How do plutonium-powered pacemakers work? I woke up in the middle of the night wondering: Some people have implanted medical devices, such as pacemakers, that are plutonium-powered. How the hell does that work? The plutonium gets hot, but what then? You need electricity. Surely there is not a tiny turbine generator in there! There is…

UKIP was on the verge of meltdown last night as leader Henry Bolton faced calls to quit or be sacked after less than four months in the job. It comes after his glamour model girlfriend, Jo Marney, was suspended from the party over text message racial slurs about Prince Harry’s fiancee Meghan Markle . She…

India 183 for 5 (Kohli 85*, Vijay 46) trail South Africa 335 (Markram 94, Amla 82, du Plessis 63) by 152 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details An aggressive unbeaten 85 from Virat Kohli led India’s response to South Africa’s 335, but South Africa kept chipping away at the other end to end the second day…

Ukip leader Henry Bolton was on the brink of resigning last night after it emerged his mistress had joked online about sexual abuse of babies. He was told to either dump his 25-year-old girlfriend Jo Marney or go. Mr Bolton, 54, has faced growing calls to step down since the Mail revealed he had left…

President Donald Trump defied White House reporters on Sunday after they repeatedly asked him if he was a racist. “No. I’m not a racist,” he replied. “I’m the least racist person you have ever interviewed. That I can tell you.” Trump spoke briefly to reporters as he entered the Trump International Golf Course with House…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe president made the comments to White House reporters at his Florida golf resort on SundayPresident Trump has denied that he is racist, after a row broke out over his alleged use of the word « shithole » to describe African nations. Mr Trump reportedly used the term last…

U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning has filed paperwork to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Maryland, where she may challenge Democratic incumbent Ben Cardin in a primary. The documents showing Manning’s campaign filing were shared on Twitter today, and confirmed by the Washington Post. Get Data Sheet, Fortune’s technology newsletter. Manning, a former Army…

Claudio Lotito has decided not to put himself forward for FIGC President, so there are three candidates in the January 29 election. The Lazio patron said he had the backing of 11 Serie A clubs, but his presence had caused controversy, as he worked very closely with former Federation President Carlo Tavecchio. It seems that…

A worker who sent Hawaii’s false missile alert…