View from Manhattan towards Brooklyn, 2009/ Wikipedia Beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, a stretch of sealed-off rooms, long closed to the public, has unexpectedly become part of New York City’s latest budget fight. City Council members are now proposing to lease out these hidden vaults to raise revenue, pitching the idea as a way to plug…
In a landmark study in PLOS ONE, women were found to have as many as 50 per cent more olfactory bulbs, i.e., neurons capable of detecting smells, in their brains than do men. This increased biological hardware enables women to have a significantly higher level of sensitivity to complex environmental odours, subtle changes in the…
More than three decades after his execution, Ted Bundy continues to cast a long shadow over criminal history. Recently, a decades-old mystery was finally resolved when new DNA evidence confirmed his role in the 1974 murder of Laura Ann Aime, a case long suspected but never proven. The announcement by the Utah County Sheriff’s Office…
Former BBC Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills has issued his first public statement after being sacked by the broadcaster, addressing a past police investigation into alleged sexual offences.In a statement released through his lawyers, Mills said he had been the subject of “rumour and speculation” following his sudden exit.“The recent announcement that I am no…
A senior librarian in the US state of Tennessee has been fired after refusing to relocate more than 100 books from children’s sections, sparking a debate over censorship, free speech, and LGBTQ content in public libraries.The Rutherford County Library Board voted 8–3 to remove James after she refused to implement its directive to move around…
Kristi Noem’s husband breaks silence on the ‘secret life’ row. Bryon Noem, Kristi Noem’s husband, has reacted to the major expose by the Daily Mail on his ‘secret life’ where he crossdresses and pays online fetish models for chatting, and said he would share his side of the story some day. “I will at some…
Aravind Srinivas, CEO of AI startup Perplexity, says job losses because of AI are fine as people hate their jobs anyway. Aravind Srinivas, the Indian-origin CEO of Perplexity AI, was caught in a major controversy after he defended AI-triggered layoffs and said people do not love their jobs anyway. In a podcast, Srinivas who studied…
Donald Trump niece says her grandfather (Donald Trump’s father) was an ‘anchor baby’. Mary Trump, the niece of President Donald Trump, who is also a staunch critic of the president, said her grandfather was an anchor baby and the best case against birthright citizenship has been the president himself. Mary referred to Donald Trump’s father…
The “No Kings” protests swept across the United States and parts of Western Europe on March 29, 2026, drawing thousands opposed to President Trump’s foreign policy, particularly the escalating tensions with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. Organisers framed it as a movement for democracy, peace, and civil rights. It was all of those things,…
Internet personality Mike Cernovich questions how many H-1Bs Oracle has after the IT company announced a layoff of 30,000 employees across the world. IT firm Oracle announced a brutal layoff impacting 30,000 employees across the world in a 6am email on March 31. Informing the employees that March 31 was their last working day, the…
