Why Lauren Halsey Has Collected More Than 2,000 Black Figurines 05. May 2026 (11:01) Lauren Halsey’s porcelain Black statuettes, collected over two decades, depict people singing in church, playing in the park and other scenes of everyday life.(New York Times)
The problem of cosmic inflation and how to solve it 05. May 2026 (11:00) One of the best-performing models in cosmology is also one with the least physical rationale behind it. Columnist Leah Crane says this leaves us with a puzzle that could make or break physics as we know it(New Scientist)
‘Group is a lifesaver’: strangers buy Wetherspoon’s meals for homeless people through app 05. May 2026 (11:00) WhatsApp group has bought tens of thousands of meals for people via Facebook pageCarl used to own pubs – several of them – and a string of hotels. Then two years ago, rising costs forced him into bankruptcy. Now he sleeps on the beach in summer, and in winter sits in an all-night McDonald’s nursing a single cup of coffee.Carl’s daughters are in a different part of the country with his ex-wife. To maintain the illusion that he lives a normal life, Carl is careful only to video-call them from the local Wetherspoon’s with a meal and a drink carefully positioned in shot. That way, he reasons, he looks like a man with somewhere to be. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Remains of US airman missing since second world war laid to rest in Florida 05. May 2026 (11:00) Robert Cyr Jr, a US navy airman, had gone missing in 1944 when his seaplane crashed in the Segond channelThe remains of a US military aviator who went missing after his crew crashed during the second world war were recovered and identified through DNA analysis and his family recently laid him to rest in Florida, according to officials.US navy airman Robert Cyr Jr’s burial in Clearwater, Florida, brought to an end a decades-long saga that began on 22 January 1944, when he and eight fellow crewmates crashed while they were aboard a seaplane as it took off in the Segond channel in what is now the south Pacific’s Republic of Vanuatu. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Supply teacher 'took secret upskirt photos of 13 teenage girl pupils while he was working at seven schools in Greater Manchester'