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Bailey Quinn Frank, 15, from Fort Lauderdale, who built an air sampler with a small fan and filter paper to collect bacterial DNA (Image Credit: Society For Science) A 15-year-old student from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has won a $25,000 science award for developing an affordable device that collects airborne bacterial DNA, with the potential to…

An Italian farmer who planted unidentified seeds found in his family’s attic ended up rediscovering a little-known heritage wheat variety that could offer useful lessons for agriculture facing climate change. As reported by Smithsonian Magazine, Claudio Grossi, a farmer near Parma in northern Italy, discovered that one of the plants growing from the seeds produced…

Expensive cylinders, dwindling reserves: Inside Pakistan’s deepening gas crisis A domestic LPG cylinder that cost around PKR 4,500 in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has shot up to nearly PKR 7,000. In some parts of the country, LPG prices have reached PKR 600 per kg, more than double the official rate. With supplies disrupted following the closure…

Alicia Keys, 45, is now a mother of five (two biological children and three stepchildren). Motherhood came to her as an adult, but the instinct to look after children was there well before that. Long before she had children of her own, she was already caring about children on the brink of neglect.Alicia Keys was…

Princess Diana reportedly wanted to marry Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan, with whom she had a relationship lasting nearly two years before her death in August 1997. Their romance remained largely private, away from the intense media attention surrounding the Princess of Wales. Diana believed Khan was different from the people who had disappointed her,…

The Bezos Earth Fund, chaired by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, with Lauren Sanchez Bezos serving as vice chair, has committed $4.8 million over three years to support 48 climate and nature solutions nominated for the Earthshot Prize but not selected as finalists. Announced on February 4, 2026, the initiative is a collaboration between the Bezos…

During a campaign rally, Donald Trump made pointed accusations against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, alleging connections to Sharia law and the Muslim Brotherhood. US President Donald Trump has intensified his attacks on Michigan democratic senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, claiming that the politician wants the United States to adopt Sharia law and vowing to oppose…

In 2020, Scott gave $10 million to United Way of the Midlands (AP file photo) Six years after philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott donated $10 million to a South Carolina charity; part of that money is now helping fund affordable housing in Columbia. As part of the project, a former…

Tal Alexander and his twin brothers, Oren and Alon Alexander, have been sentenced to 30 years in prison following their convictions for drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women. Three brothers, including two prominent real-estate businessmen, have each been sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugging and raping dozens of women over several decades.According to…

File photo: Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrate at Likud party headquarters in Jerusalem following the release of the first exit poll results in Israel’s general election Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 Israelis surged to the polls Tuesday at a pace that shattered records, to pass wartime judgment on PM Benjamin Netanyahu in what…