5 hours ago Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Reuters Kaikeyi Devi says she saw her husband get trampled to death Families of people who were killed in a crush at a major religious festival in northern India this week are grieving their loss and waiting to take bodies of their relatives back home. At least…

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Some people can wiggle their ears using ancient muscles Shutterstock A “useless” muscle that allows some people to wiggle their ears actually activates when we strain to hear something. Our ape ancestors lost the ability to pivot their ears when they diverged from monkeys millions of years ago, but some of the muscles and brain…
8 hours ago Wyre Davies BBC News Reporting fromRamallah, West Bank BBC Raghad, right, and her sister Hedaya were getting ready to meet their father After a delay of several hours, there were jubilant scenes here in Ramallah where around 60 Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli detention into the arms of their overjoyed loved…

The Barbie movie might feel like a distant memory at this point, but the collaborations somehow keep coming. The latest? There’s an official Barbie-branded G-Shock on the way. Casio has announced the watch as part of its 2025 lineup, and it’s every bit as bright, bold, and pink as you might imagine it to be…

The email is reminiscent of one that Musk sent early in his Twitter days, demanding that employees email a one-page description of what they had accomplished the previous month and how it differed from their goals. Rather than convening with Shedd in these meetings, TTS employees were instead surprised to be met with people they…

On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump appeared to place the blame for a midair collision that killed 67 people on the previous administration’s approach to hiring aviation professionals. But experts and investigators involved with the crash, which also involved a military helicopter, say the next few weeks will see investigators pore over every element of…

Meta employees typically vote on which questions executives should address at companywide meetings. Ahead of such a gathering scheduled for Thursday, several of the most-endorsed questions were related to DEI. But Meta leadership have told employees that the popularity of a certain question no longer guarantees that it will be answered by company leadership, according…

The urge to scratch an itch may have evolved for a reason, but we have struggled to pinpoint why Cavan Images/Alamy Forget what your parents told you, scratching an itch may be good for you, by boosting your body’s defence against bacteria. Scratching is a paradoxical phenomenon. It can feel nice to run your nails…
18 hours ago George Wright BBC News AFP Mohammed Deif was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip Hamas has confirmed that its military chief, Mohammed Deif, has been killed. Israel’s military said it had killed Deif in July last year, but Hamas had not confirmed this until now. Israel says Deif…