Month: September 2026

Canadian skyrunner goes missing during training session for Matterhorn record attempt | Extreme sports

Canadian skyrunner goes missing during training session for Matterhorn record attempt | Extreme sports

Canadian athlete Kalie McCrystal disappeared during preparations for a record attempt in the Alps. McCrystal, from Squamish in British Columbia, was on a “reconnaissance/training session” in the run-up to his attempt to ascend and descend the 14,692-foot (4,478 m) Matterhorn on the Swiss-Italian border. According to the Skyrunner World Series, the 38-year-old woman was last … Read more

China unveils plans to beat US in retrieving Mars samples

China unveils plans to beat US in retrieving Mars samples

(NewsNation) — China has set a timeline for recovering samples from the surface of Mars within the next half-decade, while similar ambitions in the US have been sidelined by funding issues. The Tianwen-3 robotic mission launching in 2028 would travel to the Red Planet, collect 500 grams (1.1 pounds) of samples and return them to … Read more

Her Parents Dismissed Her Sickness Her Entire Childhood—So She Told Facebook About Her Major Heart Surgery Before Her Own Mother

Her Parents Dismissed Her Sickness Her Entire Childhood—So She Told Facebook About Her Major Heart Surgery Before Her Own Mother

Pexels/Reddit Growing up unheard by your own parents leaves a mark, and for one woman, that mark eventually became a life-threatening heart condition she was forced to face largely on her own. As the youngest of four children, she remembers being brushed off constantly, her health concerns treated as attention-seeking rather than legitimate. Thanks to … Read more

Algeria civil defence recovers body of 10-year-old boy from well | News

Algeria civil defence recovers body of 10-year-old boy from well | News

Child found dead after a four-day rescue effort in Algeria’s western El-Bayadh province. Published September 6, 20266 September 2026 The body of a 10-year-old boy has been recovered from a well in Algeria’s western El-Bayadh province, the country’s civil protection agency said, ending a four-day rescue operation that had drawn national attention. The agency said … Read more

US, Iran engaged in tanker war: Where is the months-long conflict headed? | US-Israel war on Iran News

US, Iran engaged in tanker war: Where is the months-long conflict headed? | US-Israel war on Iran News

The United States and Iran have escalated their tit-for-tat attacks in the past 24 hours, with Washington attacking three Iranian oil tankers and Tehran attacking tankers and firing a ballistic missile at American warships patrolling near the Strait of Hormuz. Experts have called Iran’s attacks on the two US aircraft carriers a “calculated escalation” as … Read more

Indonesia cancels flights as Anak Krakatau volcano erupts

Indonesia cancels flights as Anak Krakatau volcano erupts

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted early Sunday, causing the cancellation of all flights at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and disrupting other domestic airports as volcanic ash moved across parts of western Indonesia. The Indonesian Geological Agency said the volcanic island located in the Sunda Strait between the main islands of Java … Read more

Meta Will Spend Millions for Teen Therapy. It’s a Mistake.

Meta Will Spend Millions for Teen Therapy. It’s a Mistake.

Early last month in a New Mexico court, a judge ordered Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to pay a $567 million fine for the addiction and mental health problems its platforms have caused teenagers. Of that amount, about $420 million will go toward “treatment services” for children who have been harmed due to … Read more

In 1879, Edwin Hall discovered an electrical effect thought to need a perpendicular magnetic field; 147 years later, scientists have shown it can work with the field in-plane

In 1879, Edwin Hall discovered an electrical effect thought to need a perpendicular magnetic field; 147 years later, scientists have shown it can work with the field in-plane

An atomic force microscopy scan of a nanometer-sized device developed by Carnegie Mellon scientists demonstrating a new form of the Hall effect. For more than a century, the Hall effect has been taught with a simple picture of electricity flowing through a material, a magnetic field pushing moving charges sideways, and a voltage appearing across … Read more