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Hidden forest filled with some of East Asia’s tallest trees/Image: AI Generated Hidden within Taiwan’s steep mountain ranges, beyond roads and well-trodden hiking trails, lies a forest that remained largely unknown to science until recently. While searching for exceptionally tall trees using airborne laser scanning, researchers discovered an extraordinary landscape filled with towering conifers, ancient…

Photo: MonaHansen1/ TikTok A livestream from Greenland’s UNESCO-listed Ilulissat Icefjord caught one of nature’s most dramatic tricks: a mammoth iceberg slowly rolling over and exposing the blue underside that had been hidden below the waterline. The moment, filmed off the coast of Ilulissat on July 25, quickly spread online because it was both beautiful and…

Mexican TikTok influencer Cesar Gastelum was shot and killed while livestreaming in Culiacan, Sinaloa, according to local authorities and reports. The 23-year-old creator was reportedly with friends outside a fast-food business when two people on a motorcycle approached the group. A recording of the livestream reviewed by Reuters reportedly showed the person riding the motorcycle…

An Indian-origin man from Kerala was killed in a gas cylinder explosion at a car showroom on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai on Monday, the Indian Consulate in Dubai confirmed, Gulf News reported.The victim was identified as Shijin Paul, 27, from Kottarakkara in Kerala’s Kollam district.A relative told the outlet that Shijin succumbed to his…

FSUI urges PM to deploy Indian Navy assets to protect Indian-flagged vessels & Indian seafarers in the Hormuz, Black Sea and Red Sea The Forward Seamen’s Union of India (FSUI) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deploy Indian Navy assets to protect Indian-flagged vessels and seafarers in the Red Sea, Black Sea and Strait…

As sea levels continue to rise at an alarming rate, coastal wetlands are facing unprecedented inundation. A staggering eighty-four percent of these essential ecosystems are currently experiencing loss on a national scale. The Gulf Coast wetlands are bearing the brunt of this crisis, largely due to human impact. Still, there’s hope—many wetlands could shift inland…

For a few days, Spain’s small North African enclave of Ceuta became the centre of a sudden migration crisis as thousands of people crossed from Morocco in a desperate attempt to reach European territory. The surge left behind a difficult humanitarian situation, with hundreds of children separated from relatives and unsure of what comes next….

Image: Left/Golden lancehead (Bothrops insularis)/Right/Dipsas albifrons (Sauvage’s snail-eating snake)/AI Generated About 33 kilometres off the coast of São Paulo lies Ilha da Queimada Grande, better known as Snake Island. Shrouded in myths of deadly encounters and pirate treasure, the island has earned a fearsome reputation as one of the most snake-infested places on Earth. While…

Grade 9 student, Akshat Anand, wins gold for wearable that detects IV leaks earlyPhoto credit: Surrey Schools At just 13 or 14 years old, most Grade 9 students are still getting comfortable with science fair pressure. Akshath Anand of Surrey Academy of Innovative Learning did something far bigger: he walked into the Canada-Wide Science Fair…

In a historic feat, Bartłomiej Kubkowski, an ultra-swimmer from Poland, became the first person to successfully swim across the Baltic Sea from Sweden to Poland without any physical help. Making it to the other side in 55 hours and 10 minutes, Kubkowski completed the 160-kilometre trek under very difficult conditions. Swimming through the cold water…