For most of human history, a water source containing high concentrations of arsenic would have been considered deadly. Long-term exposure to the toxic metal is linked to cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and neurological disorders. Yet for thousands of years, people living in Chile’s Atacama Desert have relied on groundwater containing some of the highest naturally…
John Beal was a Vietnam veteran who returned to Seattle in the late 1960s carrying wounds that never fully healed. He was wounded three times during his tour, held captive in a bamboo tiger cage for thirteen days, and came home to a country that had turned against the war. He eventually settled in South…
Pakistan boxer Qudratullah Pakistani boxer Qudratullah has reportedly gone missing in Glasgow, just hours before the country’s Commonwealth Games contingent was scheduled to leave for home.According to a report by Pakistani outlet Geo News, sources in the Pakistan Boxing Federation said Qudratullah was last seen in his hotel room at around 2am. Officials later checked…
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage unveiled ‘Operation Fortress’. Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party has unveiled ‘Operation Fortress’, a military-led plan that it says would end illegal migrant crossings across the English Channel if it comes to power.Party leader Nigel Farage described it as the “largest military operation in the Channel since World War II,” promising…
Amitabh Bachchan’s life-threatening accident during the filming of ‘Coolie’ in 1982 remains one of the most unforgettable moments in Indian cinema. The actor sustained a severe abdominal injury and a ruptured spleen after a mistimed action sequence with co-star Puneet Issar. He was briefly declared clinically dead before doctors performed emergency surgeries that saved his…
What is Alaska Highway and its importance in history Imagine building a 1,500-mile road across frozen forests, high mountains, swamps and permafrost in less than a year. It sounds like an impossible engineering task, but that is exactly what the U.S. Army did during World War II. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers…
PC: Landesdenkmalamt Berlin, Julia-Marlen Schiefelbein Construction work in historic city centres often reveals traces of earlier lives, though only occasionally do archaeologists encounter objects that shed light on the personal beliefs of medieval communities. That has happened at Berlin’s Molkenmarkt, where excavations by the Berlin State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments have produced…
Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone starrer ‘Kochadaiiyaan’ has received a major legal boost before its scheduled AI-enabled re-release. The Madras High Court rejected an appeal against the release of the enhanced version of the movie, paving the way for its release. The move comes as filmmakers prepare to re-release the 2014 film in cinemas with visuals…
Photo by: Taronga Conservation Society Australia A tiny snail once feared lost forever has just reached a major conservation milestone. More than 1,000 critically endangered Campbell’s keeled glass snails (Advena campbellii) have now been released onto Norfolk Island, marking the latest phase of a recovery program that has turned a presumed extinction story into one…
US Army has used up most of its long-range precision missile stockpiles in the Iran war, raising concerns over readiness for potential conflicts with China, Reuters report. The US Army has used up most of its stockpile of long-range precision missiles as per an exclusive report by Reuters citing three people familiar with the data….