Labour’s persistent failure to address its electorate’s salient concerns is behind the protest vote, asserts DIANE ABBOTT
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The science of rainbows inspires new miniature laser technology
Mirrors are the technology behind modern lasers. New research shows that lasers can be made inside water droplets, using the reflective properties of water, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
A laser display at the Eden Project in Cornwall, 2017
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
EVERY four years, each Olympic flame starts its life in a parabolic mirror in Greece, lit by reflection of the sun.
The curved sides of the mirror reflect light to the same point, intensifying the light so brightly that it can cause the torch to catch alight.
The same phenomenon was responsible when the concave face of a London skyscraper, nicknamed the “Walkie-Talkie,” concentrated the sun’s heat onto a luxury car parked below, melting parts of its metal and glass exterior.
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