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- WATCH: Ramallah market engulfed in flames after Israeli raidwww.euronews.com Video. WATCH: Ramallah market engulfed in flames after Israeli raid
Video. Firefighters in Ramallah battled blazes in a market ravaged by an Israeli army raid, leaving shops charred and produce destroyed.
> Video. Firefighters in Ramallah battled blazes in a market ravaged by an Israeli army raid, leaving shops charred and produce destroyed.
- $10m prize launched for team that can truly talk to the animalswww.theguardian.com $10m prize launched for team that can truly talk to the animals
AI expected to help researchers unlock two-way communication, say team that includes Tel Aviv University
> AI expected to help researchers unlock two-way communication, say team that includes Tel Aviv University
- Scientists Found a Paradox in Evolution—and It May Become the Next Rule of Biologywww.popularmechanics.com Scientists Found a Paradox in Evolution—and It May Become the Next Rule of Biology
A new study unexpectedly reveals that cells thrive on chaos.
> A new study unexpectedly reveals that cells thrive on chaos.
Study: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fragi.2024.1376060/full
- Sex, aggression, and humour: responses to unicyclingwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Sex, aggression, and humour: responses to unicycling
Sam Shuster compares men and women’s responses to the sight of a unicyclist
- ‘They’re out of control’: flock of 100 feral chickens torments villagewww.theguardian.com ‘They’re out of control’: flock of 100 feral chickens torments village
Residents of Snettisham, Norfolk, say birds are destroying their gardens, while food left out for them is attracting rats
> Residents of Snettisham, Norfolk, say birds are destroying their gardens, while food left out for them is attracting rats
- Inside secret government Rwanda training basewww.bbc.co.uk Inside secret government Rwanda training base
Immigration staff are in training to put detainees on to planes - but will the Rwanda plan survive the election?
- New York Mayor thinks immigrants are excellent swimmers and that they should fill life guard jobskfoxtv.com NYC mayor proposes immigrants to serve as lifeguards, calls them 'excellent swimmers'
New York City Mayor Eric Adams suggested that immigrants can help with the lifeguard shortage the city is facing.
- Robert F Kennedy Jr lists foreclosed New York home as voting addresswww.theguardian.com Robert F Kennedy Jr lists foreclosed New York home as voting address
Independent presidential candidate does not own the listed property and is not in public searches as one of its residents
> Independent presidential candidate does not own the listed property and is not in public searches as one of its residents
- Watch: Blue fireball lights up skies over Spainwww.bbc.com Watch: Blue fireball lights up skies over Spain
The suspected meteorite was also seen in Portugal, with many sharing their videos on social media.
> The suspected meteorite was also seen in Portugal, with many sharing their videos on social media.
- Master of litters: cat named Max given honorary degree by US universitywww.theguardian.com Master of litters: cat named Max given honorary degree by US university
Vermont State University confers doctorate in ‘litter-ature’ upon tabby for being keen hunter of mice and beloved figure on campus
> Vermont State University confers doctorate in ‘litter-ature’ upon tabby for being keen hunter of mice and beloved figure on campus
- Tiny US fire department using 1980s gear surprised by $500,000 donationwww.theguardian.com Tiny US fire department using 1980s gear surprised by $500,000 donation
A 91-year-old man made the donation to a struggling rural station in Missouri: ‘It’s important to have a good fire department’
> A 91-year-old man made the donation to a struggling rural station in Missouri: ‘It’s important to have a good fire department’
- The Worst Website In The Entire Worldmatduggan.com The Worst Website In The Entire World
The Worst Website In The Entire World is owned by Broadcom
> The Worst Website In The Entire World is owned by Broadcom
- Growing Support for Gay Marriage: Changed Minds and Changing Demographics (USA) (2013)www.pewresearch.org Growing Support for Gay Marriage: Changed Minds and Changing Demographics
Overview The rise in support for same-sex marriage over the past decade is among the largest changes in opinion on any policy issue over this time period.
> The rise in support for same-sex marriage over the past decade is among the largest changes in opinion on any policy issue over this time period. A new national survey finds that much of the shift is attributable to the arrival of a large cohort of young adults – the Millennial generation – who are far more open to gay rights than previous generations. Equally important, however, is that 14% of all Americans – and 28% of gay marriage supporters – say they have changed their minds on this issue in favor of gay marriage.
- UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getawayswww.theguardian.com UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways
Device in development fires electromagnetic pulse that tricks ebikes and scooters into shutting off
> Device in development fires electromagnetic pulse that tricks ebikes and scooters into shutting off
- Mystery of where Mona Lisa was painted has been solved, geologist claimswww.theguardian.com Mystery of where Mona Lisa was painted has been solved, geologist claims
Ann Pizzorusso says she has tracked down the background landscape of the world’s most famous painting
> Ann Pizzorusso says she has tracked down the background landscape of the world’s most famous painting
- Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look likewww.theguardian.com Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like
Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planet
> Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planet
- The woman helping families find where their stillborn children are buriedwww.theguardian.com The woman helping families find where their stillborn children are buried
Gina Jacobs, from the Wirral, is calling for the government to apologise to parents of stillborn babies
> Gina Jacobs, from the Wirral, is calling for the government to apologise to parents of stillborn babies
- Djokovic dons a helmet after being hit by bottlewww.bbc.co.uk BBC - Djokovic dons a helmet after being hit by bottle
Djokovic greets fans with a helmet after being hit by bottle
> Djokovic greets fans with a helmet after being hit by bottle
- Neolithic site in Orkney to be reburied after 20 years of excavationwww.theguardian.com Neolithic site in Orkney to be reburied after 20 years of excavation
After one final dig, world heritage site Ness of Brodgar is to be covered up to protect it for future generations
> After one final dig, world heritage site Ness of Brodgar is to be covered up to protect it for future generations
- Michigan woman found living inside rooftop store sign with desk and coffee makerwww.theguardian.com Michigan woman found living inside rooftop store sign with desk and coffee maker
The woman told police she had been living inside the grocery store sign for roughly a year, and had been able to get electricity
> The woman told police she had been living inside the grocery store sign for roughly a year, and had been able to get electricity
- As a new mite deadly to honeybees inches closer to North America, entomologist Sammy Ramsey’s work involves serious science and singing R&B to persuade Thai beekeepers to share their secretscoloradosun.com Meet Dr. Sammy, the Colorado researcher trying to fend off the next honeybee pandemic
As a new mite inches closer to North America, University of Colorado entomologist Sammy Ramsey is trying to save them.
- Robert F Kennedy Jr says health issue caused by dead worm in his brainwww.theguardian.com Robert F Kennedy Jr says health issue caused by dead worm in his brain
Third-party US presidential candidate says 2010 issue ‘caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died’
> Third-party US presidential candidate says 2010 issue ‘caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died’
- Family of bears cool off in California pool: ‘They can take a dip whenever’www.theguardian.com Family of bears cool off in California pool: ‘They can take a dip whenever’
Animals were strolling through the backyard of a house when they decided to take a bit of a swim in the pool
> Animals were strolling through the backyard of a house when they decided to take a bit of a swim in the pool
- 25 Years Ago Today: The US Air Force Accidentally Bombs the Chinese Embassy In Belgradesimpleflying.com 25 Years Ago Today: The US Air Force Accidentally Bombs the Chinese Embassy In Belgrade
This day in history in 1999, the U.S. Air Force accidentally bombed the Chinese Embassy in Serbia. Some still suspect it wasn't really an accident.
> This day in history in 1999, the U.S. Air Force accidentally bombed the Chinese Embassy in Serbia. Some still suspect it wasn't really an accident.
- A Diary of a Palestinian Living in Israelzeteo.com NEW: A Diary of a Palestinian Living in Israel
From top-charting songs to dating apps, genocide fever has taken over Israel.
> From top-charting songs to dating apps, genocide fever has taken over Israel.
- Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.www.propublica.org Oil Companies Contaminated a Family Farm. The Courts and Regulators Let the Drillers Walk Away.
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state.
> The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state.
- ‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here’: researchers listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgencewww.theguardian.com ‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here’: researchers listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgence
Audio collected with underwater microphones suggests numbers at least stable after centuries of industrial whaling left only a few hundred alive
> Audio collected with underwater microphones suggests numbers at least stable after centuries of industrial whaling left only a few hundred alive
- France reclaims world record after baking baguette measuring 140.53mwww.theguardian.com ‘If there’s one record that should belong to us, it’s this’: France tries to win back world’s largest baguette title
Parisian bakers prepare to win record back from those in Italy who created a baguette almost 133 metres long in 2019
> Parisian bakers have claimed victory over rivals in Italy who created a baguette almost 133 metres long in 2019
EDIT: Title updated. Previous title: "‘If there’s one record that should belong to us, it’s this’: France tries to win back world’s largest baguette title".
- Video of sun’s surface shows solar rain, eruptions and coronal mosswww.theguardian.com Video of sun’s surface shows solar rain, eruptions and coronal moss
Ethereal scenes of flowing super-heated material may help explain why atmosphere is hotter than surface
> Ethereal scenes of flowing super-heated material may help explain why atmosphere is hotter than surface
- Firefox Power User Keeps 7,400+ Browser Tabs Open for 2 Yearswww.pcmag.com Firefox Power User Keeps 7,400+ Browser Tabs Open for 2 Years
Hazel doesn't close tabs because it's 'like a trip down memory lane.' Mozilla says it has some profile and tab group features coming later this year that might help her organize those memories.
> Hazel doesn't close tabs because it's 'like a trip down memory lane.' Mozilla says it has some profile and tab group features coming later this year that might help her organize those memories.
- Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for wild animalswww.theguardian.com Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for wild animals
Sumatran ape applied sap and leaves to open cut after suspected fight with another male, say scientists
> Sumatran ape applied sap and leaves to open cut after suspected fight with another male, say scientists
Video: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-68945873
- ‘I wanted to take my life’: Brittney Griner talks about detention in Russian prisonwww.theguardian.com ‘I wanted to take my life’: Brittney Griner talks about detention in Russian prison
Brittney Griner said she thought about killing herself during her first few weeks in a Russian jail after her 2022 arrest on drug-related charges
> Brittney Griner said she thought about killing herself during her first few weeks in a Russian jail after her 2022 arrest on drug-related charges
- North Carolina child’s ‘monster in the closet’ was in fact 50,000 bees in the wallwww.theguardian.com North Carolina child’s ‘monster in the closet’ was in fact 50,000 bees in the wall
Family discovers ‘terrifying’ gigantic bee colony in wall of home with blood-like honey oozing down wall and $20,000 in damage
> Family discovers ‘terrifying’ gigantic bee colony in wall of home with blood-like honey oozing down wall and $20,000 in damage
- A 98-year-old Ukraine woman walks 10 km under shelling to escape Russians
> A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman said she walked 10 km (6 miles) under shelling, supporting herself with sticks and sleeping on the ground, leaving Ocheretyne in Donetsk, now occupied by Russia, and trying to reach areas controlled by Kyiv.
- ‘Beautiful prize’: Oregon man with cancer wins $1.3bn lottery jackpotwww.theguardian.com ‘Beautiful prize’: Oregon man with cancer wins $1.3bn lottery jackpot
Cheng ‘Charlie’ Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated in 1994, wants to provide for his family and ‘find a good doctor’
> Cheng ‘Charlie’ Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated in 1994, wants to provide for his family and ‘find a good doctor’
- Why hasn’t the US called for an investigation into mass graves in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawiwww.theguardian.com Why hasn’t the US called for an investigation into mass graves in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
Nothing screams ‘covering up war crimes’ like insisting that there should absolutely not be an independent investigation
> Nothing screams ‘covering up war crimes’ like insisting that there should absolutely not be an independent investigation
- Utah cat found safe in California after sneaking into Amazon return boxwww.theguardian.com Utah cat found safe in California after sneaking into Amazon return box
Galena survived six days of travel with no food or water before being discovered in relatively good shape by Amazon employee
> Galena survived six days of travel with no food or water before being discovered in relatively good shape by Amazon employee
- China's Moon atlas is the most detailed ever madewww.nature.com China's Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made
The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other countries.
> The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other countries.
