The wreckage of an old steamboat, known as the Slovenian, is visible due to the low level of the Sava River The rusting hull of a century-old steam tug has emerged almost completely from the shrinking waters of Serbia’s Sava River near Sremska Mitrovica, about 45 miles north-west of Belgrade. Extreme heat and prolonged drought…
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…
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…
Fred Perry decided to make changes to his farming practices to conserve environment (Picture: ABC news) King Island in Tasmania, Australia is known for its green farmland, cattle and tourism. But beneath that landscape is a much older story of forests and native vegetation that once covered large parts of the island.Over about two centuries,…
As of 2026, 12 malls have been restored. (Picture: BMA) In the middle of Manhattan, Broadway’s green medians are being transformed into a connected habitat for birds, bees and other urban wildlife. The Broadway Mall Association (BMA), a nonprofit organisation, is replanting the city’s Broadway malls with native plants as part of a long-term project…
As Bluewater spent more time on Protection Island, he wanted to make it his permanent home. (Picture: Facebook) On Washington State’s Protection Island, Marty Bluewater has an unusual kind of neighbourhood. Gulls fly over the sandy bluffs, harbour seals rest on the beach and tufted puffins can be seen in the water. There are no…
Evidence of the oldest life on Earth has been discovered in India. In recent scientific findings in eastern India, biological traces buried for almost 3.5 billion years were revealed. The revelation suggests a much more distant and organic origin for the planet.The samples were taken from the Singhbhum geological block, which preserves cellular remains trapped…
A Florida police officer has been arrested after allegedly using his department’s Flock licence-plate surveillance system 717 times to track a vehicle belonging to his estranged wife over nearly two years. Christopher Goodson, a 31-year-old officer with the Haines City Police Department, allegedly searched the vehicle’s licence plate between September 1, 2024, and June 30,…
Ajogger pushes through the sweltering Miami heatwave, passing a sign holder seeking shade under an umbrella. (Photo: @elnuevoherald) Miami hit 100 degrees fahrenheit on Tuesday for only the second time in more than 130 years of records, tying its all-time high as a heat wave stretched from Texas to the Southeast.The city’s only previous 100-degree…
A utility worker repairs overhead power lines from a bucket truck boom lift near a utility pole, while other laborers assess a damaged rooftop in the United States. (Photo: @theinformant_x) Eight days after severe storms swept through northwest Indiana, about 75,000 customers of Northern Indiana Public Service Co (NIPSCO) were still without power late Wednesday…
