Drought blamed as Maui pond turns bright pink | Hawaii
Hawaii This article is more than 2 months oldDrought blamed as Maui pond turns bright pink This article is more than 2 months oldWildlife refuge pond in Hawaii has twice the salinity of seawater because of low water levels caused by drought
A pond in Hawaii has turned bubble-gum pink, in what scientists believe may be the result of “halobacteria” thriving on water with unusually high salt levels due to drought.
Harris Mann obituary | Automotive industry
Automotive industryObituaryHarris Mann obituaryDesigner of the Austin Allegro and radical ‘wedge-shaped’ cars including the Triumph TR7 and the Austin PrincessHarris Mann, who has died aged 85, came to prominence with his 1973 design for the Austin Allegro, perhaps the most lampooned British car of recent times. In the four decades since its demise, the unfairly derided Allegro has become a lazy shorthand for everything that was wrong with British Leyland – and even Britain itself – in the 70s, becoming the comic turn of the classic car world.
Is this the coolest woman in Britain?
MoviesBad news I'm afraid, girls: Jude Law has smelly breath. That's right, Jude Law - hottest man in town, the new glitterati's brightest light. Best known on screen for playing Lord Alfred Douglas, the object of Oscar's affections in Wilde; best known off screen for being the object of just about everybody else's. And he's got halitosis. Who says? Sadie Frost, and she should know - she's married to him.
My mid-life adventures in online dating
Mid-life ex-wifeFamilyWhat hope is there for a middle-aged woman in today’s dating scene? After her divorce, Stella Grey went online to find out
To discover in mid-life that your long-term partner is having an affair is a shocking thing, and being single again takes a lot of getting used to. Earlier this year, having healed sufficiently to move from vodka to wine, it occurred to me that I needed to meet new people.
Neil Tennant on West End Girls: 'It's about sex and escape. It's paranoid'
The 100 greatest UK No 1 singlesPet Shop BoysWe voted the Pet Shop Boys’ debut single the greatest British No 1 of all time. Their frontman remembers the clubs, pathos and serendipity behind the hit
Read the full 100 greatest UK No 1s list We named West End Girls the greatest ever UK No 1. Did we get it right?
Well, I would have chosen Good Vibrations. It’s obviously intensely subjective.
Think federal cops in Portland are scary? Cops use 'jump-out boys' all the time | Brandon Soderberg
OpinionPolice This article is more than 3 years oldThink federal cops in Portland are scary? Cops use 'jump-out boys' all the timeThis article is more than 3 years oldBrandon Soderberg and Baynard WoodsPlainclothes police ‘jump-out boys’ terrorize American cities. Sometimes they become all-out criminal gangs
People in Portland, Oregon, have protested against racism and policing for more than 50 consecutive nights, following the police killing of George Floyd on 25 May.
Up to 70% of California beaches could disappear by end of the century | California
California This article is more than 7 months oldUp to 70% of California beaches could disappear by end of the centuryThis article is more than 7 months oldA new study uses satellites to predict what California’s famous coastline could look like by 2100
California is known for golden sands and endless waves, but much of the state’s famous shoreline could vanish in the future. That’s according to a new study, which found that between 25% and 70% of California beaches might be washed away by the end of the century, leaving only cliffs or coastal infrastructure in their wake.
Fragile, luminous, compelling: Louis van Gaal is footballs essential dad
Louis van GaalA touching new film about the Netherlands manager is likely to increase affection for one of the game’s eccentrics
There is a very Louis moment towards the end of Louis, the brilliant new film by Dutch director Geertjan Lassche that feels less like a documentary and more like a two-hour meditation on the meaning of sport, relationships, mortality; life through the lens of one brutally honest 70-year-old Dutch prozess-trainer.
From Monument Valley to Minecraft: 10 of the best mobile games
10 of the best ...GamesRevisit tortured first loves, explore a deserted town and make your daily plod around the park more exciting with Pokémon Go
Monument Valley
(Android/iPhone)Given that we are all sitting at home staring at our phones anyway, it’s a good time to take a break from the doomscrolling to broaden your phone game palette. Nobody has really bettered this Escher-esque puzzler about guiding a wee girl through levels full of optical illusions and cool perspective changes.
Jean Fisher obituary | Art and design books
Other livesArt and design booksObituaryJean Fisher obituaryMy friend Jean Fisher, who has died aged 74, was one of the most distinctive British writers on art of her generation. She believed in art as a radical practice, something which opened up “unauthorised” realities.
The artists she championed and wrote about – who included Steve McQueen, James Coleman, Jimmie Durham, Judith Barry, Jack Goldstein, Willie Doherty, Francis Alÿs, Avis Newman, Susan Hiller and Avis Newman – were all, to some extent, wrestling with issues of what it means to make and understand art.