*Children whose [fathers] breathed cigarette smoke more likely to get asthma — study finds.*

Starmer says people have a right to protest at the ceremonies of the monarchy provided they do it in a way that will hardly attract any attention.

The UK's two main parties are now the extreme wild right-wing (Tory) and the tepid right-wing (Labour).

Making hydrogen by electrolysis using renewable electricity should now be cheaper than natural gas, at least in Britain.

Australia sees a battle of wits between humans and sulphur-crested cockatoos. Humans currently seem to be winning.

Must the two species be adversaries? Why not cooperate? What people dislike about the cockatoos seems to be that they screech.

Could some hacker design a device that offers a button for cockatoos to open the bin door so they can eat, but closes the door slowly if it hears a nearby screech? After closing, it could keep the door closed for 30 seconds, responding to the button during that time with "No, no, no." They might learn to stop screeching in order to get at the food.

When the 30-second closure period ends, the device could speak, "Hello, Cockie!"

Another question is, what is a good way to minimize the scattering of waste outside the bin while they pick through the bins? Perhaps just leaving a foot of empty space at the top of the bin would do the job.

The military-industrial complex has captured the US Congress, which hardly even tries to resist funding waste and fraud by weapons companies.

I am all in favor of spending government funds to make jobs in the US, but which jobs should they be? Any job will support a worker, if its wages are decent. So let's choose the jobs that also produce things that the US needs or that Americans can use.

Congress resists spending money on cancel all student debts, but it has poured the same amount of money into the failing F-35 without hesitating.

Why the difference? One can guess that Congress values the military-industrial complex more than mere people.