By Staff The Associated Press Posted February 1, 2024 12:26 pm Updated February 1, 2024 12:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Indian police cleared a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after eight months’ detention and released it into the wild Tuesday, news agency Press Trust of India reported. The … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has done it again. Astronomers and space enthusiasts around the globe are transfixed by a new set of highly detailed images put out by the telescope, capturing 19 spiral galaxies that are described as “mind-blowing.” The observations were made as part of the PHANGS, or the Physics at High … Read more
For many of us, it’s a habit that has long since been drilled into our heads: close the toilet lid before you flush. Though it’s been said that closing the lid will stop tiny fecal particles from spreading across your bathroom, a new peer-reviewed study published in the American Journal of Infection Control is now … Read more
NOTE: This story contains disturbing details. Please read at your own discretion. China has executed a couple found guilty of throwing two young toddlers out of a 15th-storey window in a brutal case that sent shockwaves through the nation. On Wednesday morning, Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen were put to death. The Intermediate People’s Court … Read more
London Metropolitan Police are engaged in an active manhunt in the U.K. for a 35-year-old man suspected of throwing a corrosive chemical substance on a mother and her two daughters, in an attack that sent a total of 11 people to the hospital. The suspect’s name is Abdul Shokoor Ezedi and police are warning that … Read more
One’s thing for sure: we did not anticipate having Elmo tapping into the existential ennui and despair of the world’s population in 2024. The beloved Sesame Street muppet was met with an avalanche of angst this week after posting a casual wellness check to the users of X: “How is everybody doing?” Elmo is just … Read more
Egypt’s Menkaure pyramid is already starting to look different as workers attempt to give the ancient structure a facelift by lining the pyramid in large granite blocks. For Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, renovating Egypt’s Pyramid of Menkaure is “the project of the century” — but his opponents have insisted … Read more
It’s been more than 86 years since Amelia Earhart‘s plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1937 — but now, a hopeful explorer believes he may have solved the famous mystery. Tony Romeo, CEO of Deep Sea Vision, announced this week that he and his 16-member team have potentially located the wreckage … Read more
A two-year-old Scottish toddler is believed to be the youngest person ever to reach a Mount Everest base camp. Carter Dallas “climbed” to the south base camp in Nepal on his father Ross’ back alongside his mother Jade, multiple U.K. outlets report. The trek brought them 17,598 feet (5,364 metres) above sea level, a dizzying … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s time to get saucy, Canada: The McRib is returning to McDonald’s! This is not a drill. After being absent from the fast food chain’s menu for the past decade, the popular sandwich is back in participating stores across the country starting Tuesday — and it seems … Read more
