Meet Jo Nagai: 10-year-old Japanese student who discovered butterflies can remember their time as caterpillars after he noticed that the caterpillars he had raised to recognise him after turning into butterflies | World News

A 10-year-old student from Japan has captured worldwide attention after his fascination with butterflies led to a remarkable scientific study that is challenging long-held assumptions about insect memory. Jo Nagai, an elementary school student from Kobe, spent years carefully observing the Asian swallowtail butterflies he raised at home. His curiosity was sparked when he noticed…

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‘We’ve shared the dressing room for so many years’: Rohit Sharma’s heartfelt note for Ajinkya Rahane | Cricket News

Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma (Image credit: AFP) NEW DELHI: Ajinkya Rahane announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday, bringing the curtain down on a career that spanned nearly two decades. The veteran batter shared an emotional video on Instagram to announce his decision and soon received heartfelt tributes from across the cricketing world,…

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‘We’re gutted’: Harry Kane reveals Thomas Tuchel’s final instruction England failed to follow against Argentina | Football News

England’s Harry Kane reacts after the World Cup semifinal soccer match between England and Argentina in Atlanta, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) CORRECTION: Corrects byline. England captain Harry Kane has revealed the final instruction Thomas Tuchel delivered from the touchline before Argentina turned the FIFA World Cup semi-final on its head, as the…

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Homeless but not broken: Displaced by war, Yevheniia Kantemyr and Polina Buhrova keep Ukraine’s flag flying high | Badminton News

Ukraine’s Yevheniia Kantemyr and Polina Buhrova (Instagram | Polina Buhrova) NEW DELHI: Yevheniia Kantemyr was 16 and nursing a knee injury when Russian bombs rained down on her native city of Kharkiv in Ukraine. As the situation went from bad to worse, many in this city of 1.42 million inhabitants were forced to flee, including…

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Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman structure near the Colosseum with mosaics resembling firefighters’ barracks | World News

PC: A worker cleans a mosaic floor uncovered during archaeological excavations at Villa Celimontana in Rome, Italy. Reuters Archaeologists in Rome have uncovered a second-century building featuring mosaics and painted ceilings in the Villa Celimontana park, close to the Colosseum, that may once have served as barracks for the city’s ancient firefighters. Five of the…

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Researchers made flying harder for Alaskan seabirds by clipping some wing and tail feathers; only 67% returned the next year, but the survivors were more likely to breed successfully

Researchers clipped a few wing and tail feathers of wild Alaskan kittiwakes (AI enhanced image. Credit: Nature Counts) Researchers who clipped a few wing and tail feathers of wild black-legged kittiwakes in Alaska to make flying harder, have found that the effects lasted well beyond a single breeding season. The birds struggled to raise chicks…

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