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Markham had learned to fly under British pilot Tom Campbell Black. She eventually became a bush pilot flying over the vast and often unforgiving expanses of East Africa. On the evening of 4 September 1936 a turquoise-and-silver monoplane left an airfield in Oxfordshire and set out for the Atlantic. Darkness lay ahead. So did thousands…

Nathan Cofnas (left), Jason Arday (right) Nathan Cofnas, who exposed Jason Arday’s plagiarism, faces ‘appropriate action’ from Ghent University after Arday’s deathGhent University has announced it will take “appropriate action” against one of its postdoctoral researchers, Nathan Cofnas, following the death of Cambridge professor Jason Arday. Cofnas, a philosopher of biology employed at the Belgian…

Representative preflight, in-flight, and post-flight hand radiographs. Radiographs of the hand were acquired (A) preflight by a crew member, (B) in-flight on day 1 after launch (L+1) by a crew member, and (C) post-flight by a non-crew operator using the same imaging protocol. Image Credit: Radiological Society of North America(RSNA)​ The first X-rays taken in…

When people go on a trip, they make sure to carry back a suitcase full of memories. From photos to souvenirs, they invest in numerous things to ensure that they have something to remember the good times by. But one thing they always end up forgetting is to carry back the waste and deposit it…

Lily Hooper, found dead after 8-day search. The body of an 18-year-old Sydney teenager has been found in Australian bushland after an eight-day search.Hooper was reported missing on August 12 after leaving her home to go for a walk in Nattai National Park. Her family contacted police later that night when she failed to return…

The operation allowed 15–20 tankers to move through a southern channel of the strait each night under US military guidance. The US military secretly helped commercial tankers navigate the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks despite Iran’s closure of the strategic waterway. The operation allowed millions of barrels of oil to reach global markets each…

At 18, Michael Haskell has been turning other people’s abandoned belongings into a business that brought in about $135,000 in 2025. He buys storage units across the New York tri-state area without knowing exactly what is inside, then sorts through the contents looking for objects that can be resold. The idea grew from a habit…

Elizabeth Dickens (Image Credit: Rhode Island Natural History Survey) In 1912, a Rhode Island woman began recording every day’s bird sightings on Block Island. What started as a personal habit continued for more than five decades,creating a remarkable record of the island’s birdlife, migration patterns and seasonal changes. Her name was Elizabeth Dickens, a self-taught…

Queen Victoria, PC: Wikipedia Two people can be handed sudden, unwanted responsibility and respond to it in completely different ways. One treats their own inexperience as a disqualifying weakness, something to apologise for or hide behind until they feel fully ready. The other names the inexperience plainly, out loud or in private, and commits to…

​Representative Image of a solar farm integrated with thriving wildlife habitats, vibrant flora, and diverse fauna (AI-generated image) In 2011, planning began for a solar farm on the Broxted Estate in Suffolk, and by December 2013, the site was generating electricity for the first time. But what happened around the panels proved just as significant…