What do you do with a plastic bottle cap once the drink is gone? For most people, it is the smallest part of the bottle and one of the easiest things to throw away. For Russian pensioner Olga Kostina, however, those colourful little caps became something far more ambitious. Over several years, she collected thousands…
An American Airlines flight to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport faced a mid-air scare. (File Photo) An American Airlines flight from Atlanta to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport faced a mid-air scare after a passenger’s laptop caught fire during landing, with the pilot reporting that several passengers may have been burned.According to CBS News, which…
A Boeing 737 aircraft that was originally the part of the Canadian Airlines fleet now lies nearly 90 feet underwater and serves the role of an artificial reef for marine life. The 100-foot jet was decommissioned by Air Canada due to age and structural problems, stripped of all usable components and the airframe was donated…
Representative Image (AI-generated) A network of Starlink satellites designed primarily for internet connectivity is giving scientists a new way to study one of the hardest-to-observe regions of Earth’s atmosphere. According to a study by researchers at Kyoto University, publicly available orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites were used to estimate the density of the…
Mythreya DharaniPhoto credit: Society for Science Mythreya Dharani’s achievements in the high school science research arena are few and far between. The Society for Science, which organizes the prestigious Regeneron Science Talent Search, announced that 18-year-old Mythreya from New Jersey developed an AI model to predict how individual tumors would respond to the chemotherapy drug…
A new snake species discovered in the jungle has been named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash (Image credit: Chris Austin via Field Museum) A newly described snake from the forests of New Guinea has been given a name familiar to rock fans around the world. Scientists have named the non-venomous species Lielaphis slashi, or…
Helsinki (Representative image) In a groundbreaking move toward carbon neutrality, Helsinki has transformed two abandoned underground oil caverns into Finland’s largest heat storage facility. According to Helen, the city’s energy company, the caverns in Mustikkamaa were filled with 260,000 cubic metres of hot water, creating a giant “heat battery” to balance consumption peaks throughout the…
When you are a royal, everything is high class. From your clothes to your travelling vehicles, everything associated with you is expected to abide by certain standards. Thus, when the royals travelled from London to Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, they had a special station of their own. Originally known as Wolferton Station, the terminal was…
Manhattan skyline during sunset, from the Top of the Rock observation deck, at Rockefeller Centre, in New York, US (Picture credit: Reuters) South Carolina ranks first among US states for future potential demand for commercial real estate, according to a new index by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) that tracks economic indicators linked to…
Representative Image (Canva) A Texas county has taken a visible step back from automated license plate surveillance after officials ended a contract with Flock Safety, a company whose cameras have become part of a growing national debate over public safety and privacy. In Hood County, Precinct 2 Constable John Shirley was asked to disable three…