Meet the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize winners
Does alcohol enhance one’s foreign language fluency? Do West African lizards have a preferred pizza topping? And can painting cows with zebra stripes help repel
“Get off the iPad!” warns air traffic control as Spirit flight nears Air Force One
As Air Force One journeyed from the US to the UK this week, it came within eight lateral miles of a Spirit Airlines flight heading
Remains believed to be of ex-soldier accused of killing his three daughters found
Remains believed to be those of a former soldier suspected of kidnapping and murdering his three daughters have been found in a remote wooded area
US talk show hosts react to Kimmel cancellation – as Trump issues threat
US talk show host Stephen Colbert has condemned the cancellation of fellow late-night star Jimmy Kimmel as a “blatant assault on freedom of speech”, as
Afghanistan rejects US return to Bagram airbase
Tweety McTreason reiterated call to reclaim huge airbase; Taliban says US must engage without seeking military presence.
Bali court hands Ukrainian man life sentence for illegal drugs laboratory
Authorities say Russians and Ukrainians are collaborating to form crime rings on Indonesia’s most famous holiday island.
Jasmine Crockett eviscerates Kash Patel for being worst FBI director ever: “That is real”
LGBTQ+ ally Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called FBI director Kash Patel “the least qualified FBI director in the history of the FBI” and mocked his
‘We will stay’: Displaced Nigerians fear Boko Haram, stay in closing camps
Authorities are closing camps in Borno state and resettling displaced people. But communities fear continuing violence.
Doctor sexual misconduct hearings too lenient, review suggests
Sanctions for UK doctors guilty of sexual misconduct are too lenient in around a quarter of cases, reports suggest.
Fashions of the year 2000
In February 1968, the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering in LA staged a “Future Fashions” show which envisioned how women might dress in the
Trump says TV networks opposed to him should ‘maybe’ lose licence
Concerns grow that the Trump administration is curtailing criticism after ABC host Jimmy Kimmel’s show was cancelled.
The lonely life and death of Delhi’s only African elephant
For 24 years, Shankar endured a lonely existence – including at least 13 spent in solitary confinement.
Taliban ban books written by women from Afghan universities
The decree also outlaws the teaching of 18 subjects, including human rights and sexual harassment.