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Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has a habit of tossing the occasional grenade and running away, but this time it may eventually blow up in his face. Maresca put himself on a collision course with ...

Thomas Tuchel's England may have to do it the hard way as the World Cup draw put them on a collision course with several major nations in their bid for glory. The Three Lions were placed in Group L ...

A new study warned on 2025-12-16 that satellite mega-constellations could fail within days if a powerful solar storm disrupts control systems, raising risks for Earth’s crowded low-Earth orbit.

Brian T. Allen, art critic E Is for Edward, a centennial celebration of the work of Edward Gorey, reminds us that savants still wander the Earth. “I’ve been murdering children in my books for years,” ...

The intense disruption activity of satellite navigation systems (GNSS) such as GPS in the southeastern Baltic Sea region has reached a more dangerous level. This is the result of a study by Polish ...

One of the most enduring images of 2025 is the picture of billionaire Elon Musk, at the time serving as a special adviser to the administration of US President Donald Trump, wielding a shiny, red ...