Investigation is currently underway after suspected cocaine was found in the White House on Sunday. The US secret services confirmed that the substance was cocaine, and it was found in the West Wing of the White House. The West Wing contains the oval office, the situation room and some other key areas where the presidential staff works.
A climate activist named Rosemary Penwarden was jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of sending a fake letter to speakers of an oil industry conference. Penwarden said the letter was nothing but an attempt to draw the attention of oil industry officials towards the climate crisis threatening humanity.
NASA has locked up four volunteer scientists inside a 3-D Mars stimulator for the next 378 days. The Mars stimulator is based at the Johnson Space Center in Texas, where the agency trains its own members to experience real-life situations on Mars.
Scientists have discovered a key ingredient for life in Saturn’s small moon named Enceladus. The team of researchers led by Dr. Christopher Glein, discovered phosphorus in the form of phosphate in water erupting from the surface of the moon. The researchers said the phosphate discovered is hundred times higher than the quantity found in earth’s oceans.
A tanker crossing underneath the overpass burst into flames and caused the overpass in Philadelphia to collapse. The overpass is one of the busiest in the US with approximately 160,000 vehicles transverse the highway on a daily basis. Fortunately, no deaths or injuries were reported in the incident, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
A professor from Florida has broken the world record for longest time spent underwater. Professor and US Navy veteran Joseph Dituri has spent more than 74 days in a lagoon in Key Largo, Florida, as he looks to surpass the 100 mark.
A helicopter pilot fearlessly rescued a truck driver stuck in flash floods in Kenya. Floods in southern Kenya surrounded a truck driver for six consecutive hours when pilot Taru Carr-Hartley lowered his helicopter and rescued the truck driver.
West Virginia’s school principal was horrified to find a black bear in the dumpster outside the school. James Marsh, Zela Elementary School’s principal, suddenly ran away when a black bear emerged from a dumpster he was checking out.
Australian authorities have arrested a US woman carrying a gold-plated pistol in her luggage. Woman travelled from Sydney from Los Angeles and the scanning machine identified an unauthorized firearm in her luggage. Photos of the 24-carat gold-plated pistol were released by the Australian Border Force showed the photo of the firearm.
A new study has found that worms crave for their favorite food when they are high on cannabis. The study published in the Current Biology journal noticed that worms showed interest in higher-calorie foods when they were soaked in Cannabis.
Tunisian football player Nizar Issaoui, 35, died from burns suffered after setting himself alight as a protest against “police injustice”, his family said on Friday. Issaoui, a former player for top-flight side US Monastir and a father of four, published a video on Facebook in which he said the reason for his protest was being falsely accused of terrorism, after he had a minor dispute with a fruit seller.
AI has been gradually integrated in every field of science, particularly in the medical field where scientists are using it to know malfunctions before it even occurs. According to the latest research, medical professionals are testing AI to identify signs of Alzheimer’s through speech patterns that are not recognized by family members or even physicians.
