Refrigerators and freezers typically get their cooling power from environmentally harmful fluidsMint Images Limited/Alamy A new type of crystal could enable refrigerators and air conditioners to keep us cool without warming the planet. Refrigerators and air conditioners get their cooling power by circulating a liquid through the device, which absorbs heat and causes chilling through a cycle of evaporation and condensation. But many such liquids contribute to the greenhouse effect, causing further warming when they leak. Now, Jenny Pringle at Deakin University in Australia and her colleagues have made a climate-friendly alternative to these liquids using “plastic crystals” – crystals…
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US Marine veteran Trevor Reed is on his way home after being released from Russia, where officials said he was wrongfully detained since 2019.“Today, our prayers have been answered and Trevor is safely on his way back to the United States,” his family said in a statement.Reed’s release came as part of a prisoner swap with Russia, with the US sending back Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot sentenced in 2011 to a 20-year prison term for importing more than $100 million of cocaine.The surprise prisoner exchange was the result of long and difficult negotiations between the US and Russia, according…
Getty ImagesThe couple were recently photographed at the premiere of MrBeast’s new series Beast GamesYouTuber MrBeast has announced his engagement to girlfriend Thea Booysen.The 26-year-old revealed that he’d proposed on Christmas Day, sharing photos of the moment he went down on one knee.Mr Beast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, is the world’s most popular YouTuber with 340m subscribers. Fiancée Thea, originally from South Africa, also has her own channel, TheaBeasty, with almost 40,000 subscribers. Now living in the US, the 27-year-old also streams games on Twitch and is a published author.Allow Instagram content?This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask…
This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters hereToday’s agenda: “Terrorism” in New Orleans; shipowners switch to smaller vessels; gold set to rise higher; what to watch this year; and FT critics pick the hottest tickets of 2025Good morning, and happy new year. We start 2025 by asking more than 220 economists how growth will be affected by Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.What’s the impact of ‘Maganomics’? While his exact plans are still unclear,…
Credit: Graywalls via Wikimedia Commons The number of homeless people in the U.S. reached the highest level recorded in 2024, as more than 770,000 people lived without housing on a single night in January, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual report. The number is an 18% increase from 2023, fueled in part by the surge of migrants illegally entering the U.S. and residing without housing in sanctuary cities, the report noted. HUD said the data snapshot, collected a year ago, no longer reflects current conditions, noting that the migrant situation has stabilized, and that Chicago and…
Michelle Buteau’s new special dropped on Netflix this Tuesday, and the comedienne had some good advice for her fellow comedian, Dave Chappelle.Chappelle received backlash from the trans community about jokes he made in his 2023 Netflix special, “Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer.”Michelle Buteau doubled down on the criticism in her own Netflix special, “Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall.”Article continues below advertisementMichelle Buteau Wants Dave Chappelle To ‘Make It Funny’MEGAAccording to Variety, Buteau wants the comedian to “make it funny” when it comes to joking about the trans community.In her Netflix special, “Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind…
Written by Megan Twohey, Mike McIntire and Julie Tate, the story was published just after Lively filed a legal complaint that is usually a predecessor to a lawsuit with the California Civil Rights Department over her alleged treatment. Hours after Baldoni’s libel lawsuit, Lively sued him alleging a smear campaign. Both her legal complaint and the Times story had alleged that Baldoni enlisted publicists and crisis managers in a plan to destroy Lively’s reputation if she went public with her on-set concerns. Baldoni’s lawsuit says the newspaper “relied almost entirely on Lively’s unverified and self-serving narrative, lifting it nearly verbatim…
Meeting comes as new authorities seek to reassure minorities of their safety in post-Assad Syria.Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met senior Christian clerics on Tuesday, amid calls for the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to guarantee minority rights after seizing power earlier this month. “The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, meets a delegation from the Christian community in Damascus,” Syria’s General Command said in a statement on Telegram. The statement included pictures of the meeting with Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican clerics. Earlier Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called for an inclusive political transition in…
Roki Sasaki apparently does not want any A-listers to get involved in his MLB recruitment.Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported Monday that the Japanese star pitcher Sasaki has made an unusual request of his MLB suitors this winter. Sasaki reportedly requested that no team include any of their own players in their recruiting visits. The 23-year-old righty Sasaki is drawing plenty of interest after producing a sparkling 2.02 ERA with 11.4 strikeouts per nine innings over the last four years with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was officially posted by the Marines earlier this…
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