The Ocean’s Mysteries—and Marvels—Are About to Reach New Depths
The ocean is Earths defining feature. Two of the most famous photographs of all time stamped that indelibly on our minds: Earthrise (1968) and The Blue Marble (1972), both taken during the Apollo mis… [read more]
TB Joshua: ‘We thought it was heaven but then terrible things happened’
TB Joshua, a charismatic Nigerian leader of one of the world’s biggest evangelical churches, secretly committed sexual crimes on a mass scale, a BBC investigation spanning three continents has found.… [read more]
AI Chatbots Are Here to Stay. Learn How They Can Work for You – CNET
It took Netflix three and a half years to reach 1 million users after introducing its groundbreaking, web-driven DVDs-by-mail subscription service in 1999. That was quite an accomplishment, given tha… [read more]
An endangered river dolphin finds an unlikely savior: fisherfolk
A dolphin swims along the Indus river in the southern Pakistani city of Sukkur. Local legend has it that Pakistan’s Indus River dolphin was once a woman, transformed by a curse from a holy man angry … [read more]
I visited American Eagle’s NYC concept store which showcases lesser-known brands like Aerie Offline and AE77 jeans. Now I get why the company is drawing in teens and moms alike.
I shopped at American Eagle’s concept store, The Gateway, in New York City.Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins/Business Insider
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Space photos show Japan’s 7.6-magnitude earthquake lifted land out of the sea extending parts of its coastline by as much as 2 football fields
A fishing port on the Noto Peninsula before (left) and after (right) the earthquake, showing new coastal land appeared.Geospatial Information Authority of Japan/JAXA
Japan’s Noto Peninsula h… [+2506 chread more
Jaws captures the greatness of movie-to-pinball adaptations
Stern Pinball just launched a new pinball table based on Steven Spielbergs classic thriller Jaws. Its the latest in a long line of licensed movie-based games from Stern, which has released Jurassic P… [read more]
Ukrainian soldier says counteroffensive mission at a key river crossing meant he was ‘tossed like a piece of meat to the wolves’ for almost no gain
A Ukrainian serviceman jumps out of the boat onto the shore of the Dnipro river near Kherson, Ukraine, 15 October 2023.Alex Babenko/AP Photo
A Ukrainian soldier says troops are ordered into … [+3663 chread more
An 8000-year-old fort defies expectations showing that Stone Age societies built protective structures far earlier than we thought
The fortified settlement was close to the Amnya River, which likely provided ample fishing for the inhabitants.Nikita Golovanov
A hunter-gatherer society in Siberia built one of the oldest f… [+3528 chread more
Japan earthquake: Inside burnt and broken fishing town of Wajima
Media caption, Watch: Buildings still smouldering in quake-hit Wajima
The fishing town of Wajima on Japan’s west coast is burnt and broken.
At its centre, the remnants of its old marketplace are st… [read more]