

The owners have listed the house at auction with a £1 guide price and no reserve, hoping to cut their losses after the landslip. A house with four bedrooms, multiple living rooms and a private driveway would usually attract buyers looking for space and a quieter pace of life. But one property in the English…

Abu Dhabi royal found unconscious on London street with a toddler unattended, Daily Mail reported. A Daily Mail report has claimed that a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family was found unconscious on a street with a three-year-old child who was unattended. The matter has reached the court as 32-year-old Mahrah Al Nahyan, the…