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Backside Breathing And Pigeon Bombers Studies Win Ig Nobel Prizes

Heads or tails? Researchers tossed 350,757 coins to find a small bias
Mammals that can breathe through their backsides, homing pigeons that can guide missiles and sober worms that outpace drunk ones: these are some of the strange scientific discoveries that won this year's Ig Nobels, the quirky alternative to the Nobel prizes.
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Marchers carried red, yellow and blue Catalan separatist flags, demanding Catalonia's secession from Spain

Catalonia Marks Holiday With Separatist Movement Waning

Tens of thousands of flag-waving supporters of Catalan independence rallied in Barcelona on the Spanish region's commemorative day, with separatists deeply divided and out of office in Catalonia for the first time in over a decade.
Russia said it downed 144 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 20 over the Moscow region

Ukrainian Drone Strike Kills Woman Near Moscow, Russia Says

A wave of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia overnight killed a woman near Moscow, Russian officials said on Tuesday, the first time someone has been killed in a Ukrainian attack near the capital since Russia's military offensive began in 2022.
The encrypted messaging platform Telegram has frequently been used to share deepfake porn content

Deepfake Porn Crisis Batters South Korea Schools

After South Korean authorities uncovered a sprawling network of AI deepfake porn Telegram chatrooms targeting schools and universities, teenage activist Bang Seo-yoon began collecting testimony of abuse from victims.
The fire took place at the Hillside Endarasha Academy

Kenya Police Probe School Blaze That Killed 18 Boys

Kenyan police stepped up their investigations Saturday into a prime school dormitory blaze that has now cost the lives of 18 boys, as families faced an agonising wait for news of their missing loved ones.

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