Why China can’t stop talking about canned peaches on the internet right now. Chinese state media is warning people not to eat canned peaches as a COVID remedy. An unfounded belief that the snack can fight the coronavirus has seen sales of canned peaches surge, per SCMP. As the COVID-vulnerable […]
Kenya’s Maasai warriors gather to celebrate “Maasai Olympics,” a rite of passage Hundreds of youths from the Maasai pastoralists in Kenya gathered on Saturday at a wildlife sanctuary to participate in “Maasai Olympics,” a ceremony promoted by conservationists as an alternative rite of passage for young men in the community. […]
The exoplanet 55 Cancri e goes by several names, but the rocky world located 40 light-years from Earth is most known for its reputation as a “hell planet.” This super-Earth, so named because it’s a rocky planet eight times as massive and twice as wide as Earth, is so scorching […]
You now have another 2 years to get a Real ID for flying in the US US flyers now have an extra two years to get a Real ID-compliant form of identification. The program was supposed to start in May 2023. Now it’s delayed until May 2025. The US government […]
Next time you’re at airport security, get ready to look straight into a camera. The TSA wants to analyze your face. The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly testing controversial facial recognition technology for passenger screening at 16 major domestic airports – from Washington to Los Angeles – and hopes […]