How Putting on a Mask Raised Naomi Osakas Voice
She used her time away from competing during the pandemic to reflect on the world and her place within it. When the time came to speak, she approached it in her own distinct way. Read more...
Mystery wolf slayer who leaves the dead animals displayed in Tuscan villages has shot seven of them and STRANGLED one in bizarre vendetta
Eight endangered native wolves have been found dead in the hills of Tuscany since the beginning of November, with three fresh corpses emerging in the last week. Read more...
Can Someone Please Open the Door?
The Bidens waited for an awkward moment in front of a closed door when they arrived at their new residence, a protocol breach that turned out to be a small but curious bit of disarray. Read more...
They Have Not Legitimately Won Pro-Trump Media Keeps the Disinformation Flowing
After Biden39;s inauguration, right-wing media outlets are pushing false voter-fraud conspiracy theories and predicting more political conflict ahead. Read more...
Tennis Players Mull Competition or Rest at Start of New Season
With the Australian Open looming, the first big decision for 2021 contenders was whether to play in the first tennis tournaments of the year. Read more...
At the Inauguration, Amanda Gorman Wove History and the Future Into a Stirring Melody
Gormans reading of her poem The Hill We Climb on Wednesday combined the personal and political. Read more...
Lori Loughlin's daughter Olivia Jade returns to YouTube after year-long break
Olivia, 21, officially returned to the platform on Thursday with a 'daily vlog' revealing what she does all day while quarantining in her Los Angles apartment. Read more...
Facebook hands decision on Trump ban to its oversight board
Facebook is passing the buck by allowing its 'supreme court' oversight board to decide whether Donald Trump should be permanently banned from the platform. Read more...
Money CAN buy you happiness People's wellbeing continues to improve the wealthier they become
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania looked at the link between wealth and wellbeing, and found that feelings of wellbeing at any given moment improve with increasing income. Read more...
The Paris Climate Agreement What You Need to Know
President Bidens decision to return to the climate pact fulfills a campaign pledge, but the United States has some catching up to do. Read more...
Weather ISS detects blue 'jets' of lightning shooting upwards from thunder clouds
Measured by theEuropean Space Agency's Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM), the phenomenon originated in a cloud top over the Pacific island of Naru. Read more...
Meet the world's smallest giraffes! Two animals born with dwarfism are no more than nine feet tall
Gimil and Nigel are two giraffes living in Africa that were born with dwarfism or skeletal dysplasia. The condition hindered their growth to no more than nine feet tall - the average giraffe is 18 feet tall. Read more...
Number of critical care beds occupied is 70% higher than last winter, NHS data reveals
NHS England figures showed 5,176 critical care beds were occupied on January 17. For comparison, there were 3,066 patients in the beds at the same time last winter. Read more...
Eight-year-old girl who died 'after being tortured by her father was forced to eat her own faeces when his mistress locked her in toilet'
An eight-year-old girl who died from torture was forced to eat her own faeces after her father and his mistress left her to starve in a locked toilet, a Dubai court heard. Read more...
Waldorf Astoria's new Maldives private island costs ,000 per night
For those with the means, a private island in a tropical destination is the ultimate place to isolate from the global pandemic. Read more...