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Meet Callum Smith: The 23-year-old armless racing driver who steers with his feet at 110mph, joins Team BRIT alongside quadruple amputee Harvey Phillips and targets a historic Le Mans debut

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Meet Callum Smith: The 23-year-old armless racing driver who steers with his feet at 110mph, joins Team BRIT alongside quadruple amputee Harvey Phillips and targets a historic Le Mans debut

Callum Smith has joined Team BRIT alongside quadruple amputee Harvey Phillips. (Photo: SWNS) Callum Smith has never let the absence of arms stand between him and his passion for motorsport. The 23-year-old from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, was born without arms but is now chasing an extraordinary dream, becoming the first armless racing driver to compete at … Read more

China tested nanobubbles across a 3,300-square-metre section of Taihu Lake; within 20 days a key measure of cyanobacteria fell nearly 90% and ammonia nitrogen dropped sharply

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China tested nanobubbles across a 3,300-square-metre section of Taihu Lake; within 20 days a key measure of cyanobacteria fell nearly 90% and ammonia nitrogen dropped sharply

China’s Taihu Lake sees improved water quality over past 10 years A field trial using a two-stage nanobubble treatment system across a 3,300-square-metre section of Taihu Lake in eastern China reduced a key measure of toxic cyanobacteria by nearly 90 per cent within 20 days. Published in the journal Environmental Research and indexed on PubMed, … Read more

No royal duties: King Charles clarifies Harry and Meghan remain private citizens after UK return

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No royal duties: King Charles clarifies Harry and Meghan remain private citizens after UK return

Harry and Meghan will remain private citizens after returning to the UK. Prince Harry and Meghan will not resume official royal duties despite returning to the UK, with a letter sent on behalf of King Charles confirming they remain private citizens.The message, issued by Lord Chamberlain, one of the senior officials at Buckingham Palace, has … Read more

Top 5 features in Minecraft Wilderness Bound update

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Top 5 features in Minecraft Wilderness Bound update

Minecraft’s next update is called the Wilderness Bound update (Image via Mojang) Mojang is sending players back to the Overworld in style with the Minecraft Wilderness Bound update. The third game drop of 2026 is officially named, and it is shaping up to be one of the most exploration-friendly updates.After the underground-focused Chaos Cubed drop, … Read more

Scientists covered 200 square metres of a Swiss glacier with sheep’s wool; early tests found it protected the ice about as well as plastic sheets, but only 0.02% of Swiss glacier ice is covered

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Scientists covered 200 square metres of a Swiss glacier with sheep’s wool; early tests found it protected the ice about as well as plastic sheets, but only 0.02% of Swiss glacier ice is covered

A sheep wool-covered snow protection test site is pictured during a press conference presenting the results of the “Keep It Wool” glacier protection experiment in Les Diablerets, Switzerland A natural wool covering placed over 200 square metres of high-altitude Alpine ice has proved as effective at slowing summer melting as conventional synthetic tarpaulins, offering a … Read more

Uruguay planted eucalyptus and pine forests across grasslands; 20 years later, scientists found rivers were carrying much less water

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Uruguay planted eucalyptus and pine forests across grasslands; 20 years later, scientists found rivers were carrying much less water

Across Uruguay, large areas of traditional grassland have been converted into managed forests, particularly plantations of fast-growing trees such as eucalyptus and pine. The change can bring economic benefits through timber production, but it also alters how water moves through the landscape. A 20-year paired-watershed study in northern Uruguay provides one of the clearest long-term … Read more

An Australian woman learned she was pregnant and could give birth ‘any day’ within 24 hours; her daughter arrived at 21 weeks 3 days and became the country’s most premature baby to survive

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An Australian woman learned she was pregnant and could give birth ‘any day’ within 24 hours; her daughter arrived at 21 weeks 3 days and became the country’s most premature baby to survive

Annrose Tanuvasa and her baby, Margareta Miracle Tanuvasa. An Australian mother discovered she was pregnant just five days before going into labour, and gave birth less than 24 hours after doctors told her that her baby could arrive at any moment. Her daughter, Makerita Tanuvasa, known by her middle name Miracle, was born at just … Read more

What happened to Kal Dosanjh, Vancouver cop arrested for alleged fraud? His boss says, ‘This officer had a profile in the community and internally, and officers are angry and disappointed’

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What happened to Kal Dosanjh, Vancouver cop arrested for alleged fraud? His boss says, 'This officer had a profile in the community and internally, and officers are angry and disappointed'

Decorated cop Kal Dosanjh, a TEDx speaker and a mentor, was arrested for fraud by his own Vancouver Police Department. For years, Kalwinder “Kal” Dosanjh built his public identity around one message: keep young people away from gangs, drugs and crime. A longtime Vancouver police officer, youth mentor and founder of a charitable foundation, Dosanjh … Read more

In 1952, Mary Tsingou programmed a Los Alamos experiment that helped change modern physics; her role was reduced to a footnote and took more than 50 years to receive proper credit

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In 1952, Mary Tsingou programmed a Los Alamos experiment that helped change modern physics; her role was reduced to a footnote and took more than 50 years to receive proper credit

Mathematician and programmer Mary Tsingou Menzel When mathematician and programmer Mary Tsingou Menzel sat down in 1952 at Los Alamos National Laboratory to code a complex physics problem on one of the world’s earliest digital computers, she was breaking new ground. Her work helped make possible a landmark experiment that went on to influence chaos … Read more

67-year-old Colombian woman makes money selling neighbourhood gossip; she carries a notebook, collects evidence, also takes payment to keep her mouth shut

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67-year-old Colombian woman makes money selling neighbourhood gossip; she carries a notebook, collects evidence, also takes payment to keep her mouth shut

Colombian woman sells neighborhood gossip. (Photo: Gulf Today) Gossip may be free, but a 67-year-old woman in Colombia claims she has found a way to turn neighbourhood secrets into a lucrative business, one that she says has helped her buy two houses. Miryam, who lives in Armenia in Colombia’s Quindío department, has gone viral after … Read more