A devastating fire at an elderly care home in western Sri Lanka has killed at least 12 residents and left seven others injured, police said on Thursday.The blaze broke out at around 5.30pm on Wednesday at the Mawpiya Sevana Elderly Care Home in Anguruwatota, about 65 kilometres southeast of Colombo in Kalutara district. More than…
Most drones rely on GPS and powerful computers to find their way around. That makes them heavy, expensive, and power-hungry, basically not practical for anything small. But honeybees? They navigate perfectly with brains smaller than a grain of rice. Now, scientists at Delft University of Technology have figured out their secret and built drones that…
UK MP takes on Elon Musk’s xAI in groundbreaking deepfake legal challenge / Image: File A British Labour MP has launched a groundbreaking legal challenge against Elon Musk‘s artificial intelligence company xAI, arguing that AI developers should be held accountable when their systems create harmful content.Jess Asato announced that she has filed a claim in…
In a cold store in northern Italy, Ötzi the Iceman lies behind controlled glass and steel, kept at a steady chill that mimics the glacier that once sealed him away. He has been there since 1991, when hikers stumbled upon what appeared to be a recent body lodged in the melting ice of the Ötztal…
It is not often that a handful of pale yellow fragments lying quietly in desert sand end up pulling scientists back into questions about ancient catastrophe and planetary violence. Libyan Desert Glass has been sitting in museum drawers and scattered across remote stretches of North Africa for decades, sometimes even cut into jewellery that once…
PC: YouTube (SLAC from the Sky – Extended Version) On a patch of California land that looks, at first glance, like a low industrial sprawl, a single straight building runs for miles without changing direction. It doesn’t rise into the sky, it doesn’t curve into architectural showmanship, and it doesn’t really behave like a place…
A dual US-Iranian citizen and chief executive of a Tehran-based technology company was arrested in the United States on federal charges relating to an alleged ten-year scheme to unlawfully export American-origin networking and encryption hardware to Iran’s nuclear and military sectors, in violation of sanctions regulations.According to ANI, the defendant, Jamshid Ghomi, 63, a resident…
Image: National Portrait Gallery A handwritten letter penned by Princess Diana nearly three decades ago is drawing fresh attention ahead of an upcoming auction. Written just days after her landmark BBC Panorama interview in November 1995, the note offers a rare glimpse into Diana’s state of mind during one of the most turbulent periods of…
Twitch star Pokimane revealed she nearly suffered a serious eye injury before her 30th birthday trip to Paris. After experiencing severe pain and irritation, an emergency optometrist discovered an eyelash lodged inside a tear duct, a condition the doctor reportedly had never seen before. The eyelash was removed successfully, allowing Pokimane to travel. Her France…
IShowSpeed has received huge news ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026. The popular streamer and YouTuber revealed that the FIFA World Cup’s official X account sent him a direct message confirming that his song “Champions” has been added to the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Album. The update came after weeks of support from…