Life-size dolls seated in a classroom PC: Fritz Schumann High in the mountains of Shikoku, in Japan’s Tokushima Prefecture, sits Nagoro, a village that once had over 300 residents and now has fewer than 30. What makes Nagoro unusual is not simply its decline, a familiar story across rural Japan, but what one resident chose…
Representative Image of lush urban greenery shading a busy street in Singapore (AI-generated image) As cities across the tropics search for ways to cope with rising temperatures, Singapore has increasingly turned to a familiar, low-tech solution: trees. A specific figure keeps surfacing in planning documents and public discussion: the claim that shading a street with…
Over 3,000 cases of deadly fungus Candida auris reported in US. More than 3,100 cases of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that can cause life-threatening infections, have been reported across 23 states in the United States so far this year, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The…
A political row has erupted in the UK after Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch defended the party’s decision to field former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a local election candidate, despite his past convictions for antisemitic abuse targeting former Labour MP Luciana Berger.Former MP says public office should have a higher barLuciana Berger, who was subjected to…
My husband dreamed of city living — I didn’t. – Stacy Brooks Raised in the deep forests of northern Minnesota, surrounded by deer and bears, Stacy Brooks never imagined she would enjoy living in a modern high-rise building. But after agreeing to spend one year living in the city to fulfil her husband’s long-time dream…
Twitch streamer SukiMellow has faced backlash online after a video from one of her recent IRL livestreams showed her pranking an elderly woman with an Apple Pay notification sound. The woman, who was sitting on a mobility scooter inside a store, appeared frightened by the sudden sound. She repeatedly called for the police and asked…
For generations, beavers were a familiar part of the Tule River Tribe’s ancestral lands in California’s southern Sierra Nevada. Tribal elders remembered seeing them in high-elevation meadows, and ancient pictographs estimated to be between 500 and 1,000 years old depict the animals alongside the South Fork Tule River.But after decades of trapping and habitat changes,…
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Asim Munir (R) (PTI file photo) “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln’s observation aptly captures Pakistan‘s situation.While Islamabad chases the image of an indispensable diplomatic player, its own foundations appear increasingly fragile. From brokering peace in Middle East to courting Washington and Beijing, Pakistan has…
Seungah Chung (Image Credit: Society For Science) Most of us have seen ants marching across the ground without giving them much thought. Seungah Chung saw something different. She wondered how such tiny creatures, with brains no larger than a pinhead, manage to find food and then make their way back home without getting lost.That question…
UK PM Andy Burnham with wife Marie-France van Heel. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has revealed that his wife initially opposed his decision to seek Britain’s top job, reminding him that Labour members had already rejected his leadership ambitions twice before.Speaking on the How To Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast, Burnham said his wife, Marie-France…
