Malaysian university fires professor who claimed Malays could fly. Solehah Yaacob, a former linguistics professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia, went viral last year because of her strange claims, including one that said Malays could fly and Malays taught the Chinese the art of “flying kung fu”. This was only one of a series…
Environmental crews and volunteers physically clear thickets of invasive red mangrove trees and tangled stilt roots from a coastal waterway in Kailua, Oahu Environmental teams in Hawaii have launched a major effort to remove invasive red mangroves from nearly two miles of waterways in Kailua. The project aims to reverse more than a century of…
A Lufkin, Texas police officer has been indicted on 100 felony counts after an investigation into his use of Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader system revealed an extraordinary volume of searches, including nearly 3,500 lookups of a single licence plate. According to court records and audit logs reviewed by the Houston Chronicle and local…
Representative Image (AI-generated) For five months, a group of platypuses lived far from the waterways they once called home. Australia’s severe drought had transformed their habitat into an increasingly dangerous place, prompting conservationists to remove seven platypuses and place them in temporary care. But captivity was never meant to be permanent. Once conditions improved, the…
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Gen. Randy George, the US Army chief of staff who was forced to retire earlier this year, was reportedly asked to drop an investigation into a low-flying helicopter incident near musician Kid Rock’s Tennessee home days before his removal.Gen. Chris LaNeve, who was then the Army’s No. 2 officer and…
Households across Great Britain can now generate their own solar power using a standard three-pin wall socket, under new rules designed to cut energy bills and make clean electricity more accessible. The legal change, which came into force on 27 August 2026, allows people in England, Scotland and Wales to buy portable solar panel kits…
In 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts found an unusual white rock on the Moon (Image Credit: NASA) When Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin explored the Moon in 1971, they were looking for rocks that could reveal how the lunar surface formed. During their mission, they spotted an unusually bright fragment near Spur Crater,…
US citizenship applicants may face scrutiny from neighbours, co-workers and others under new USCIS guidelines Those applying for US citizenship could face scrutiny from their neighbours, co-workers and wider communities as the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has formally laid out how it will conduct neighbourhood investigations during the naturalisation (citizenship) process.The new guidance,…
Image(s): Left/Wikipedia/Right/Impact Destinations/GDFCF Daniel H. Janzen is a biologist whose career has blurred the traditional boundaries between field ecology, evolutionary science and conservation. For decades, his work has centred on tropical ecosystems, particularly the forests of Costa Rica, where he studied the intricate relationships between plants, insects and other organisms. His research eventually developed into…
Indian-origin serial entrepreneur Ankit Gupta, general partner of YC, is at the center of a major social media storm over his comments on H-1B which he deleted later. Indian-American entrepreneur Ankit Gupta landed in a soup after his H-1B comments on social media that stirred the hornet’s nest, following which Gupta made his X account…