King meets Carney in symbolic support for Canada
The King, who is also head of state of Canada, meets the country’s new prime minister Mark Carney amid a trade war with the US.
Scientists at Antarctic base rocked by alleged assault
A spokesperson for the South African government told the BBC there had been an assault at the station.
DOGE allegedly froze spending on care, feeding of TSA bomb-sniffing dogs. Here’s what we know
Around 1,000 TSA canine teams trained in detecting explosives are deployed at transit hubs around the United States.
Yes, Musk repost misleadingly claimed ‘Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people’
Musk reposted the thought on X in March 2025 and later removed it.
15 rumors we’ve investigated about Tesla
From fatality rates to a Roadster in space, we’ve looked into a range of claims about the American car manufacturer.
Biden may have signed documents with autopen — like many presidents before him
U.S. presidents have used autopens since Thomas Jefferson; the first to use an autopen to sign a law was Barack Obama.
Dairy workers may have given bird flu virus to their pet cats, with deadly results
A CDC report on bird flu shows potential transmission of bird flu between exposed dairy workers and indoor pet cats. The report also provides a window into the lack of reporting and cooperation at dairy farms and by dairy workers.
U.S. official says drone flights over Mexico may signal future strikes
The Trump administration wants to use the military to fight Mexican drug cartels.
Schumer postpones book tour, citing “security concerns” after funding vote
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s postponements come amid expected protests in response to his vote to advance a Republican measure to avert a shutdown.
Judge cancels hearing for Brown University doctor deported despite his order
Rasha Alawieh, a Rhode Island doctor, was detained on Thursday in Boston after visiting family in Lebanon.
Study examines the mechanisms behind long-term consequences of childhood stress
Early-life adversity affects more than half of the world’s children and is a significant risk factor for cognitive and mental health problems later in life.
Researchers uncover flexibility in brain development and visual recognition
Riddle me this: how can it be that reading these words activates nearly identical word-sensitive patches of the brain’s visual system in you and nearly every other reader of this story? And that a different set of face-sensitive visual regions-again in almost identical positions in each reader’s brain-would activate to process the faces of the researchers, should you meet them?
Dry air exposure linked to dehydration and inflammation in human airways
In a recent, cross-institutional study partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers report that healthy human airways are at higher risk for dehydration and inflammation when exposed to dry air, an occurrence expected to increase due to global warming.
Ex-hospital bosses call for inquiry to be suspended
The inquiry’s chair says she has had similar requests from Letby’s legal team and Tory MP David Davis.