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Lost for words: Analysis shows humanity lost 28% of its daily conversation over 14 years

People under 25 lost an average of 451 spoken words per day. Those over 25 used 314 fewer words.

An illustrative image of a supportive mother talking to her child.
A person cups their hand to their ear in an act of listening (illustrative)

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WIZZ AIR Plane.

Two or three European airlines could go bankrupt because of fuel squeeze, says Ryanair CEO

 Thessaloniki, Greece

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Radiation still seeping from Soviet‑era titanium nuclear attack sub

Monitoring teams report elevated radiation levels in surrounding waters near the wreck site.

A Soviet submarine.

From heart surgery to spinal tap: Physician ranks medical procedures by pain

Procedures that most commonly rate high on the pain scale involve bones and nerves, such as spinal fusion, open-heart surgery, and total knee replacement.

Anesthesia before surgery

Qatar Airways relocates bigger jets to Spanish airport

Teruel is one of Europe’s largest aircraft maintenance and storage centers, with space for around 250 large aircraft.

Planes are pictured on the tarmac at Hamad International Airport after Qatar reopened its airspace following a brief closure in the wake of Iran’s missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base on Monday, in Doha, Qatar, June 24, 2025.

Vast desert complex reveals how early Christians lived together

Researchers described the settlement as aligned with the early traditions of Saint Anthony the Great and Saint Pachomius the Great.

The second-largest monastic cluster in Christian monastic history.

Buffet crashers boast online about free breakfasts

Opportunists can blend in with morning crowds, especially where breakfast rooms sit off a main corridor or near elevators and do not require a key card scan.

The extensive salad bar at the breakfast buffet.

At the top of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg is experimenting with a CEO bot

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testing a personal artificial intelligence agent meant to act as a co-pilot for leadership.

Mark Zuckerberg

British Airways flight staff store dead passenger in galley for 13 hours

By the end of the flight, passengers and crew described a foul smell spreading through the cabin.

 British Airways aircraft parked at Gatwick Airport's South Terminal; Illustrative.

60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells reveal humanity’s first brush with geometry

Archaeologist Silvia Ferrara described the organization of lines by recurring principles—parallelisms, grids, rotations, and systematic repetitions—as an embryonic visual grammar.

60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells.

Employee cigarette breaks in France equal three weeks of lost work a year

Employees who smoke describe these pauses as a coping tool that can help them return to tasks more effectively.

 An illustrative image of smoking a cigarette

"My phone exploded": Florida frenzy over Epstein lookalike

Some online commenters suggested Epstein had undergone plastic surgery and a rebrand.

Epstein lookalike.