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Liam previously said he was avoiding alcohol and working to get fit when the reunion tour was announced.

If you're craving an impromptu European escape and only have 24 hours to spare, these cities might just be the perfect pick.

Qantas has a raft of ultra-long haul services coming in 2026 and China Eastern Airlines starts a 29-hour route to Argentina in December. But which are the current longest flights?

"The internet is full of people claiming to uncover conspiracies in politics and business..." reports the Wall Street Journal. "Now an unlikely new villain has been added to the list: theoretical physicists," they write, saygin resentment of scientific authority figures "is the major attraction of what might be called 'conspiracy physics'." In recent years, a group of YouTubers and podcasters have attracted millions of viewers by proclaiming that physics is in crisis. The field, they argue, has discovered little of importance in the last 50 years, because it is dominated by groupthink and silences anyone who dares to dissent from mainstream ideas, like string theory... Most fringe theories are too arcane for listeners to understand, but anyone can grasp the idea that academic physics is just one more corrupt and self-serving establishment... In this corner of the internet, the scientist Scott Aaronson has written, "Anyone perceived as the 'mainstream establishment' faces a near-insurmountable burden of proof, while anyone perceived as 'renegade' wins by default if they identify any hole whatsoever in mainstream understanding... As with other kinds of authorities, there are reasonable criticisms to be made of academic physics. By some metrics, scientific productivity has slowed since the 1970s. String theory has not fulfilled physicists' early dreams that it would become the ultimate explanation of all forces and matter in our universe. The Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator, has delivered fewer breakthroughs than scientists expected when it turned on in 2010. But even reasonable points become hard to recognize when expressed in the ways YouTube incentivizes. Conspiracy physics videos with titles like "They Just Keep Lying" are full of sour sarcasm, outraged facial expressions and spooky music... Leonard Susskind, director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, says physicists need to be both more sober and more forceful when addressing the public. The limits of string theory should be acknowledged, he says, but the idea that progress has slowed isn't right. In the last few decades, he and other physicists have figured out how to make progress on the vast project of integrating general relativity and quantum mechanics, the century-old pillars of physics, into a single explanation of the universe. The bitter attacks on leading physicists get a succinct summary in the article from Chris Williamson, a "Love Island" contestant turned podcast host. "This is like 'The Kardashians' for physicists — I love it."

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Garrett Gee, the patriarch behind a well-known influencer family, has responded to intense online criticism after a video of him throwing his 7-year-old son off a cliff went viral.

Arguments over Brexit, transgender rights and immigration are some of the top reasons British couples have divorced, a study has revealed.

None of them speak English, and a tribunal accepted they would place 'a significant burden upon the public purse' if they were allowed to move to the UK.

Scientists say while it is unclear whether paracetamol causes autism something is clearly driving the increase in cases, with one in 100 now affected.

For the star-studded, weekend-long wedding ceremony, the lovebirds hired the same event planners who did one of Gomez's ex-boyfriend's wedding as well as her former BFF's.

The news was shared across social media by his long-term partner Phil Griffin, who confirmed the talented dancer had passed away the previous evening.

Openly gay, Infinite says his lifestyle drove a wedge between him and his father, with whom he has not spoken in more than a decade, and provided the creative spark that inspired his imminent release.

DANIEL MATTHEWS AT BETHPAGE BLACK: Bryson DeChambeau watched the ball drop and then turned towards the grandstand that climbed into the sky as dusk closed in over New York.

The frontman, 53, dropped the biggest hint yet that the band will be back following rumours that they will release tickets for Knebworth shows next summer.

Charles, who continues to be treated for an undisclosed form of cancer , and Camilla, 78, were driven in a Range Rover to the Sunday service at nearby Crathie Kirk.

The Team Europe star was the focus for a number of flashpoints as the atmosphere reached boiling point on Saturday, with the crowd screaming 'f*** you, Rory' at the Masters champion.

Strictly Come Dancing has introduced a major new twist to 'ease the pressure on head judge Shirley Ballas', who has faced years of relentless trolling over her dance-off decisions.

A four-year-old boy has vanished without a trace in South Australia.

Follow Mail Sport's live blog on the final day of the 2025 Ryder Cup on the Black Course of Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York.

PLUS: US court grounds China’s DJI; India requires 2FA for most payments; Great Firewall busters launch VPN; and more!

Asia In Brief  Over 600 e-government services operated by South Korea’s government are offline after a datacenter fire disrupted operations.…

Patriotism has emerged as a recurring theme of the political party conference season, with Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats trying to position themselves out in front.