April 15, 2024

Four Eyes

Most spiders have more than two eyes – but not daddy longlegs. These basement-dwelling arachnids – which are technically not spiders – are known to have only two forward-facing peepers. However, this wasn’t always the case, the Smithsonian Magazine reported. Daddy longlegs belong to an arachnid group known...

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April 12, 2024

Pointillistic Terror

Russian officials continue to blame the March 24 terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow on Ukraine, PBS News Hour wrote. But American intelligence officials say they told the Russians that the Islamic State terrorist group planned to carry out the massacre. Russian police...

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April 12, 2024

Message Received

South Korea’s prime minister and presidential advisers offered to resign on Thursday after the liberal opposition secured a landslide victory in the general election, a major setback to conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol, the Associated Press reported. The opposition maintained its control of parliament for another term...

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April 12, 2024

Scoring Genius

Is talent innate? According to an analysis of Ludwig van Beethoven’s DNA, not so much. Scientists reviewed the famed German composer’s genetics and found a low predisposition for beat synchronization, Science Alert reported. Beat synchronization is the ability to recognize and keep up with rhythm, which previous...

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April 11, 2024

Stuck in Celestial Hades

Residents of the upscale Mazzeh neighborhood in the Syrian capital of Damascus were stunned when an airstrike recently reduced the Iranian consulate to rubble. Thirteen people, including two generals and five others in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, perished in the attack. Israeli forces who have been...

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April 11, 2024

Backseat Drivers

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the country’s last two general elections were “free and fair” on Wednesday, in a public inquiry into accusations of foreign interference in the elections – including Chinese and Indian meddling, the BBC reported. Quebec judge Marie-Josée Hogue is probing the...

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April 11, 2024

Total Recall

A new study centering on a little bird species is helping scientists uncover new details about the brain’s mysterious ability to create and store memories, Popular Science reported. Research has shown that the brain’s hippocampus is integral for storing episodic memories, such as recalling where a...

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April 10, 2024

The Third Wheel

Politicians from the ruling People Power Party and the opposition Democratic Party have traditionally held the top offices in South Korea. Currently, the two parties hold 270 out of 300 seats in the legislature, for example. However, only 24 percent of South Korean citizens trusted in those...

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April 10, 2024

Match, Set, Point

One of Europe’s top courts ruled on Tuesday that Switzerland violated its citizens’ human rights by failing to adequately address climate change, a landmark verdict that applies throughout the continent and could create a precedent for climate litigation, CNN reported. Over 2,000 Swiss women from the...

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April 10, 2024

Black and Blue

Leaders in Haiti have reached a deal for a transitional government to end the gang-fuelled chaos that has battered the nation, pending the approval of the outgoing administration, Agence France Presse reported. The deal, agreed to over the weekend, establishes a nine-member council made up of...

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April 10, 2024

Into the Folds

Groups of demonstrators protested in front of Georgia’s parliament this week against a controversial bill that would allow the government to crack down on civil society organizations by labeling them “foreign agents,” a move that threatens to harm the country’s chances of joining the European...

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April 10, 2024

Speed Racer

Shark skin has captivated both fishermen and scientists in how it enables the marine predators to achieve astonishing speeds underwater. Packed with small, anvil-shaped structures known as denticles, some species can swim at speeds topping 43 miles per hour – far outpacing Olympic swimmers who might...

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