Second flood ‘imminent’? Nepal halts rescue ops as China border lake begins overflowing
China’s Ministry of Water Resources has warned that another 3 million cubic metres of water could flow into the already…
Norway’s King Harald dies aged 89 after more than three decades on throne
Norway’s King Harald, the country’s ceremonial head of state for more than three decades, died aged 89 on Friday after…
World’s first patient to undergo live AI-assisted surgery gets his brain tumour removed; here’s how it happened
Neurosurgeons in London have removed a brain tumour while an artificial intelligence system watched the operation as it happened and…
Scientists watched wild capuchin monkeys for 45 months and recorded around 280 vertebrate-eating events; when fruit became scarce, the monkeys increasingly turned to lizards, snakes and other animals for food
Capuchin monkeys (Representative Image/ Canva) For most people, monkeys are closely associated with fruit, leaves and insects. But when their…
In 1850, a California rancher brought 45 sheep to San Miguel Island; by 1862 there were 6,000, and after grazing denuded the island the last 148 were eliminated in 1966
Sheep grazed on San Miguel Island prior to 1850, but the ranching period expanded greatly when California pioneer George Nidever…
Scientists searched for threatened Australian rainforest frogs without seeing or hearing them; DNA in creek water collected up to 22 km downstream revealed populations in places where the frogs had disappeared
Photos of a study species: the Australian Lace-lid (L. dayi)Photo credit: Conrad J Hoskin. In the cool, wet upland streams…
5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes China' s Sichuan province
5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes China' s Sichuan province Source link
Two vacant Connecticut office buildings built in 1980 and 1982 will become 286 apartments in a $120 million conversion, reusing 511,000 sq ft instead of tearing them down
A pair of vacant office buildings in Connecticut have been acquired for redevelopment as multifamily housing. In a joint venture…
In 2005, carpenter Isaiah Robertson began covering his Niagara Falls home inside and out with brightly painted religious art; after his 2020 death, the house was preserved and is now open for guided tours
Carpenter Isaiah Robertson’s homePhoto: Discoverniagara.org In 2005, Isaiah Henry Robertson, a Jamaican-born carpenter and devout Christian living in Niagara Falls,…
‘Need overhaul of education system’: Dipke on IIT Delhi suicide protest | India News
Dipke’s remarks came as IIT Delhi moved to constitute a final external inquiry committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding Rishikesh’s…