Optical illusions trick you into seeing things that aren’t real, like still images that appear to move or identical colors that look different. This happens because your eyes and brain speak a “simple language.” When your brain tries to fill in missing information quickly, it sometimes guesses wrong. For example, in the Hermann grid illusion,…
US President Donald Trump is planning on ordering schools to bring back the Presidential Fitness Test, a program from 1966 that requires children to run, do situps/pullups, and perform flexibility tests. At a White House ceremony Thursday, Trump intends to sign papers restarting the program, saying it will create “a culture of strength” for America’s…
A magnitude-4.3 earthquake struck the San Bernardino area on Thursday morning, shaking wide swaths of Southern California, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor was recorded at around 9:30 a.m. and was the strongest of a series of quakes that morning, including at least four measuring magnitude 2.5 or higher, NBC Los Angeles…
Hulk Hogan died from an acute myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack on July 24 at age 71, according to official documents from Florida’s Pinellas County Forensic Science Center. How did Hulk Hogan die? The wrestling icon suffered cardiac arrest at his Clearwater home and was pronounced dead less than 90 minutes after…
The United States on Thursday (July 31) told the United Nations Security Council that President Donald Trump has made it clear he expects a peace deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine to be reached by August 8. The US further stated that that both Russia and Ukraine must negotiate a ceasefire and a “durable…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the government will provide ₹1.10 lakh to each of the approximately 40,000 Durga Puja committees across the state, PTI reported. Banerjee addressed a meeting of Durga Puja organisers, stating that the decision is intended to help the committees in managing Bengal’s largest festival and to…
A fire inside a tunnel near the Foggy Bottom Metro Station early Thursday morning caused major disruptions across three Metrorail lines and led to the temporary closure and evacuation of the station. The fire, reported shortly after 6 a.m., halted train service between McPherson Square and Clarendon/Arlington Cemetery on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines….
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal says, “In less than a decade, India came out of ‘Fragile Five’ economies and it has now become the fastest-growing economy of the world. On the basis of the hardwork of reforms, farmers, MSMEs and industrialists, we have come in the top 5 economies of the world…
An Air India flight bound for London had to cancel its takeoff at Delhi airport on Thursday, July 31, 2025, due to a technical issue. The crew halted the takeoff and carried out precautionary checks following standard procedures. Sharing details on aborting the takeoff, an Air India spokesperson said, “Flight AI2017 operating from Delhi to…
A special NIA court in Mumbai on Thursday acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, stating that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt. Those cleared of all charges include former MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhankar Dhar Dwivedi (also known…
