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Three years ago she was lost in limbo at a major label, publicly lashing out with frustration at not being allowed to release an album. Now, the ultra-versatile British pop singer Raye has won six Brit awards in one year, smashing the previous record of four held by Harry Styles, Adele and Blur.She capped a triumphant night for women across a range of genres, with 70% of 2024’s winning acts either female or non-binary – a marked change from recent years when the Brits faced criticism for being heavily weighted towards…

Quirks and Quarks19:09The aftermath of a record-smashing volcano: Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai two years laterIt was a record-breaking blast that swept the world — several times over, as it turns out. A little over two years ago, the most powerful underwater volcano ever recorded erupted off the coast of the tiny island nation of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres from New Zealand.Kevin Mackay, a marine geologist with New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, spoke with Quirks &…

2023 was a record-breaking scorcher, final numbers now show. While many of us felt the heat last year, it’s still mind-blowing to see the data. And it’s about to get hotter. Officially, last year was the hottest in the books since record-keeping began in 1850. Looking farther back, last year’s temperatures “likely exceed those of any period in at least the last 100,000 years,” according to deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service Samantha Burgess. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service…

The US Army's record-breaking Zephyr 8 uncrewed ultra-long endurance drone demonstration came to an abrupt end on August 18 at 9 pm PDT after an unprecedented 64 days in flight, when an unspecified and "unexpected" event brought the aircraft down over the Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) in Arizona.Originally designed and built by British defense contractor QinetiQ in 2003 and now operated by Airbus Defence and Space, the Zephyr family of solar-powered soaring drones have been breaking endurance since 2008 when a Zephyr managed…