Researchers from Israel have unearthed tiny little bones in northern Israel. The tiny bones were observed to have holes inside them and were identified as flutes used by prehistoric humans for multiple purposes. The sound it produced mimicked birds and were used to scare large aquatic birds, researchers said.
China and Cuba have reached a secret deal to establish a Chinese spy base in Cuba, around 100 miles from Florida. The secret facility will act as an electronic eavesdropping facility where the Chinese will be able to collect data from across the US, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Microsoft has accused the Chinese state-sponsored hackers of attacking critical infrastructure in the United States. A Chinese group of hackers had been spying on key infrastructure based in the US and other US territories in Guam which mostly has military bases.
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has said that social media poses an immediate threat to the youth of the United States. The new advisory from the US surgeon general wrote that although we lack evidence, the impact of social media on the mental health of children and adolescents is huge.
Researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine have uncovered an interesting and simple test to predict risk of future memory problems. According to this fascinating study, those who are willing to predict whether or not they will suffer from memory loss in future, can now predict it by going through a simple test. Researchers studied 1,000 individuals with an average age of 69 without reported memory loss issues in the past.
Russian pilots accidentally bombed their own city of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border. A Russian Sukhoi-34 fighter-jet bombed a city square causing a 20-meter crater. Three people were injured, and several buildings collapsed nearby, according to the local administration.
An employee gunman kills five at a bank in Louisville. The suspect, Connor Sturgeon, was an employee of the bank where he livestreamed his shootout on Instagram, the police said. While exchanging fire, two police officers were also severely hurt when he was shot in the brain by the suspect.
A Japanese black hawk helicopter was reported missing after it disappeared from the radar, carrying ten people. The helicopter is reported to have crashed in the sea, north of Miyako island, where the helicopter was patrolling the waters. After a search and rescue operation, the Japanese military spotted parts of the helicopter floating in the ocean.
Russia has detained a US journalist accusing him of spying for the US. The journalist Evan Gershkovich has been working as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, the international daily newspaper based in New York.
Cocaine use has drastically increased in Europe, a European monitoring agency said. Researchers from the Europe-wide SCORE group, along with the EU drugs agency, collected wastewater samples from 54 million people and around 104 cities across Europe. The results revealed that major cities like major European cities like Belgium, Spain, Portugal has a drug problem.
World has known ‘Cheetah’ as the world’s fastest animal. But a specific bird outnumbers Cheetah as being the world’s fastest animal on earth. The Peregrine falcon is considered to be the world’s fastest animal on the planet earth with a speed of more than 200 mph.
Students were told to evacuate the building after a package exploded on campus at Northeastern University causing minor injuries to a 45-year-old staff member. The injured was immediately taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of his hands.
