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A 15-year-old Canadian named Evan Budz took on a significant challenge in marine conservation. At just fifteen, he came up with the invention of the Bionic Underwater Robotic Turtle (BURT). This invention filled a major gap by incorporating the natural swimming kinematics of snapping turtles, creating an autonomous vehicle that could monitor and assess delicate aquatic areas. BURT's design wasn't like the usual heavy submersibles; instead, it moved gently through coral reefs and freshwater habitats without bothering the local creatures. It featured high-quality cameras and machine-learning models to spot invasive species and coral bleaching with a 96 per cent detection accuracy rate, as noted in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Evan's leveraged affordable hardware and biomimicry with advanced data collection methods, paving the way for everyday people to actively participate in environmental protection and fight climate change.The bionic un..

AdvertisementSexual harassment and assaultWorldUnited States & CanadaHarvey Weinstein’s third New York rape trial ends in mistrialThe jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on whether the former Hollywood mogul raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann
1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenReutersPublished: 1:47am, 16 May 2026Harvey Weinstein’s third trial in New York over allegations he used his Hollywood clout to prey upon and sexually abuse women ended ‌in a mistrial on Friday, after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on a charge he raped the aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
Weinstein, 74, was a top film producer until sexual misconduct allegations led to his downfall and fuelled a wider social movement that encouraged women to come forward with accounts of sexual abuse by ⁠powerful men.
The case, brought by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, centred on allegations that Weinstein ‌raped Mann in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 while Mann resisted and repeatedly said “No”.
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Scientists have discovered that Mimosa pudica, known as the ‘shy plant,’ possesses the capacity for enumeration. This finding suggests intelligence isn't only found in creatures with brains. Professor Peter Vishton's team at William & Mary made this discovery; they learned that these plants don't just rely on time to track and anticipate changes in their environment; they use frequency instead. In experiments, researchers exposed the plants to random light cycles and observed that they exhibited anticipatory leaf-opening behaviour depending on the number of cycles it experienced. Such ‘non-neuronal cognition’ challenges our basic understanding of biology, suggesting that individual cells might learn in complex ways. This breakthrough could change our perspective on how plants perceive, process, and respond to their surroundings.
Scientists tested whether the shy plant can actually ‘count’ eventsAccording to the report published at William & Mary, the r..

Peru’s leftist ⁠presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez will face ⁠Keiko Fujimori in the June run-off after narrowly securing second place in April’s first-round vote, official results showed Friday, with 100 per cent of votes tallied.
The month-long count led to allegations of fraud in ‌the politically turbulent South American nation, notably from right-wing candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga, who narrowly trailed Sanchez for much of the counting process.
Fujimori, the daughter of late former…

Mahatma Gandhi (Image: Wikipedia)
A lot of famous quotes survive because they sound clever. This one by Mahatma Gandhi survives for a different reason. It feels personal almost immediately.The line is short. Simple too. No dramatic language. No complicated philosophy. Still, people continue sharing it decades later because it quietly points toward something many individuals recognise in everyday life.Sometimes people speak beautifully without meaning much at all. And sometimes somebody says almost nothing, yet the emotion behind their silence feels completely genuine.That contrast sits at the centre of Gandhi’s quote.At first glance, the line appears to be only about prayer or religion. Spend a little more time with it though, and the meaning starts stretching far beyond spirituality. The quote touches sincerity, emotional honesty, human connection, and the strange emptiness that appears when actions lose genuine feeling underneath them.That probably explains why the line still feels ..

Iran delegation at Brics
Iran lashed out at the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, accusing Abu Dhabi of direct involvement in military operations against Tehran during a tense exchange at the Brics foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi.The sharp escalation came a day after the UAE denied a claim by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he had visited the Gulf country during the Iran war. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had earlier warned that “those colluding with Israel to sow division will be held to account.” “I didn't name the UAE in my (BRICS) statement for the sake of unity. But the truth is that the UAE was directly involved in the aggression against my country,” he said, reported Reuters , citing Iranian state media. “When the attacks started, they didn't even issue a condemnation,” he added. Watch Iran Signals More Safe Passage For Indian Ships As BRICS Meet Faces West Asia Divide”We must live side ‌by side ⁠in peace, and this requires peaceful re..

We have put together stories from our coverage of Xi and Trump’s meeting in Beijing. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. Thucydides Trap, personal touches – all you need to know from Xi-Trump summit so far
The two leaders began the day with an extravagant welcome on the steps of the Great Hall of the People before heading in for talks.
2. After fanfare and banquet, day 1 of Trump’s China visit draws to a close
Xi and Trump are expected to discuss the…

US authorities are moving to resolve the fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, according to people familiar with the matter, and end a criminal case that has hung over Asia’s richest person for more than a year.
The Justice Department may announce that they are dropping the charges as soon as this week, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing a confidential matter. The Securities and Exchange Commission is also moving to settle a parallel civil fraud case it…

Nordlingen is no ordinary German town. With its red roofs, church towers, and ring of ancient walls, it wears its medieval charm beautifully. But beneath the picturesque streets and historic spires lies a story shaped by a meteor, a giant crater, and the wreckage of deep space. Hidden beneath its historic charm is evidence of a catastrophic cosmic event. The entire town sits inside the Nordlinger Ries, a massive meteor crater formed around 15 million years ago when an asteroid crashed into Earth. The impact created rocks filled with microscopic diamonds that were later used to build much of the town itself. Millions of years later, NASA recognised the site’s unusual geology and brought Apollo-era astronauts there to study terrain similar to the Moon’s surface. The diamond-filled meteor crater that built the German town of Nordlingen Scientists estimate the asteroid responsible for the Ries crater was roughly 1 to 1.5 km wide. Travelling at enormous speed, it struck southern Germany wit..

A newly discovered near-Earth asteroid known as 2026 JH2 is set to make an unusually close flyby of Earth on May 18, according to orbital data tracked by NASA and astronomers monitoring near-Earth objects. The asteroid, estimated to be roughly the size of a school bus, was only detected days before its close approach, making it one of the more closely watched small-body encounters of the month. While the object poses no impact threat to Earth, its trajectory will bring it remarkably close in astronomical terms, giving astronomers and amateur skywatchers a rare opportunity to observe a newly discovered asteroid during a near-Earth pass.What is asteroid 2026 JH2?Asteroid 2026 JH2 is classified as an Apollo-type near-Earth asteroid, meaning its orbit crosses Earth’s orbital path around the Sun. The object was identified by observatories including the Mount Lemmon Survey in Arizona, part of the global network dedicated to detecting potentially hazardous objects in space.Preliminary observa..