16 days after Nolan Wells’ death, no one knows what exactly happened to the Mississippi footballer who went to Horn Island with friends

Mississippi footballer Nolan Wells’ memorial service was held on Monday. The memorial service of Nolan Wells, the Mississippi teen who died during a Fourth of July outing to Horn Island, is to be livestreamed today as the mysterious case grabbed nationwide attention because of the race of Wells. Wells was the only Black among the…

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Wild Snapdragons: How wild snapdragons fine-tune their shades to attract bees; even the smallest change decide which genes survive

The art of seduction is not exclusive to humans. Animals do it, and so do plants. In the floral world, attraction is a matter of survival. Certain plants paint themselves in colours calibrated so precisely that bees can read them like landing signals, even when human eyes barely detect the difference!A new study published in…

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‘Cherry-picking numbers’: Trump admin slams report claiming Pentagon withheld data on troop injuries in Iran war

NYT report says injuries under reported in US-Iran War, Pentagon denies allegation The Pentagon has allegedly withheld information about dozens of American service members injured in Iranian strikes on US bases in Jordan, The New York Times reported.In the week before Friday’s attack that killed two US soldiers and left another missing, Iran carried out…

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A human-bred aquarium fish prized for its bright colour and head hump has escaped into a Philippines crater lake, where scientists fear it may threaten native biodiversity

Flowerhorn cichlids are aquarium fish prized for their bright-gold colour and prominent head humps. Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images A human-bred aquarium fish prized for its bright gold colour and distinctive head hump has escaped into a volcanic crater lake in the Philippines, where scientists fear it is threatening native wildlife and spreading into local aquaculture.Flowerhorn…

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A floating ‘igloo’ research station has left France for the Arctic, where it will drift with polar ice to study climate change and life in one of Earth’s harshest environments

The station will drift with sea ice while an international team of scientists collects more than 10,000 samples. (Picture: Tara Ocean Foundation) A floating research station designed to drift with Arctic sea ice has left France to begin a major scientific mission that will study the rapidly changing polar region over the next two years.The…

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In 1918, an empire collapsed and a 137-carat diamond vanished. More than a century later, its whereabouts may finally be known | World News

For more than a century, the Florentine Diamond occupied a curious place in the history of famous gemstones. It was discussed in museum catalogues, historical accounts and works of fiction, yet nobody could say with certainty where it had gone. Some believed it had been stolen during the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Others suspected…

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Xi’s US trip appears on track even as Trump’s election interference claims inject fresh strain

China on Monday indicated that President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to the United States in September remains on track, saying Beijing and Washington are maintaining communication on high-level exchanges despite recent tensions triggered by US President Donald Trump’s allegations of Chinese interference in American elections.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said the two sides had…

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Scientists marked this West African coral reef as probably dead in the 1960s; underwater drones found it alive more than 50 metres below the sea

An image of the rediscovered coral reef by Gérard Zinzindohoué (Photo: Gérard Zinzindohoué) A deep-water coral reef off the coast of West Africa that was believed to be dead for six decades has been discovered alive and thriving more than 50 metres below the ocean surface.The forgotten reef was first identified off the coast of…

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