Long before concrete and steel arrived in the Philippines, Filipino communities had already worked out how to live comfortably in a hot, humid and flood-prone archipelago; they simply raised their houses off the ground. The bahay kubo, or nipa hut, is the clearest example, a small home built from bamboo, wood and thatched nipa palm […]
A ‘prolonged, dangerous heatwave’ is sweeping across the central and eastern United States, just hours ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. The temperature is expected to go up to 105 degrees Fahrenheit 40.5 degrees Celsius), According to the National Weather Service. The soaring temperatures are raising concerns as US President Donald Trump hosts a […]
Located in East Greenland’s Fleming Fjord Formation, the recently identified 210-million-year-old lungfish burrows provide valuable insight into the volatile nature of the Late Triassic climate throughout ancient Greenland. The fossilised burrows indicate that the lungfish had a strategy of digging into the mud to survive the seasonal droughts in Late Triassic Greenland through a biological […]
Kuwait issues advisory to stop outdoor work as extreme conditions hit / Image: file Kuwait has urged companies to temporarily suspend outdoor work as unstable and potentially dangerous weather conditions sweep across the country, raising serious safety concerns for workers exposed to open environments.The advisory, issued on March 26, comes as authorities warn of worsening […]
Drake Anthony Styropyro experiments with 400 car batteries unleashing extreme currents up to 160,000 amps in his backyard/ Image: Youtube A YouTuber known for building enormous lasers and experimenting with high-voltage equipment has returned with a long-teased project: wiring 400 car batteries together to explore what happens when extreme electrical current is unleashed outside a […]
Can extreme winter really cause trees to ‘explode’? /Image: X Across parts of the world, winter has settled in hard. Sub-zero temperatures, sudden freezes, and heavy snow are affecting many regions, and with them an unexpected side effect: sharp cracking sounds echoing through parks, streets, and back gardens. Online, dramatic videos capturing the noise, some […]
Image: Instagram @thecrookedman10 For more than 300 days, a man calling himself “The Crooked Man” has been doing something most trainers would advise against: repeatedly exercising only one trapezius muscle while leaving the rest of his body largely untouched. The result is a strikingly uneven physique, with one shoulder and upper back muscle ballooning far […]
Thousands of new documents related to the Epstein case, including surveillance footage from the month of his death, were released by the DOJ. This release follows criticism over delays and redactions, with lawmakers considering contempt charges against officials for non-compliance with a transparency act. The deputy attorney general cited victim protection as the reason for […]
Dubai is testing climate-controlled zones and shaded walkways to make its 20-minute city vision viable even during extreme summer heat (Representative Image) Dubai is pushing forward with its ambitious goal of building “20-minute cities”: neighborhoods where residents can access 80% of their daily needs, such as work, school, shops, and parks, within a 20-minute walk, […]
Trump ally and conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot Thursday during a college event, had previously compared abortion to the Holocaust. In a resurfaced video, Kirk stated, “We allow the massacre of a million and a half babies a year under the guise of women’s reproductive health. We are allowing babies to be […]
