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Could an almighty eruption destroy a dreamy Greek island?

Perched on top of Santorini's sheer cliffs is a world-famous tourist industry worth millions. Underneath is the fizzing risk of an almighty explosion. A huge ancient eruption created the dreamy Greek island, leaving a vast crater and a horse-shoe…

21/04/2025 BBC

Greene King-backed Hickory’s to open 10 restaurants a year

The BBQ smokehouse brand, which was acquired by Greene King in 2022, has said it sees a ‘substantial opportunity’ to grow despite sector challenges.

21/04/2025 The Independent

Renewables rollout making UK electricity supply ‘more British’, analysis finds

Wind and solar have already reduced the reliance on foreign gas imports in recent years, experts said, as Labour’s clean power push ramps up.

21/04/2025 The Independent

Many retailers ‘trying to replicate our product’, viral mochi brand says

Little Moons co-founder Vivien Wong said manufacturers around the world were racing to replicate the sweet treat.

21/04/2025 The Independent

Ceramicist Claire Cosnefroy's mineral designs

Her unique pieces catch the eye of interior architects and young galleries. To achieve their appearance, this former journalist based in southern France coats them with a white slip before polishing them with beeswax.

20/04/2025 Le Monde

In Nigeria’s floating slum, ‘The Herds’ tour spotlights climate change where it's felt the most

Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos

20/04/2025 The Independent

A secret mathematical rule has shaped the beaks of birds and other dinosaurs for 200 million years

Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size – from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of an eagle.

20/04/2025 The Conversation

Low effort, high visibility: what bumper stickers say about our values and identity

In an increasingly fragmented society, even a bumper sticker can be a subtle form of moral positioning.

20/04/2025 The Conversation

Curious Kids: if heat rises, why does it get colder in the mountains?

Warm air rises, but it also expands because air pressure decreases with height. The latter effect wins out and air becomes colder in the mountains.

20/04/2025 The Conversation

How a new ‘Fishheart’ project is combining science, community and Indigenous art to restore life in the Baaka-Darling River

The river’s health has been suffering, with a number of harrowing mass fish deaths events taking place in recent years.

20/04/2025 The Conversation

Prison needle programs could save double what they cost – our new modelling shows how

Australia leads the world in community-based needle programs. Yet they’re not used in prisons – which are hotspots for hepatitis C infection.

20/04/2025 The Conversation

Changing the thinking on early Christianity: Ascetic in chains was likely a woman

A body from which only a tooth and three vertebrae remained was sexed by Weizmann Institute scientists based on proteins, with an unexpected result

20/04/2025 Haaretz

Views of TikTok posts with electronic music outgrow those using indie

It is another example of the parallel worlds in the music industry. The the Gallagher brothers may be taking over the world’s stadiums this summer, but over on TikTok users are moving to a different beat.

20/04/2025 The Guardian

150 years ago, the Metre Convention determined how we measure the world — a radical initiative for the time

150 years ago, the world agreed to a shared language of measurement. It still holds us together, even when everything else seems to pull us apart.

20/04/2025 The Conversation

‘Cañahua chose me’: can an ancient relative of quinoa revive rural Bolivia’s economy?

Few young people remain in Bolivia’s highland plateau, the Altiplano. The rising frequency and severity of extreme weather events, such as drought and frost, have reduced their economic prospects and migration has accelerated as the environment…

20/04/2025 The Guardian

Scientists Are Mapping the Bizarre, Chaotic Spacetime Inside Black Holes

By understanding the churning region near singularities, physicists hope they might be able to reconcile gravity and quantum mechanics.

20/04/2025 Wired

Scientists say they have discovered a new colour ‘olo’ - but there’s a catch

Scientists hope the experimental technique called ‘Oz’ could someday simulate vision for the colour‑blind and help model diseases with accuracy

20/04/2025 The Independent

San Jose Considers Arresting Homeless People Who Refuse Housing

The mayor of the Silicon Valley city has proposed arresting people who don’t accept offers of shelter. It’s the latest sign of frustrations over tent encampments in California.

20/04/2025 New York Times