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Science

Four Jersey beaches flunk bacteria tests as island bakes in record May heat

Officials blame rainfall runoff for 'poor' water quality at Plemont, Grouville, Havre des Pas and Victoria Pool, even as Jersey breaks its all-time May temperature record.

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Business

Six eggs used to cost £1. Here's why they're now £2.

UK egg prices have doubled in four years despite record production. The real story isn't greedflation, it's how prices move down much slower than they move up.

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Technology

Bionic arms for five-year-olds, a third thumb, and the 90% who get nothing

A BBC Tech Life episode showcases the bleeding edge of prosthetics. The harder story is who can actually use any of it.

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May 25, 2026
Science

Northern Ireland's rarest rainforest gets a 100-year reboot in Tyrone

Ulster Wildlife has planted nearly 30,000 native trees at Lenamore Wood, the first Northern Irish site in Aviva's £38.9m Celtic Rainforest programme. The genetic detail matters more than the photo op.

A young sessile oak sapling planted in damp moss-covered ground on a hillside in the Sperrin Mountains, with a fragment of mature ancient oakwood visible in the misty middle distan
May 25, 2026
Science

Northern Ireland's rarest rainforest gets a 100-year reboot in Tyrone

Ulster Wildlife has planted nearly 30,000 native trees at Lenamore Wood, the first Northern Irish site in Aviva's £38.9m Celtic Rainforest programme. The genetic detail matters more than the photo op.

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Technology

Waymo Halts Robotaxis in 5 Cities as Flood Patch Fails in Atlanta

A software stopgap pushed to all 3,791 Waymo vehicles depended on National Weather Service alerts that arrived too late. The same day, Waymo also pulled every freeway route in the US.

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Technology

Atlanta Residents Cheer AI Productivity, Fear the Job Cuts It Brings

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Technology

Newsom's AI Workforce Order Buys Time as Layoffs Mount

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Technology

SpaceX scrubs Starship V3 debut a day after filing $1.75T IPO

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Technology

Destiny 2's managed ending: how live-service economics caught up with Bungie

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In Cambridge, a paycheck no longer keeps workers out of the food bank

The UK's most unequal city is now feeding employed residents through subsidised food clubs, raising questions about whether wages or housing will ever catch up.

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SpaceX's Starship V3 ends in planned Indian Ocean fireball, two days after $80B IPO filing

Flight 12 broke a seven-month launch drought and delivered most of its test goals. The timing, just 48 hours after SpaceX's S-1 hit the SEC, gave the spectacle a second audience: Wall Street.

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