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According to the research, a birdsong is shaped by both evolution and the environment. (Nature TTL) Birds may sound different depending, but scientists have now found that many of their songs are built from the same basic set of sound patterns. A new global study has identified eight recurring motifs that appear in the songs…

Disagreements happen to everyone, at work, at home, in public life. What actually separates a fair fight from an unfair one is often not the disagreement itself, but who ends up caught in the middle of it. Hulk Hogan, the professional wrestler, put a simple boundary around exactly that. “If I have a problem with…

If many bats are sending out similar sound waves at the same time, their signals can overlap. (National geographic photo) Bats rely on echolocation to move through the dark and hunt insects. They send out high-pitched sound waves that bounce off nearby objects and return as echoes which helps them judge where things are.But when…

Many people recognise Marcus Aurelius as the wise Roman emperor whose fictionalised character inspired Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. Yet long before Hollywood brought ancient Rome to the big screen, Marcus Aurelius had earned a place in history as one of the greatest Stoic philosophers and one of Rome’s most respected rulers. His private writings, later compiled…

Saudi authorities issued emergency warnings for the provinces of Jazan and Yanbu CAIRO: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Saturday that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in an escalation over vital shipping routes in the Middle East while the United…

Russia claims Ukraine killed 11 people (Representative image) Russian authorities said 11 people, including four children, were killed by Ukraine in an overnight attack on a holiday camp in a Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, accusing Kyiv on Saturday of deliberately attacking civilians.Ukraine did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ukraine launched…

Emergency services at the scene after a small plane crashed lodged in the roof of a house, in Ganderkesee Two men were killed after a small private aircraft crashed into the roof of a house in northwestern Germany on Saturday, police said.The light aircraft went down in a residential neighbourhood in Ganderkesee, near the city…

The announcement was made as President Lee Jae Myung visited San Francisco for talks with heads of major US tech firms South Korean memory chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK hynix will supply US tech companies, including Nvidia, in agreements worth $950 billion, a presidential adviser said on Saturday. The announcement was made as President…

Photo credit: Dr. Philip Matthews For years, scientists have believed one major reason insects are almost absent from the ocean is simple physics: their air-filled bodies would collapse under deep-water pressure. But a tiny insect larva living in Africa’s Lake Malawi is challenging that idea in a surprising way.Every day, billions of lake fly larvae,…

Samurai quote of the day by Miyamoto Musashi The samurai were the hereditary military nobility and warrior class of feudal Japan. Miyamoto Musashi was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, and philosopher born in the late sixteenth century. He is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished martial artists in history, having fought in over sixty…

Essex County Fire chief Rick Hylton 20 firefighters were taken to hospital after a massive fire at an industrial unit in Essex triggered a fertiliser explosion, destroying three fire engines and two fire service vehicles.Authorities said four firefighters suffered minor injuries while the rest were treated as a precaution before being discharged, Sky News reported….

Quote of the day by Benjamin Franklin. A statement that Benjamin Franklin said on a specific issue became a memorable quote over the years. The founding father of America wrote a letter on behalf of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the colony’s governor in 1755. It was meant to be an economic and political statement about…