Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor BBC Mark Zuckerberg is said to have started work on Koolau Ranch, his sprawling 1,400-acre compound on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, as far back as 2014. It is set to include a shelter, complete with its own energy and food supplies, though the carpenters and electricians working on the site were…

Visualization of the castle that stood at Finlaggan during the 12th and 13th centuries – credit David Simon via Society of Antiquities of Scotland For nearly 3 centuries, Scotland’s western isles were ruled by men who considered themselves kings equal to those in Edinburgh or London. The island of Islay was the seat of the…

A man arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences following the Manchester synagogue attack has been re-arrested at the city’s airport. Two people were killed after Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, drove a car at pedestrians and launched an attack outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall on 2 October. Counter Terrorism Policing North West said the…

The Park Avenue Armory presents 11,000 Strings – credit Stephanie Berger A performance unlike any other just wrapped up in New York City, where an audience of a few lucky hundred were encircled by 50 pianos. The pianists played out a piece called “11,000 Strings,” named for the number of strings in 50 pianos, each…

The parents of Tom Phillips, who vanished with his three children into the New Zealand wilderness in 2021, have made a public apology – their first comments since Phillips was shot dead by police on 8 September. “We would like to send our sincere apology… for all the trouble, inconvenience, loss of privacy and property…

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory’s photo, licensed as CC BY-SA 2.0 In late September, Lake Muskegon in Michigan was officially removed from the list of polluted water bodies in the Great Lakes Region. Once home to foundries, paper mills, petroleum storage and sewage treatment plants, the lake and several of its tributaries became an…

Daniel De SimoneInvestigations correspondent and Amy Johnstonat the Royal Courts of Justice Handout Stephen Lawrence was killed in a racist attack in 1993 Stephen Lawrence’s mother has said the Metropolitan Police must urgently investigate his murderer’s admission to being part of the group who took part in the racist attack that killed him. A public…

Co-authors of the study from the Biological Barriers Research Group of the Institute of Biophysics N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a potent psychoactive molecule present in the brain and much of the world’s plant life, but it also may be able to save humans from damage in the event of a stroke. Scientists in Hungary used it…

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Getty Images Millions of victims of car finance mis-selling could receive less compensation than previously estimated, under plans from the regulator. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said payouts could result from 14 million motor finance agreements between April 2007 and November 2024. The regulator previously suggested motorists could receive less…

credit – MIT Sustainable Concrete Lab Scientists from MIT have created a conductive “nanonetwork” inside a unique concrete mixture that could enable everyday structures like walls, sidewalks, and bridges to store and release electrical energy. It’s perhaps the most ubiquitous man-made material on Earth by weight, but every square foot of it could, with the…