A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week

NYT Science Friday 31 July 2026, 12:57 UTC By Selam Gebrekidan 1 min read

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Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. And who pays for the damage?

Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who’s to blame? And who pays for the damage?

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Celebrities including Charli xcx and Gabbriette and avant-garde brands honour tradition while also rejecting itIf a wedding day brings to mind a bride dressed in a big white dress, the styles coming down the aisle in the near future may strike you as a little different. Whether it is through celebrity references, or new brands, wedding gowns are entering a more experimental era. For Charli xcx’s marriage to the 1975 drummer George Daniel last year, the bride wore a minidress and sunglasses.

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Here comes the alt-bride: wedding gowns enter a more experimental era

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Road traffic is putting smaller hedgehog populations at risk of collapse

A new study involving the University of Cambridge has found that road traffic kills between 15% and 29% of hedgehogs in local populations each year.

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A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week

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