Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Two men in Southern China are alive thanks to a daring rescue involving a hulking quadcopter drone. Footage shared by Chinese state media Xinhua shows the moment a stranded flood victim is plucked from the top of an … Read more
A wild boar wandered into a Berlin shopping mall’s home decor shop on Friday, sparking a police response that drew in officers and veterinarians equipped with a tranquilizer gun, shields and even a blowgun but ended peacefully. Police said they were alerted to the porcine intruder around 9 am when it slipped through sliding glass … Read more
On Friday, the eve of the conference, the former Labour leader — suspended from the party by current Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his response to a damning report on antisemitism — sat in a group meeting at Paul’s Place, a not-for-profit set up to support people bereaved by suicide. Corbyn, now 76, has long … Read more
The colossal squid, the heaviest invertebrate in the world, has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time since it was identified a century ago. Growing up to 23ft (seven metres) long and weighing up to half a tonne, the squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is the heaviest invertebrate on the planet. The individual captured … Read more
A young boy was rescued after surviving five days in a game park full of lions and elephants in Zimbabwe, a lawmaker in the east African country said this week. Mutsa Murombedzi, a member of Zimbabwe’s parliament, said in a Wednesday post on social media that Tinotenda Pudu had strayed into the Matusadona Game Park … Read more