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FedEx Freight Shares Drop in First Day of Trading After Spinoff

A FedEx truck in Salt Flat, Texas, on Jan. 23, 2025.

Iran’s lakes are vanishing: Satellite images show a deepening water crisis

Iran’s lakes are vanishing: Satellite images show a deepening water crisis Years of drought, falling rainfall and unsustainable water use have been worsened further by the US-Israel war. For many Iranians, the most immediate threat is no longer just war, but water. Years of drought, falling rainfall and unsustainable water use have pushed the country into severe water stress, depleting reservoirs, rivers and groundwater reserves.

Rusty, orange water 'bleeds' across brilliant Bolivian lagoon — Earth from space

Rusty, orange water 'bleeds' across brilliant Bolivian lagoon — Earth from space A 2015 astronaut photo shows dark-orange water that appears to bleed across the bright-white floor of a high-altitude salt lake in the Bolivian Andes. QUICK FACTS Where is it? Laguna Colorada, Altiplano, Bolivia

The festival of the future is now: Cercle 2026 brings DJs together with ESA astronauts

This is no longer just an electronic music festival; it is an experience in which culture meets science. This year's Cercle Festival in Paris is the first event created with the European Space Agency. The 2026 Cercle Festival boasted that this year's edition was the biggest in the event's history.

A thousand and one uses for a zested lemon | Kitchen aide

Father's Day gifts from £1 for every type of dad, from sports lovers to garden enthusiasts

Father's Day gifts from £1 for every type of dad, from sports lovers to garden enthusiasts Whether he’s sports obsessed, likes a good grooming product or loves to spend time in the garden, we have something for every father figure… Finding a Father’s Day gift sounds simple in theory, right up until you realise dads tend to either buy exactly what they want already or insist they “don’t need anything”. Which is why the best presents are usually the ones which feel thoughtful and personal —...

Warm compress, cold packs, Epsom salt bath: How to do 6 home therapies properly according to physios

Warm compress, cold packs, Epsom salt bath: How to do 6 home therapies properly according to physios They seem easy to prep but how hot should the water be and how long do you use these home therapies for pain, swelling or recovery? Physiotherapists explain what works and what to avoid doing. If you’ve just had haemorrhoid surgery or are living with a boba-sized stye on your eyelid, you might have been advised by the doctor to prep a home therapy such as a sitz bath or warm compress.

Ex-TMC MLA Sabyasachi Dutta held, pelted with eggs and cow dung outside police station

Former Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) chairperson Sabyasachi Dutta, who was also a Trinamool Congress ( TMC) MLA for two terms, was pelted with eggs, cow dung and tomatoes outside Bidhannagar North police station after he was arrested early on Tuesday on an extortion charge. Police said Salt Lake-based businessman Madhusudhan Chakraborty alleged in his complaint that Dutta, who unsuccessfully contested the 2026 assembly polls from Barasat, had demanded Rs 1 crore from him in 2018, a...

CT scans of BYD car parts

Design to Reality Evolution of the Plastic Bottle In the dark nights of my soul, I fret about how inconsistently engineered my life is. The coffee table I made a year or two ago was intended to look like the dining room table I built a few years earlier, but in reality the two bear only a vague resemblance to each other. Open a drawer of my tool chest at random, and perhaps you’ll find a thematically-aligned collection of well-loved hand tools, meticulously cut into a nest of Kaizen foam, or...

Haunted zoo on fortified island forced to close after monkeys escape and terrorise beach

Haunted zoo on fortified island forced to close after monkeys escape and terrorise beach St Catherine's Island zoo near Tenby closed permanently after primates escaped the Napoleonic fortress and caused chaos on the local beach A strange zoo on a fortified island, accessible only during low tide, housed 100 animals, including a troop of mischievous monkeys and the ghosts of its former military occupants. Christopher and Marion Batt discovered the Napoleonic fortress on St Catherine's Island,...