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In "MALE ANT PULLS OFF OWN WING TO MATE WITH QUEEN," three minutes of raw carnality from the BBC Earth's YouTube channel, a fat, ponderous male driver ant unsheathes spikes in his abdomen to lop off his right wing, and then lets dozens of much smaller female ants squeeze him into the queen's muddy bedchamber. It's possible that some of San Francisco's famously

• Ukrainians and Russians both received nuclear attack scares on their official alert apps.
• The false alerts warned of nuclear attacks via Russia's Oreshnik missile and small Ukrainian drones.
• Both sides said their systems were breached by

• Mark Cuban said his first apartment, which he shared with five roommates, cost $400 apiece in 2026.
• He shared the floor plan of his old pad in "The Village," a three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in Dallas.
• Cuban has often mentioned about the frugal mindset with which he saved up to launch his company.

Mark Cuban might own

• Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus says she was used to seeing life in terms of winning or losing.
• She retired at 25 after winning eight Olympic medals across two Games, including four golds.
• In retirement, Titmus said she had to unlearn the mindset that once made her successful in sport.

Ariarne Titmus, 26

Jackery announced a new portable power station that uses the safer and longer-lasting lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries the company first introduced in 2023. But what makes the new Explorer 100D stand out is that it's Jackery's smallest power station to date, measuring only 4.6 by 3.4 by 3.4 inches and weighing just 1.87 pounds. Its size and 96Wh (30,000mAh) of battery capacity means

• Michael Kane had long known he didn't want to spend the rest of his life in the US.
• Retirement in Thailand was fun until he ran out of ways to fill the day.
• Opening a café gave him the sense of purpose he had been missing.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michael Kane, 54, who moved