To what extent is Liz Truss responsible for the high mortgages and higher interest rates?

Two months into Liz Truss’s premiership, more than 104,000 people took out mortgages, likely with higher interest rates as a result. By means of Sarah Taaffe-Maguire, Business Reporter @taaffems Wednesday, July 3, 2024 6:17 PM, UK Her time at the top of the Conservative Party ended in memorable fashion just 42 days after she became … Read more

The evidence is mounting: humans were responsible for the extinction of large mammals

Prehistoric humans hunt a woolly mammoth. Mounting evidence suggests that this species, and at least 46 other megaherbivores, were driven to extinction by humans. Credit: Engraving by Ernest Grise, photographed by William Henry Jackson. Getty’s Open Content Program The debate has raged for decades: was it humans or climate change that caused many species of … Read more

Who is responsible for space debris falling on your house? Florida family sues NASA to find out

Topline A Florida family is suing NASA after a piece of debris from the International Space Station fell to Earth and blew a hole in their roof, a rare case that raises questions about who is responsible for space debris as countries, private companies and billionaires rush to building the nascent space economy. Space debris … Read more

Genetic mutation responsible for new coat pattern in cats in Finland identified

This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! Sal ammoniac staining in cats. Notable features of the coloration are: “tuxedo” (also called bicolor) white spots in the absence of white spot alleles (Ws, g), and additional gradation of the pigment in hairs with a primary color to no pigmentation at … Read more