Tech Explorist A cocktail of chemicals from many human activities is making U.S. rivers saltier and more alkaline across the nation. Surprisingly, road salt in winter is not the only source: construction, agriculture, and many other activities also play roles across regions. An ongoing study driven by University of Maryland specialists found that streams and…
Reuters The Saudi-led coalition said it approved evacuating wounded Houthi fighters for treatment on Monday, meeting a key condition for the group to attend U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Sweden this week aimed at ending Yemen’s nearly four-year-old war. Prospects for convening talks have increased as Western allies press Saudi Arabia, leader of the Sunni Muslim…
Sky News A British couple who lost an engagement ring down a drain in New York hours after deciding to get married say it is “incredible” that police have found the precious piece of jewellery. John Drennan, 36, and Daniella Anthony, 34, told Sky News the last few days had been “absolutely crazy”. After the…
ABC News A rare fossil believed to be from South Australia’s only known dinosaur is shedding new light on the turkey-sized creature, with the opalised toe bone resurfacing on the internet after disappearing for almost five decades. The fossil is one of only three dinosaur bones known to have been found in South Australia, all…
AFP Nations most threatened by rising sea levels and devastating droughts will use a UN summit in Poland on Monday to urge richer countries to pay their fair share in the climate change fight. The presidents of at-risk states such as Fiji, Nigeria and Nepal are expected at COP24 talks, which aim to flesh out…
Susan Hattis Rolef/The Jerusalem Post For the prime minister, this visit was apparently his first direct encounter with battered women, and he seemed genuinely shocked and even confused. On November 25, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited a shelter in Jerusalem for women who suffer from violence in the family, on the…
Hossen Sohel of DOT A case was filed for obstructing police from performing their duties and attacking them during clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi on Saturday, reports UNB. A sub-inspector of Tongi Police Station filed the case accusing 20-25 unidentified men on Sunday night,…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina revealed yesterday that the government is framing a policy for protecting the rights of the disabled, ethnic minority community and disadvantageous people in the government jobs. “It’s true that we’ve revoked quota system as movements are waged after pause of some days. So, we’re framing a policy…
Eurek Alert For most, the time spent staring at screens–on computers, phones, iPads–constitutes many hours and can often disrupt sleep. Now, Salk Institute researchers have pinpointed how certain cells in the eye process ambient light and reset our internal clocks, the daily cycles of physiological processes known as the circadian rhythm. When these cells are…
NDTV George HW Bush’s spokesman has shared a heartbreaking photograph of the late US president’s service dog lying in front of his casket. Jim McGrath posted a picture on Sunday of the yellow Labrador retriever, named Sully, lying in front of Mr Bush’s flag-draped casket. “Mission complete. #Remembering41,” he captioned the touching picture. The 41st…