An 83-year-old World War II-era blimp hangar in Oregon, US, was sold for just $1 after a storm tore a 200-foot hole in its roof in December 2025. The historic building, which houses the Tillamook Air Museum, was purchased by a nonprofit organisation and is set to reopen on October 29 after nearly 10 months…
The Vatican said on Sunday that the procedure was scheduled for the first few days of the week. Pope Leo XIV is set to undergo surgery in the coming days to remove a small nodule from his lung, which doctors discovered during a recent medical examination.The Vatican said on Sunday that the procedure was scheduled…
The Southpoint project received approval in 2017, more than a year before the railway project was announced An Australian property developer has sued the Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA), seeking at least A$100 million in compensation after a railway project stopped work on its 218-apartment development in Melbourne. Construction has been on hold for two…
The castle had stood in their neighbourhood for years, becoming part of the town’s identity. In the small town of Antonito in southern Colorado, United States, a house made from discarded beer cans, hubcaps, screen doors and scrap metal became a well-known roadside attraction. According to The Denver Gazette, called Cano’s Castle, the structure was…
The researchers found that butterflies did not redesign their entire visual system. Instead, they effectively duplicated one component of the existing arrangement, adding a second R7 photoreceptor to each eye unit. A butterfly’s world is not simply brighter or more colourful than ours. It is built from a richer visual vocabulary, one shaped by an…
PC: Irish Kidney Association Maura Twomey, a 70-year-old former primary school teacher who lives in Boston, crossed California’s Catalina Channel on 17 August in an unofficial time of 15 hours, 45 minutes and 23 seconds, pending ratification. She became the oldest person to complete the crossing and earned the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming….
Representative Image of a circular bridge resembling a flying saucer, suspended above traffic, with cyclists and pedestrians crossing above ( AI Generrated Image) At a busy junction in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, cyclists ride around a circular bridge suspended above motor traffic. Known as the Hovenring, the structure resembles a flying saucer held aloft by a…
Green anacondas can remain difficult to spot in the western Amazon, even when they weigh 100 kg. A study of the snakes in Peru found that they were usually visible only when basking. When they were not basking, radio-tracked anacondas were almost always partly or completely concealed by fallen logs, leaf matter, submerged vegetation, fallen…
A small marble sculpture a family had kept on their piano for years, believing it to be a copy, has been confirmed as an authentic work by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The piece, called “Despair”, sold at auction in France on Monday for €860,000 (£725,000; $982,000). The 28.5cm (11 inches) figure dates from 1892…
Wilbur the pig went from wandering through a West Hollywood neighbourhood to becoming the unlikely focus of an adoption contest. After his appearance was captured on video and spread online, the pig was taken to the West L.A. Animal Shelter, where no owner came forward. Four people eventually expressed interest in adopting him, prompting a…
