Towering trees more than 200 feet tall may not be as vulnerable to drought as scientists thought, new study reveals how Southeast Asia’s dipterocarps efficiently move water

A 187-foot-tall dipterocarp tree For decades, scientists believed that the tallest trees faced one of nature’s toughest challenges: Getting water from their roots to leaves hundreds of feet above the ground. Now, a study of towering trees in Southeast Asia suggests some of the world’s tallest flowering plants have evolved specialised systems to overcome that […]

Ai Bubble: Will AI find its feet after bubble bursts?

That’s what a prominent tech critic believesLast year, Big Tech’s AI capital expenditure touched $400bn. This year, it’s likely to top $700bn. How long can this cash burn last without a revenue spurt? NYU professor Gary Marcus has described the unending AI buildout as the “greatest capital misallocation in history”.Tech critic Cory Doctorow agrees. His […]

Sherpa survives 6-day Everest ordeal, crawls down 12km from 25k feet sans food, oxygen

Medics take Dawa Sherpa, a mountain guide who had been missing for several days in the Everest region, for treatment after he arrived at HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) In what climbers are calling a miracle, a 52-year-old Sherpa guide who was presumed dead in Mount Everest after […]

Indian student drowned at Wisconsin dam as he jumped to save three friends; feet got stuck in fishing wire

Indian student dies in the US after saving three friends from drowning. Just weeks after his graduation, Indian student Anurup Reddy Koduru lost his life as he drowned at the Toledo Bend Reservoir, situated between Texas and Louisiana. Reddy was an excellent swimmer and he jumped into the water when he saw three of his […]

‘Four feet tall, wearing space suits and helmets’: Newly released FBI UFO files reveal bizarre claims

Newly declassified FBI documents have detailed extraordinary witness accounts of small, suited figures exiting mysterious craft during a massive wave of sightings in the 1960s.The records were made public on Friday as part of a transparency initiative led by the Trump administration. Among the hundreds of files, photographs, and videos uploaded to the department of […]

$20 million scam at 30,000 feet: Everest guides accused of poisoning trekkers for insurance payouts | World News

Nepal’s tourism industry is facing one of its most serious controversies in years after police uncovered a $20 million insurance fraud scheme linked to Mount Everest trekking routes. Authorities say a network of guides, trekking agencies, helicopter operators and medical personnel worked together to exploit international travellers by deliberately inducing illness and orchestrating unnecessary emergency […]

Who is Solange Tremblay? Canadian flight attendant survives LaGuardia crash after being ejected 320 feet

Solange Tremblay, a veteran Canadian flight attendant with more than 25 years of experience, was severely injured when an Air Canada Express flight crashed at New York’s LaGuardia Airport last week. The crash killed both pilots and injured dozens of people, but Tremblay’s survival surprised many because of how she was found after the accident.Tremblay […]

The ‘sixth largest river’ on Earth is hidden 115 feet beneath the Black Sea |

A remarkable geological feature was discovered beneath the Black Sea- an enormous underwater river complete with waterfalls, rapids, and floodplains. The river flows through the Bosphorus Strait and is fed by very salty and dense Mediterranean water. According to Professor Daniel Parsons, former Lecturer at the University of Leeds and one of the researchers who […]

Drunk passenger who jumped 100 feet off cruise ship recounts ‘cement-like’ impact in shark-infested waters |

Drunk passenger who jumped 100 feet off cruise ship recounts ‘cement-like’ impact in shark-infested waters/ Imaage: Youtube In 2019, Nick Naydev, then 27, jumped from the 11th deck of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship while it was docked in Nassau in the Bahamas. The ship was the Symphony of the Seas, one of the largest […]

‘Don’t want Iran to stand on its feet’: Pezeshkian says country is facing ‘full-fledged war’ with West, Israel; vows decisive response

Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said on Saturday that his country is facing a “full-fledged war” waged by Israel, the United States, and Europe. “In my opinion, we are in a full-fledged war with America, Israel and Europe. They do not want our country to stand on its feet,” Pezeshkian said in an interview with the […]