ERC awards €705 million to 421 early-career researchers
The European Research Council announced on 3 September 2026 the results of its 2026 Starting Grants competitio...
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Gary Cole turns 70: from theatre to Office Space, The West Wing and NCIS
Gary Cole turns 70 on 20 September 2026. The American actor, born in Park Ridge, Illinois, built a character-a...
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Five members of a migrant-smuggling network sentenced in the United Kingdom
Eurojust announced on 17 September 2026 that five people had been convicted in the United Kingdom after an inv...
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Jon Bernthal turns 50: from theatre to The Walking Dead and The Punisher
Jon Bernthal turns 50. Born in Washington, D.C., on 20 September 1976, he also studied at the Moscow Art Theat...
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53 years since Billie Jean King won the Battle of the Sexes
On 20 September 1973, at the Houston Astrodome, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in three sets: 6–4, 6–3, 6–3...
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Twiggy turns 77: from “The Face of 1966” to film and a damehood
Lesley Hornby was born on 19 September 1949 in north-west London. She became Twiggy, later Lesley Lawson. On 1...
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53 years since the death of Gram Parsons, an advocate of “Cosmic American Music”
Gram Parsons died on 19 September 1973, aged 26, at Joshua Tree, California, from the toxic effects of drug us...
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31 years since publication of the document that helped identify the Unabomber attacker
On 19 September 1995, The Washington Post published, as a special supplement, a text of about 35,000 words sen...
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38 years since Greg Louganis’s Seoul accident and the comeback that brought Olympic gold
On 19 September 1988, during the men’s three-metre springboard preliminaries at the Seoul Olympics, Greg Louga...
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50 years since Turkish Airlines Flight 452 crashed near Isparta
September 19, 2026 marks 50 years since the crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 452, one of the deadliest acciden...
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187 years since the birth of George Cadbury, the industrialist who helped develop Bournville
September 19, 2026 marks 187 years since the birth of George Cadbury, the Birmingham Quaker businessman linked...
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230 years since the publication of George Washington’s Farewell Address
On 19 September 1796, George Washington’s farewell message appeared in David C. Claypoole’s Philadelphia newsp...
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FAA Allows Boeing to Sell 35 More 777F Freighters Under Temporary Waiver
On 17 September the FAA approved a waiver from emissions rules that, from 1 January 2028, would have stopped s...
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Early Voting Begins in the US Midterm Elections
In Virginia, in-person early voting for the 3 November 2026 general election began on 18 September and runs, a...
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British Military Families Gain Greater Role in Signing Off Housing Repairs
The UK Ministry of Defence announced on 18 September 2026 a package giving military families a stronger say ov...
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US Postal Service Stops Work on Mail-Voting Verification System
US Postmaster General David Steiner said the Postal Service has stopped work on a computer system tied to the...
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Nearly Seven Million UK Adults Lack Information About Their State Pension
HMRC says nearly seven million UK adults — about 12.5%, from a survey of 5,206 people in February–March 2026 —...
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How Does Soap Remove Grease and Dirt?
Water alone is poor at washing grease. Water molecules attract one another; non-polar oils stay separate, as a...
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How Does an Induction Hob Heat a Pan Without a Flame?
Under the glass of an induction hob there is usually no flame and no glowing element that first heats the air....
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Australian Farmers Warn Immigration Restrictions Could Affect Wheat Harvest
The National Farmers’ Federation warns that pauses and delays in Working Holiday Maker visas are putting farms...
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52 years since Hurricane Fifi devastated northern Honduras
18 September 2026 marks 52 years since Hurricane Fifi’s impact on Honduras and other parts of Central America....
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Why Does Bread Go Stale?
A slice left on the table dries out. Bread can still firm inside a closed bag, where it loses little water. A...
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How Does a Zipper Work?
A zipper turns one pull into a sequence of couplings. The slider does not glue the teeth. It guides them along...
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Hungarian Government Prepares to Change Adoption Rules for Single Applicants
The government led by Prime Minister Peter Magyar intends to amend Hungary’s 2020 law requiring single applica...
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UK House-Price Growth Is Expected to Remain Below Inflation
UK house prices are expected to rise 1.3% in 2026, below projected inflation, according to the median of a Reu...
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Why Does Salt Melt Ice on Roads?
Salt on ice does not burn like a flame. Its main effect is freezing-point depression: water with dissolved ion...
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Taiwan Holds Its First Joint Military Drills Using Attack Drones
Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, on Friday inspected a live-fire exercise in Pingtung County in which attack...
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Great Britain’s Retail Sales Rise 0.5% in August
Retail sales volumes in Great Britain rose 0.5% in August 2026 on July, according to the Office for National S...
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How Does a Rechargeable Battery Work?
A rechargeable battery does not hold electricity like a liquid. It stores chemical energy and turns it into cu...
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Why Do We See Lightning Before We Hear Thunder?
Lightning and thunder are two faces of the same discharge. The channel heats violently; air expands and makes...
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US Weighs Preserving Most Pharmaceutical Licensing Deals with Chinese Firms
The US Treasury Department is drafting rules on China-related pharmaceutical investment that would, in the mai...
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Why Do Bridges Have Expansion Joints?
The short noise at the end of a bridge is often an expansion joint. It looks like a break in the asphalt, but...
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