A woman purchased dinner at the self-service checkout and was asked by the machine if she would like to add a tip. Another passenger was charged a 3 per cent employee benefit and retention fee.

Woman asked to tip a machine at Newark airport, another charged 'employee benefits' at self-checkout

Jupiter has a mass 2.5 times greater than the rest of the planets combined. In the infant years, it was 2.5 times its current size, a study has found.

Jupiter was an even bigger monster billions of years ago, Amalthea and Thebe hold clues

China's Tiangong Space Station is teeming with a new species of bacteria. The discovery can have implications for future space travel since the strain can possibly withstand hard radiation.

New bacteria found on Tiangong Space Station can possibly help grow plants on Mars

A massive solar storm can hit Earth in the coming days. But we are not prepared to face the wrath of the sun, and the solar flares and plasma can impact trains, communications, gas and more. 

Solar superstorm headed our way can raise the price of gas, cause 'internet apocalypse'

Crop circles appeared in two places in the UK within four days of each other. One of them has seen them for years, and so it is seen as a hub of alien activity.

Crop circles linked to aliens appear in two hubs of extra-terrestrial activity within 4 days of each other

Ryanair had earlier reached an agreement with a separate union representing workers, the CCOO. Under it, hikes in salaries were offered to all cabin crew in Spain.

An airline gave salary hikes to its flight attendants. Now it wants its money back. Here's why

A Redditor shared how they were denied a promotion because they were so good at their job that the company would struggle to replace them.

Employee denied promotion for being 'too good at their job' is now 'staging a rebellion'

Adult star and OnlyFans model Bonnie Blue has been arrested. She is best known for sleeping with 1,057 men in a span on 12 hours, setting a sex record. 

Publicity stunt? Adult entertainment star Bonnie Blue, who slept with 1,057 men in 12 hours, arrested

Two teams, 9,650 km apart, in a race to reveal the reason for our existence.

Two teams, 9,650 km apart, in race to reveal the reason for the existence of the universe

One of the most well-known incidents on Earth happened 65 million years ago when an asteroid crashed into the planet, killing the dinosaurs. Pollen grains are telling their story.

Pollen grains are telling the story of asteroids, dinosaurs, Mayans and others

Methaphone, a clear device, resembles a phone but is not actually a phone. People are baffled to see a woman scrolling through a transparent clear device. 

'Completely clear phone' stumps the internet. What is it?

Mars had rings in the past and it can happen again. It has been engaged in a tussle with one of its moon for billions of years, and the fight is not expected to be over any time soon.

Saturn is not the only planet with rings. Our close neighbour also had them, and they will return

The doctors stated that the girl initially developed a fever and suffered multiple seizures. She also had a headache, a bumpy rash on her arms, legs and torso, and was vomiting.

COVID-19 virus reaches 8-year-old girl's brain, putting her in coma before killing her

Salomé's prophecy has sent alarm bells ringing since he had also predicted the COVID-19 pandemic, Queen Elizabeth's death and the Microsoft global outage.

'Invisible' war will cause nuclear explosion, triggering global disaster, 'Living Nostradamus' warns. 'World is just seconds away...'

Teleios is unlike other such objects found in the universe. It is a perfect sphere, a rare sight in space. Scientists don't know how it was formed, or how old is it, or how big.

Discovery of a perfect sphere glowing in Milky Way poses several questions

Human teeth do not regrow. But that might change in the next five years. However, there is one creature that can regrow teeth and used up to 20,000 of them in a lifetime.

20,000 teeth in a lifetime: Scientists are working to regrow human teeth. One creature can already do so

Premonitions and prophetic dreams: Japanese manga, The Future I Saw, went out of print. It is now causing panic and anxiety. The author dreamt of tragedies and penned them down.

Premonitions and prophetic dreams: Japanese manga, The Future I Saw, went out of print. Why was it revived?

Ilya Sutskever, the co-founder of OpenAI, and the man behind ChatGPT fears the advanced version of AI can trigger wars between world powers, and so there is a need for bunkers to safeguard the scientists.

Can AI trigger 'end-time event'? Man behind ChatGPT fears so, called for doomsday bunker

Will Japan witness a catastrophe in July 2025? Social media is filled with such claims, especially the prediction made by Japanese artist Ryo Tatsuki in a comic book.

'A crack will open up…': Eerie prophecy triggers panic among people visiting Japan, forcing mass cancellations

The strongest solar storm happened 14,300 years ago: The sun has triggered Extreme Solar Particle Events only on a few occasions. Can humans witness one? Science & Tech Trending

Most dangerous solar storm to hit Earth potentially altered life thousands of years ago

Mars today no longer has active volcanoes. But that might change because of a mysterious structure lurking under the surface of Tharsis Montes, a volcanic region. Science & Tech Trending

Mysterious structure detected under Mars can alter long-held belief about red planet

NASA asteroid warning: NASA has warned of a 1,100-foot asteroid that will come extremely close to Earth and has been termed a potential hazard. Science & Tech Trending

NASA warns, monstrous 1,110-foot asteroid hurtling towards Earth is potential danger

Police found a dead body in the New Orleans house that had been there for nine months. The house was surrounded by filth and mounds of garbage, attracting rats and other vermin. World Trending

272-kg mummified body of man dead for 9 months found in woman's house in New Orleans

A company CEO told people to either come back to the office or go work somewhere else. Most of them chose the latter option and quit, leaving the company high and dry. World Trending

CEO tells staff to return to office or find another job. Majority of them quit

A student in America caught her professor using ChatGPT to make notes and complained to the university administration, asking for her tuition fees back. World Trending

Student catches professor using ChatGPT to make notes, demands her tuition fees back

A 1 million kilometre solar flare was released from the Sun. Sunspot AR4087 has been extremely active, and can soon turn towards Earth. Science & Tech Trending

Sunspot that released 1 million kilometre solar flare may soon face Earth. What to expect?

The Qatar royal family has gifted Donald Trump a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, raising eyebrows. However, it might just be a way to get rid of the monstrous plane. World Trending

Gift or good riddance? Qatar royal family failed to sell Boeing 747 it is giving Trump in 2020: Report

Apple will let disabled users use their brains to control iPhones and other devices. It involved implanting a stent-like piece in the brain. Science & Tech Trending

Brain 'stent' for iPhone: Apple might soon let users run their devices through just their mind

NASA’s Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters: NASA engineers have fixed a problem aboard Voyager 1, which 21 years ago was thought to be unsolvable. Science & Tech Trending

NASA fixes a 21-year-old fault aboard Voyager 1 that no one thought could ever be solved

ISRO's Aditya-L1 mission captured a blob of plasma being ejected from the Sun in ultraviolet light for the first time ever. The plasma shoots out at 300 km/sec and goes to 1,500 km/sec. Science & Tech Trending

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