Australian man Michael thought he found his soulmate in Melanie and transferred money. But it was a deepfake. A retired psychologist in his 70s has been scammed out of $180,000 while he believed he had found his soulmate online. Queensland’s Michael continued his long-distance courtship with Melanie, a nurse in South Africa, until she turned…
Scott began the project as a school assignment and asked his uncle, Brandyn Lewis, a mechanical engineer, to help him. For 14-year-old Scott Merrow of Auburn, New Hampshire, playing video games has always meant finding his own way to use a standard controller. A gamer who enjoys playing virtual reality games with his friends, Scott…
A Florida couple killed in Kenya in a helicopter crash during safari. Within 24 hours, thieves broke in and ransacked their house 55-year-old Henry Parra and 42-year-old Adam Hlavaty, a same-sex couple from Florida, were among the seven people who were killed when a helicopter they were in while on a safari in Kenya crashed…
A nearly 52,000-square-foot mansion in West Linn, Oregon, has remained unfinished for almost 30 years and is now listed for $4.7 million. Hollywood Video founder Mark Wattles bought the 32-acre property for $1.25 million in 1994 and spent about $12 million on the project. Two later owners also had plans for the estate, but the…
Households across Great Britain can now generate their own solar power using a standard three-pin wall socket, under new rules designed to cut energy bills and make clean electricity more accessible. The legal change, which came into force on 27 August 2026, allows people in England, Scotland and Wales to buy portable solar panel kits…
Image(s): Left/Wikipedia/Right/Impact Destinations/GDFCF Daniel H. Janzen is a biologist whose career has blurred the traditional boundaries between field ecology, evolutionary science and conservation. For decades, his work has centred on tropical ecosystems, particularly the forests of Costa Rica, where he studied the intricate relationships between plants, insects and other organisms. His research eventually developed into…
In Kyoto’s Arashiyama area, bamboo groves are frequently damaged by graffiti. Kyoto’s famous Arashiyama Bamboo Grove is facing growing damage from tourists carving names and other writing into its bamboo stalks. A city investigation found that around 350 bamboo plants along the popular walking path had been damaged since spring 2025.The damage has prompted Kyoto…
A police officer in the small Massachusetts town of Stow has resigned just hours before a scheduled termination hearing, after an internal investigation found he repeatedly misused surveillance tools to track a former partner. Officer Jason Rogers allegedly used Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader system and state police databases to obtain information about the…
Education is often measured by how much information a person can remember, but learning involves far more than simply collecting facts. Plutarch captured this idea with the words, “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” The quote suggests that true education should encourage curiosity, independent thinking and…
A 9-year-old boy from Washington has become an unlikely social media sensation thanks to a childhood hobby that is anything but ordinary. Known online as “The Toilet Kid”, Damian has developed a fascination with toilets, toilet seats and household appliances, turning his interest into a hands-on backyard project. Rather than simply collecting unusual objects, Damian…