People in Wales asked to be ‘One in a Million’ as family support for organ donation A Welsh family lost 18-year-old Menna Owen after a seizure caused her heart to stop. Her decision to become an organ donor meant that her heart and lungs were given to two young patients, who were both doing very well a year…
Conservationists in Europe are racing to stop the next invasive species before it spreads European conservationists have started targeted eradication efforts against newly discovered populations of self-cloning marbled crayfish in the Czech Republic. They are trying to remove the species before it can spread through local waterways.The work in Moravia is part of a wider…
Berlin swimming pool cancels ‘Black communities only’ event over security concerns after backlash (Photo: AFP) A temporary public swimming pool outside Berlin’s historic Volksbuhne theatre has cancelled a planned event that was due to be open exclusively to Black communities after the programme attracted controversy and scrutiny over its restricted access. The €300,000 pop-up pool,…
The court said the law did not provide sufficient safeguards for users’ privacy while disproportionately restricting freedom of expression. France’s top court on Friday blocked the law that would have banned children under 15 from using social media, saying some of its provisions infringed on fundamental freedoms and failed to provide adequate privacy safeguards.The Constitutional…
Romanian couple Madalin Dumitru and Adina Mihai jailed for 17 years. A Romanian couple who drugged men with a powerful sedative before stealing from them have each been jailed for 17 years after admitting responsibility for the deaths of two victims.Adina Mihai, 31, and Madalin Dumitru, 30, admitted the manslaughter of Gary Mouat, 37, from…
Arjun Erigaisi, Nihal Sarin bow out in Chess quarterfinals India’s campaign in the Chess tournament at the Esports World Cup ended in the quarterfinals on Friday, with Arjun Erigaisi and Nihal Sarin finishing among the top eight.Arjun, representing Gen.G Esports, lost to Team Falcons’ Hikaru Nakamura after their quarterfinal was decided in an Armageddon tiebreak.The…
Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes he could have taken 400 Test wickets if he had played under Imran Khan‘s leadership earlier in his career.Shoaib took 178 wickets in 46 Tests during his international career, which ended during the 2011 World Cup in India amid reported differences with then Pakistan…
Sunil Lahri says Gen Z and Gen Alpha labels distance youth from Indian culture. Ramayan actor Sunil Lahri, who became a household name for playing Lakshman in Ramanand Sagar’s iconic television show Ramayan, has sparked a fresh debate with his comments on Gen Z and Gen Alpha. The actor recently took to his official X…
Dorset Osprey. Credit: Birds of Poole Harbour In 2017, conservationists began moving young ospreys from Scotland to Dorset. Five years later, the birds bred in southern England for the first time since 1847. A long-term study led by Bournemouth University (BU) has now shown why the project worked and how similar methods could help birds…
Breeding scheme to produce backcross males and (b) possible inheritance patterns of self-sacrificial mating traits. Credit: Biology Letters (2026) Male Australian redback spiders perform an acrobatic somersault during mating that sends their abdomen directly toward the female’s fangs. Scientists have now found that this deadly self-sacrifice behavior comes from a surprisingly simple genetic region.In a…