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Chimpanzee Sultan (Image Credit: Zentrum für Geschichte der Psychologie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg via University of Auckland) More than a century ago, a small group of chimpanzees helped revolutionise the way scientists understood intelligence. Through a series of pioneering experiments on the Spanish island of Tenerife, these apes demonstrated that they could solve problems using insight rather…

A Canadian independent journalist, Max Genest, has received a death threat after posting a video about Gurpartap Singh Khalsa, a Sikh content creator who was asked to leave a gym in Windsor, Ontario, for carrying a kirpan, a ceremonial blade worn as part of the Sikh faith.A user identified as @prabh.xx07 commented beneath the video,…

Kai Cenat confirmed that Streamer University 2026 will conclude on the morning of July 20 while outlining new rules for students and returning alumni. (Image via streameruniversity.com) Streamer University 2026 has been running for a few days now, and if you’ve been watching all the livestreams, you’re probably wondering one thing: when does it actually…

Ice Poseidon claims his Indian visa was revoked before arrival and says authorities linked the decision to his listed local contact. (Image via X/@FlaccidOpinions) Ice Poseidon claims his Indian visa was revoked before arrival and says authorities linked the decision to his listed local contact. (Image via X/@FlaccidOpinions) Ice Poseidon claims his Indian visa was…

Chinese entrepreneur Yang Zhilin’s AI milestone triggers social media debate as to why he left the US and founded his startup in China. After China’s Moonshot AI claimed that its Kimi K3 can rival OpenAI and Anthropic, the AI industry in the US has absolutely gone bonkers, lamenting that Moonshot AI’s Zhilin Yang studied in…

Marie Curie and her husband spent nearly four years boiling down seven tonnes of pitchblende in a leaky Paris shed with no ventilation to isolate one-tenth of a gram of radium chloride. Today, the notebooks they kept during those years, between 1899 and 1902, are kept in lead-lined boxes at the Bibliothèque nationale de France….

Zohran Mamdani stays neutral for FIFA world cup final. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani declined to back either Spain or Argentina ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 final, joking that every team he has supported during the tournament has ended up losing.Speaking to reporters at City Hall, Mamdani was asked which side he…

US is currently battling a growing Cyclospora outbreak across the states. According to researchers, it is the largest outbreak of its kind in the country’s history and health officials are yet to identify the source. Since May 1, 1,645 infections with the parasite have been confirmed across 45 states and more than 5,100 further cases…

Two athletes can lose the exact same match and walk away from it in completely different shapes. One spends the following weeks replaying the loss, doubting the years of work that led to it. The other treats the loss as information, adjusts, and shows up to the next tournament ready to compete again. Serena Williams,…

A woman who fled to Spain after stealing nearly £300,000 from an elderly woman she cared for is set to be extradited to the UK to begin serving a six-year prison sentence, BBC reported.Pamela Gwinnett, 63, absconded to Tenerife while on bail ahead of her trial over the exploitation of Joan Green, 89, a retired…