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Vice President JD Vance will host the next episode of the Charlie Kirk Show in honor of the late MAGA influencer.

Debatably one of the worst dressed or the best-dressed celebrity on the red carpet, this talented icon transformed into the popular collectible toy with Chinese details as an homage to her heritage.

"Engineers from Ohio State University are developing a new way to power rocket engines," reports Gizmodo, "using liquid uranium for a faster, more efficient form of nuclear propulsion that could deliver round trips to Mars within a single year..." Nuclear propulsion uses a nuclear reactor to heat a liquid propellant to extremely high temperatures, turning it into a gas that's expelled through a nozzle and used to generate thrust. The newly developed engine concept, called the centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket (CNTR), uses liquid uranium to heat rocket propellant directly. In doing so, the engine promises more efficiency than traditional chemical rockets, as well as other nuclear propulsion engines, according to new research published in Acta Astronautica... Traditional chemical engines produce about 450 seconds of thrust from a given amount of propellant, a measure known as specific impulse. Nuclear propulsion engines can reach around 900 seconds, with the CNTR possibly pushing that number even higher. "You could have a safe one-way trip to Mars in six months, for example, as opposed to doing the same mission in a year," Spencer Christian, a PhD student at Ohio State and leader of CNTR's prototype construction, said in a statement. CNTR promises faster routes, but it could also use different types of propellant, like ammonia, methane, hydrazine, or propane, that can be found in asteroids or other objects in space. "Some potential hurdles include ensuring that the methods used for startup, operation and shutdown avoid instabilities," according to the researchers' announcement, as well as "envisioning ways to minimize the loss of uranium fuel and accommodate potential engine failures." But "This team's CNTR concept is expected to reach design readiness within the next five years..."

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“I am thinking about how best to market them as a window which is a free billboard”.

“I am thinking about how best to market them as a window which is a free billboard”.

A tea room in a mid Essex high street is putting on a magical display next month.

Ofsted has evaluated the centres as inadequate

The UK's data-protecting Information Commissioner's Office has issued a warning about what it calls a worrying trend, reports the BBC: "students hacking their own school and college IT systems for fun or as part of dares." Since 2022, the the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has investigated 215 hacks and breaches originating from inside education settings and says 57% were carried out by children. Other breaches are thought to come from staff, third party IT suppliers and other organisations with access. According to the new data, almost a third of the breaches involved students illegally logging into staff computer systems by guessing passwords or stealing details from teachers. In one incident, a seven-year-old was involved in a data breach and subsequently referred to the National Crime Agency's Cyber Choices programme to help them understand the seriousness of their actions... In another incident three Year 11 students aged 15 or 16 unlawfully accessed school databases containing the personal information of more than 1,400 students. The pupils used hacking tools downloaded from the internet to break passwords and security protocols. When questioned, they said they were interested in cyber security and wanted to test their skills and knowledge. Another example the ICO gave is of a student illegally logging into their college's databases with a teachers' details to change or delete personal information belonging to more than 9,000 staff, students and applicants. The system stored personal information such as name and home address, school records, health data, safeguarding and pastoral logs and emergency contacts. Schools are facing an increasing number of cyber attacks, with 44% of schools reporting an attack or breach in the last year according the government's most recent Cyber Security Breaches Survey. "Youth cyber crime culture is a growing threat linked to English-speaking teen gangs," the article argues, noting breaches at major companies to suggest it's a kind of "gateway" crime. The ICO's principal cyber specialist tells the BBC that "What starts out as a dare, a challenge, a bit of fun in a school setting can ultimately lead to children taking part in damaging attacks on organisations or critical infrastructure."

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Lexi, 13, from Wrexham, North East Wales, was diagnosed with the disease just weeks after returning from a 'carefree and happy' holiday with her family this June.

The Jets, Dolphins, Titans, Saints, Steelers and Cowboys all halted proceedings before their kickoffs to remember the life of the 31-year-old MAGA star, but some did not.

OLIVER HOLT: That night in Manchester, that night in early June 2005, it felt as if Ricky Hatton were immortal. That night he fought the great Kostya Tszyu for IBF light-welterweight world title.

They will be flown back on Air France commercial flights, with removal notices having already been served on asylum seekers who arrived last month.

Britain is in the midst of a shoplifting epidemic with almost 800 crimes a day going unsolved, with one theft recorded every minute. Shoplifting levels have doubled since the pandemic.

While millions struggled to get around the capital as the network ground to a halt, Daniel Gibbons (pictured) was busy documenting his break in the sun on Facebook.

The game was 18 seconds old when Erling Haaland , with a flash of his left boot, sent the ball centimetres past Altay Bayindir's far post, writes JACK GAUGHAN.

Turn the clock back to those giddy days when the Sussexes were still royal and no one had heard of Covid. Suddenly, London suffered a major transport failure.Fractures spotted on Hammersmith Bridge.

The stars are out in force on Sunday as the celebrate the biggest night in television, the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Rylan, the waxen-faced former X Factor contestant now on the roster of This Morning presenters, is in a class of his own. He doesn't shamelessly name drop celebrities he knows, he carpet-bombs them.

The 77-year-old underwent a staggering 100lbs weight loss process over the past few years, trimming the last 15 to 20lbs off with the help of Ozempic.

Owen Cooper looked smart in a black ensemble as he joined his Adolescence co-stars on the Emmy Awards 2025 red carpet in LA on Sunday night.