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Space mystery: Declassified files show high-speed ‘interstellar object’ crashed in Pacific
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Sky News

Mosh pit nappy, designed to avoid queues at gig loos, sells out

An adult incontinence nappy, designed for concertgoers to avoid long queues at toilets, has gone on sale. [...]

US city tells residents to stop sticking googly eyes on its statues

A council in the US has asked its residents to stop sticking googly eyes on the city's art. [...]

Mystery drones spotted over New Jersey - and authorities have 'no clue' who is flying them

Large drones have been spotted flying over New Jersey and New York City in recent weeks - but no one knows who's operating them. [...]

Most mispronounced words of 2024

Trying to keep up with the latest trends is difficult enough, especially when you don't know how to pronounce them. [...]

Mother sues Mattel over porn website printed on Wicked doll packaging

Toy giant Mattel is being sued by a mother who says her daughter accessed a porn website via a link on the packaging for a Wicked doll. [...]

Large sinkhole opens up in South Wales as residents told to stay away

A large sinkhole has appeared on a housing estate in South Wales, with the local council warning residents to stay away from the area. [...]

Man eats £4.9m banana

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur has kept his promise and eaten a banana he bought for $6.2m (£4.9m). [...]

Ed Sheeran apologises to new Manchester United manager after interrupting interview

Ed Sheeran has apologised to Manchester United's new manager for interrupting him during a live Sky Sports interview. [...]

Cat wriggles through drainpipe - but with less-than-purrfect results

A cat had to be freed from a drainpipe by firefighters after getting stuck in the middle of wriggling through. [...]

Banana duct-taped to a wall sells for $6.2m at auction

A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2m (£4.9m) at an auction in New York. [...]

LiveScience

Science quizzes: Test your knowledge of everything from space to nature

How much do you know about science and nature? Try a science quiz and see how well you score against other Live Science readers. [...]

Antarctica quiz: Test your knowledge on Earth's frozen continent

How much do you know about Antarctica? Take our science quiz to see if you'll freeze up or be as cool as a cucumber. [...]

How does E. coli get into food?

Dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria can infiltrate the food supply through many different routes, experts explain. [...]

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will reach its closest-ever point to the sun on Christmas Eve

NASA's record-breaking Parker Solar Probe will smash its own personal bests for proximity to the sun and fastest speed by a human-made object when it whizzes past our star on [...]

Everything you need to know about digiscoping

Use your digital camera to take photos through a spotting scope, and you can capture up-close images of faraway subjects (without having to break the bank). [...]

MIT's massive database of 8,000 new AI-generated EV designs could shape how the future of cars look

An open-source database made by MIT engineers houses over 8,000 aerodynamic car designs and could train future AI models to design EVs in the future. [...]

'Rising temperatures melted corpses out of the Antarctic permafrost': The rise of one of Earth's most iconic trees in an uncertain world

As the Atlantic grew wider, the ancestral population of all of today's oaks may have been straddling the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. If so, the ancestor of the oaks [...]

Space photo of the week: James Webb and Chandra spot a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' sparkling in the galaxy next door

There's a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' hanging in the Small Magellanic Cloud, the James Webb and Chandra telescopes revealed in a sparkly new image. [...]

Do black holes really evaporate — and how do we know?

In 1974, Stephen Hawking proposed that black holes could evaporate. But do we understand how this might happen? [...]

James Webb telescope solves 20-year-old Hubble conundrum — and it could finally explain why the universe's oldest planets exist

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed 20-year-old Hubble observations that could finally explain how ancient stars can host massive planets. [...]

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Day: April 14, 2022

TTU “Interstellar Object” Crashed in Pacific, Area-51?, DIA Madness, and SpaceX Drama Continues in Texas