50 years ago today, Hungarian sculptor and architecture professor Ernő Rubik applied for a patent for his “Magic Cube” in Hungary. The first Rubik’s Cubes reached Budapest toy shops two years later. READ what Rubik was up to when he invented the cube… (1975) From 1971 to 1979, Rubik was a professor of architecture at…

Howard University Professor Kiah Duggins was named by Howard University as one of those on board the flight Recovery operations are still under way in Washington DC, after an American Airlines plane from Kansas carrying 64 people onboard collided with a military helicopter, manned by three personnel, on Wednesday night. The victims include top figure…

The capsule containing samples from Bennu – credit: NASA/Keegan Barber In 2018, a NASA mission arrived at the near-Earth asteroid Bennu to collect pristine samples to be analyzed on Earth. It turns out, there have never been more ingredients for life identified in a single extraterrestrial material of any kind. Indeed, Bennu carried all five…

Draught pints will cost 1p less from the beginning of February following a cut in alcohol duty. The 1.7% tax drop on the production of draught alcohol announced in last year’s Budget is the first alcohol duty cut in a decade. However, critics have said increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions and minimum wage rises…

Evan Kail from MN honored by Chinese for returning historical photos – Government of China At a gala that seems like the Chinese equivalent of America’s ball drop in Times Square, a Minnesotan was honored with a prestigious award for his service to the Chinese people. Evan Kail runs a pawn shop in Minnesota where…

Annabel Sutherland’s sparkling century and seven dropped catches from England gave Australia complete control of the one-off Ashes Test match in Melbourne. The hosts, eyeing a 16-0 clean sweep for the series, finished day two on 422-5 and with a commanding lead of 252. Sutherland was dropped on 29 and 31 by Danni Wyatt-Hodge and…

A pair of Bathynomus vaderi purchased from the fish market – credit: Rene Ong Though recently gaining the limelight as a superior alternative to lobster tail, a species of giant isopod is making headlines for another reason: it was never officially entered into the scientific record. Now that it has, it happened to be through…

Prosecutors in New York have expanded their case against rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusing him of coercing two additional women into commercial sex acts, and of dangling a person over an apartment balcony. Combs has been in jail since September after an initial indictment charged him with racketeering, sex trafficking by force, and transportation to…

Officers lower fireman into shopping mall drain to rescue turtle –Sanibel Fire Department Fire department officers on Florida’s Sanibel Island were alerted to the plight of a local turtle who had fallen into the sewer. What’s more, it seemed to the first responders that the terapin lacked certain mutations and ninja-like agility known to be…

Daniel Sandford and Helena Wilkinson BBC News Handout Sara Sharif suffered unimaginable cruelty at the hands of her father and step-mother, culminating in her murder in 2023 Three judges who oversaw Family Court hearings involving Sara Sharif in the years before she was murdered can be named for the first time following a legal appeal.…