Marie Curie and her husband spent nearly four years boiling down seven tonnes of pitchblende in a leaky Paris shed with no ventilation to isolate one-tenth of a gram of radium chloride. Today, the notebooks they kept during those years, between 1899 and 1902, are kept in lead-lined boxes at the Bibliothèque nationale de France….
Zohran Mamdani stays neutral for FIFA world cup final. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani declined to back either Spain or Argentina ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 final, joking that every team he has supported during the tournament has ended up losing.Speaking to reporters at City Hall, Mamdani was asked which side he…
US is currently battling a growing Cyclospora outbreak across the states. According to researchers, it is the largest outbreak of its kind in the country’s history and health officials are yet to identify the source. Since May 1, 1,645 infections with the parasite have been confirmed across 45 states and more than 5,100 further cases…
Two athletes can lose the exact same match and walk away from it in completely different shapes. One spends the following weeks replaying the loss, doubting the years of work that led to it. The other treats the loss as information, adjusts, and shows up to the next tournament ready to compete again. Serena Williams,…
A woman who fled to Spain after stealing nearly £300,000 from an elderly woman she cared for is set to be extradited to the UK to begin serving a six-year prison sentence, BBC reported.Pamela Gwinnett, 63, absconded to Tenerife while on bail ahead of her trial over the exploitation of Joan Green, 89, a retired…
America’s tallest mountains aren’t spread across the country but they’re all found in Alaska. From the towering Denali to the rugged Mount Hunter, these peaks rise high above glaciers, forests and vast wilderness, creating some of North America’s most breathtaking landscapes. They are not only the highest summits in the United States but also among…
Who is Tiana Musarra? Everything to know about the influencer making headlines at Streamer University 2026 (Image via Getty) Tiana Musarra has become one of the most talked-about faces at Kai Cenat’s Streamer University 2026 after joining the creator program and attracting a growing audience on Twitch. The influencer had already built a following through…
LONDON: Andy Burnham promised to bring hope to the British people and purpose to the country’s floundering Labour govt as he was officially declared party leader on Friday, clearing his final hurdle to take office as prime minister on July 20.The former mayor of Greater Manchester was the only contender in the centre-left party’s leadership…
Mukbang YouTuber Yuno has apologized after receiving heavy criticism for a video filmed during a long-haul flight. The creator, who has more than 780,000 YouTube subscribers, recorded himself ordering food more than 20 times while sitting in first class on a flight that lasted around 15 hours. Many viewers felt the repeated food requests created…
Valery Legasov was the Soviet scientist who exposed the failures behind the Chernobyl disaster and became a symbol of truth, accountability, and scientific integrity A technician inside a nuclear control room looks at a radiation meter that reads exactly 3.6 Roentgen (Unit of measurement for gamma-ray exposure) per hour. Moments after the catastrophic explosion tore…