And in other news, life on the moon. 0r, kind of in a moon of saturn. Possibly. But should we even be looking for Extra Terrestrials . Hello. Gbu as B Massive 0rd Nance air blast, or moab. Its a huge bomb. And it was dropped in afghanistan earlier today, aimed at the tunnels used by the Afghan Branch of so called Islamic State. The americans have never used a conventional weapon this powerful in combat, and given everything that has been happening in us foreign policy, it is no wonder that everybody is trying to work out what it means. Now, dont fall for some of the hyperbole its huge, but it would take more than a thousand of these to make one hiroshima. But does it tell us something about the willingness of the us military to flex its muscle in the world . Im joined by our diplomatic editor mark urban. As a bomb, is this a big threshold through which the world has passed today . Im not sure. The rafs grand slam that was dropped in world war ii was just slightly below this in size. Th
And respect. This is the w. s line from berlin tonight the blame game over britains plans to leave the european you get after a phone call between german chancellor Angela Merkel and u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson a leak in london ignited claims that merkel told johnson his plans to leave the e. U. Will not work is that what she really said last a resident the right sit analyst also coming out. Ecuadors the president his
government out of the capital of his massive protests against cuts to fuel subsidies. And ahead of germanys match against argentina on thursday theres a new kid on the block. List of all schmidt says hit a hot streak in the in this league of this season which could see him make his very 1st appearance for it youll walk softly. Its good to have you with us we begin tonight with a question did germanys chancellor really tell britains Prime Minister that a Break Sit Deal probably wont happen well thats what a source close to Boris Johnson told british media today foll
Our leading model of the universe assumes dark energy to be constant across the universe and throughout time. Emerging evidence suggests that may not be the case.
Traditionally, astrophysicists have stated that infant galaxies primarily took shape in the recognizable spherical and webbed disc patterns we see today. However, the outcomes of a new study have suggested otherwise.
tomas saraceno, welcome to hardtalk. welcome. thank you for inviting me. it s a great pleasure to have you here, tomas. now, your art involves big ideas and, sometimes, very big installations. and for many of your viewers, it s something unusual, something they ve never seen before. do you find it useful, or even easy, to explain your art? not really. but sometimes, i get help from others to try to understand what i m trying to do and many times, i get the help of the spiders and their webs as much as thinking that many, you know, cosmologists are always trying to think about the origin of the universe or they find analogies in the three dimensional spider web of how the universe had formed right after the big bang. and that was one of the entry points. i mean, there s many things that i don t know. usually, i ask the spiders and their webs. oh, my goodness, so i have asked you about your art and you ve immediately decided to tell me about the spiders, so we have to get