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An Essex gardener’s extraordinary pumpkin has become the centre of attention after reaching a staggering 1,200lb (544kg), with its grower claiming the giant vegetable once gained more than 40lb in a single night.Ben White, a 37-year-old heating designer from Maldon, Essex, has spent months nurturing the enormous pumpkin, which he has named Gladys. What began…
Exterior showing parts of the rainforest biome and of the habitat, with the West lung in the background | Wikimedia Commons Researchers turned off the water supply to the tropical rainforest inside Arizona’s Biosphere 2 in 2019, and watched the ecosystem respond to an artificial drought. The experiment lasted four months in total, which included…
Bhadrapada Amavasya in 2026 falls on September 10 and 11, with differing ritual observances. Pithori Amavasya will be celebrated on September 10, aligning with evening Pradosh time. Bhadrapada Amavasya, observed by sunrise calendars, will be on September 11. Pithori Vrat focuses on children’s well-being and prayers for family health. Bhadrapada Amavasya also holds significance for…
The municipality of Porto Seguro, Brazil, is paying $10 for each captured lionfish, which has invaded the region’s waters and threatened native species. Nearly 500 of the invasive fish have been removed from the sea far south of Bahia, in about a month after the invasion, and brought to the Fishermen’s Colony in areas outside…
The multi-storey building collapsed at around 1.30 pm on Sunday NEW DELHI: The death toll in the Satya Niketan building collapse in southwest Delhi rose to 7 on Monday as rescue operations entered their second day, while the Delhi government suspended five Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials over the tragedy.The suspended officials include the…
$25 million Boca Raton mansion with 150 feet of waterfront (Image Credit: Daniel Petron via realtor.com) Artificial intelligence is moving beyond phones, computers and workplaces and into some of the world’s most expensive homes. A newly listed mansion in Boca Raton, Florida, offers a striking example of that shift, combining luxury waterfront living with an…
Destroyer Kang Kon at its commissioning ceremony at a port in Wonsan, North Korea (Photo: AP) North Korea commissioned its second naval destroyer on Sunday, a day before the commencement of the US-South Korea-Japan trilateral military exercise.Commissioned in the eastern port city of Wonsan, Kang Kon is the second 5,000-ton naval destroyer after Choe Hyon’s…
Pakistan’s Babar Azam celebrates after taking a catch to dismiss England’s Ben Duckett during the second Test at the Lord’s against England. (AP) NEW DELHI: The ghost of match-fixing has returned to haunt the Pakistan cricket team and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) during the ongoing three-match Test series against England. After losing the second…
Iran women’s football player Fatemeh Pasandideh salutes during the national anthem of Iran. (AP Photo) Iranian footballers Atefeh Ramezanisadeh and Fatemeh Pasandideh have broken their silence over the protest that preceded their decision to seek asylum in Australia, confirming that their refusal to sing Iran’s national anthem at the Women’s Asian Cup was a deliberate…
Wyoming tetons Representative image from Canva Deep in the rock record of Wyoming, a layer of fossil leaves tells a quiet but powerful story about what happens to forests when the planet warms rapidly. About 56 million years ago, during a spike in global temperatures known as the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a lush…
