Quote of the day by American astronomer Marc Aaronson: “If we are going to die anyway…why be cautious? Why not risk all now, at this moment, in this adventure?” |

Marc Aaronson (Image source: researchgate.net) There are certain quotes that make people pause because they seem to challenge a habit that most of us have. This quote by Marc Aaronson is one of them. It does not offer comfort. It does not suggest a careful plan. Instead, it asks readers to think about how much…

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After Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, another US president gets drawn into Epstein scandal

The Jeffrey Epstein saga has once again reached the highest levels of American politics, with former President George W. Bush becoming linked to questions surrounding the pedophile’s controversial treatment by the justice system.A new report by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Julie K. Brown, published in the Miami Herald, suggests that senior officials within Bush’s Department of…

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Hungary Parliament Salary Cut: Charity begins at home: Hungary lawmakers vote unanimously to cut salaries by 40% in rare show of political austerity

Hungary’s parliament on Monday unanimously approved a sharp reduction in lawmakers’ salaries and allowances, backing Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s efforts to curb administrative spending and restore strained public finances.All 189 lawmakers present in the 199-member National Assembly voted in favour of the bill submitted by the ruling Tisza party.The legislation will reduce MPs’ monthly base…

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AI’s secret water crisis: How data centres are draining freshwater reserves across the world |

AI’s Every time you use ChatGPT to write a 100-word email, roughly 519 millilitres of water is consumed, nearly the volume of a standard water bottle. That figure comes from a peer-reviewed 2025 paper published in Communications of the ACM by Pengfei Li, Shaolei Ren, and colleagues at the University of California, Riverside. It accounts…

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McDonald’s worker left in ICU after colleague throws scalding oil on him, mother launches fundraiser: ‘The pain he’s experiencing…’

A routine shift at a McDonald’s restaurant turned horrific when a 20-year-old employee was doused with scalding hot oil by a co-worker in an unprovoked attack.Jacob Smith remains in ICU more than a week after suffering second-degree burns to his face, neck, arm and back during the incident on 30 May in Yuba City, California….

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Moon Fashion: After Jeff Bezos’ wife Lauren Sanchez’s designer spaceflight look, NASA astronauts could wear Prada on the Moon |

When Lauren Sánchez and an all-female crew flew aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard mission earlier this year, their fitted designer flight suits sparked widespread discussion about the intersection of fashion and space travel. Now another luxury fashion giant is preparing for a far more demanding challenge. Italian luxury brand Prada has unveiled a key component…

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