With so many people exhausted by real-world politics, one strange idea is gaining traction: would you let an AI-powered version of Gandhi help govern instead? That’s the unusual question a growing number of people seem to be answering in the…
Bermuda has long been surrounded by mysteries, and scientists now think they’ve cracked one of its biggest. A team from the Carnegie Institution for Science and Yale University set out to understand why the island sits higher above the Atlantic…
Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions and imagery of death that some readers may find upsetting Death is surrounded by uncertainty, and while no one can say for sure what happens when life ends, there are people whose jobs bring…
A nurse who put her iPhone up for sale on Facebook Marketplace has described how the listing spiralled into a years-long stalking ordeal involving a stranger. Registered nurse Melanie Smith said that after posting the advert online, she began receiving…
Booking an acting role before you’ve even finished teething seems to take two ingredients: boundless confidence and parents determined to get you in front of a camera. That’s the impression left by Hayden Panettiere’s new memoir, This Is Me: A…
A British adventurer is trying to set a new Guinness World Record by completing seven of the world’s most dangerous ocean crossings in a kayak. After tackling marathons across punishing landscapes and swimming vast distances in each of the seven…
As millions of Americans prepare to take flights this summer—whether for a quick domestic break or an overseas getaway—most travelers will be bracing themselves for the familiar inflight announcements. From reminders about seatbelts and life vests to updates on turbulence…
Hayden Panettiere has alleged that an “Oscar winning” actor exposed himself at an industry party when she was 19. Panettiere, who has worked in entertainment since she was 11 months old, has recently published a memoir titled This Is Me:…
Competitive sport is about to see a provocative test of decades of anti-doping policy, as a new event built around performance-enhancing drug use begins later this week with the explicit aim of pushing past “clean” benchmarks. The inaugural Enhanced Games…
A former military diver has shared his view on what the five divers who died during a cave dive in the Maldives may have encountered inside the cave’s third chamber. Five Italian tourists were confirmed dead on Thursday (May 14)…
A woman raised in a polygamous “cult” alongside 44 siblings and four mothers has shared the strict expectations that shaped her childhood. Janet Z, born in 1994, spent her early years in a splinter group of the Fundamentalist Church of…
Two US nationals have been taken into custody in Japan after intentionally entering the enclosure at Ichikawa City Zoo where the viral baby macaque Punch is kept. Reid Jahnai Daysun, 24, and Neal Jabahri Duan, 27, were arrested on Sunday…
Many players swear by dreamt-up numbers when they buy a lottery ticket, but one Michigan man says his long-running picks came from a Zoltar fortune-telling machine. The chances of hitting the jackpot in the US are often described as roughly…
A man who has spent more than 20 years on death row is again challenging his conviction, insisting he has been innocent ever since he was found guilty in 1999. Betty Black, 64, was killed in her Farmer’s Branch, Texas…
A travel expert has warned that there is “no room for errors” in cave diving after five Italian tourists died during an underwater excursion in the Maldives. Reports emerged last week that a group of Italian nationals had been killed…
Adriana Chechik left a crowd laughing after play-acting as though she’d been trapped in the adult industry, despite the fact she’s long been candid about enjoying the work. The 32-year-old stepped away from adult entertainment in late 2022 following nearly…