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North Korea Sent a Mystery Man to Lead Its Troops Fighting Ukraine
In a country that fetes its military elites like celebrities, Col. Gen. Kim Yong Bok was rarely seen in public. Until he was chosen to lead Pyongyang’s troops sent to aid Russia.World - The Wall Street Journal - 8 hours ago -
It’s This Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World
You can’t count him out, sadly.Top stories - The New York Times - November 6 -
A Feathered Murder Mystery at 10,000 Feet
Scientists say they have observed one of the highest-altitude acts of bird predation ever recorded.Science - The New York Times - October 23 -
The race to solve the mystery of 'ghost particles'
China is building a facility to measure neutrinos — mysterious subatomic particles. It's the first of three neutrino observatories expected to open worldwide in the next decade.Top stories - NBC News - October 31 -
The brain collector: the scientist unravelling the mysteries of grey matter
Using cutting-edge methods, Alexandra Morton-Hayward is cracking the secrets of ancient brains – even as hers betrays her. Alexandra Morton-Hayward, a 35-year-old mortician turned molecular ...World - The Guardian - October 22 -
A mysterious spate of bomb threats is crippling India's airlines
India vowed to punish those responsible for hoax bomb threats that have disrupted dozens of flights and caused airlines huge financial losses.Top stories - NBC News - October 22 -
The Mysterious ‘Ketamine Queen’ at the Center of the Matthew Perry Case
One year after Mr. Perry’s death, Jasveen Sangha is in jail awaiting trial on charges that she sold him the ketamine that killed him.Top stories - The New York Times - October 28 -
Away with the fairies: magic and mystery at a unique festival
There are no rules other than ‘be nice’ at the 3 Wishes Fairy Festival in Glastonbury. Elizabeth McCafferty, who thought she didn’t believe in fairies, found herself sprinkled with a little of the ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
They Searched Through Hundreds of Bands to Solve an Online Mystery
After 17 years, a group of Redditors have identified “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet.” It’s just the beginning.Tech - Wired - November 6 -
Analysis reveals composition of mysterious black balls on beaches
An environmental agency says black balls that washed up on Sydney beaches aren't tar, but a "complex composition" of "mixed waste."Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
Mysterious Russian Deaths I Sunday on 60 Minutes
Cecilia Vega reports from Spain on the unsolved shooting of a Russian defector. It's part of a pattern of recent falls from top-floor windows, poisonings, and accidental deaths involving a growing ...Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
New film unravels mystery of the Russian ‘spy whale’
Director sets out to unmask the secret underwater agent known as Hvaldimir in new documentary . When a white whale, mysteriously kitted out with covert surveillance equipment, was first spotted in ...World - The Guardian - November 10 -
60 Minutes reports on mysterious Russian death syndrome
In tonight's expanded edition of 60 Minutes, Cecilia Vega reports on the murder of a Russian defector living in Spain. Since the invasion of Ukraine, Putin's gone after his critics on Western soil.Top stories - CBS News - November 11 -
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Chemist Identifies Mystery ‘Blobs’ Washing Up in Newfoundland
A researcher thinks he knows what has been coming ashore on miles of beaches. Canada’s environmental agency says it is still looking into it.World - The New York Times - 5 days ago -
Mysterious Switch Online Test Is Apparently An MMO, But Not Pokemon Or Animal Crossing
This is the internet, so it was inevitable that details would slip out about an upcoming Nintendo Switch Online playtest shrouded in secrecy . That's apparently happened before the event even goes ...Tech - GameSpot - October 21 -
This Creepy New Horror Game Unravels A Mystery Using A Cursed Photo Album
October is full of new horror games you can play now or before Halloween comes to a close. Though it won't be among those playable so soon, Corporeal looks creepy enough to stretch spooky ...Tech - GameSpot - October 21 -
Mystery Overseas Bettors Up Trump Stake on Polymarket Site
Newly legalized betting on elections spawns a potential $43 million payout for a GOP victory, raises the online odds of a Trump win, as well as concerns about possible foreign interference.Business - Inc. - October 22 -
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Ada Limón’s Poem, ‘In Praise of Mystery,’ Hitches a Ride on a NASA Rocket
NASA and the U.S. Poet Laureate may not be obvious collaborators, but a Jupiter-bound mission helped them find common ground.Top stories - The New York Times - October 25 -
Markets are moving in mysterious ways — and Wall Street is struggling to explain why
Traditional relationships between stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities like gold are breaking down once again in 2024. This time, even many financial professionals are at a loss to explain ...Business - MarketWatch - October 26 -
The mysterious world of Two Shell: ‘Our pranks don’t mean we’re not sincere’
They promised us an in-person interview – then sent along two decoys. So who are the enigmatic musicians who make it so hard for fans to hear their thrillingly alien music?. Two Shell, a buzzy ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
400 years later, accounts of Hungarian 'Blood Countess' remain shrouded in mystery
More than 400 years after her death, the truth about “the Blood Countess,” a Hungarian noblewoman alleged to have been the most prolific female serial killer of all time, remains elusiveWorld - ABC News - October 30 -
Mystery surrounds 'terrible' smell plaguing city's bus station
Passengers have been complaining about the mystery odour at Leeds City Bus Station for several days.Top stories - BBC News - November 3 -
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Mystery fires were Russian 'test runs' to target cargo flights to US
The attacks targeted couriers in Poland, Germany and the UK, Polish prosecutors say.Top stories - BBC News - November 6 -
Mystery Surrounds Discovery of TSMC Tech Inside Huawei AI Chips
The apparent use of TSMC circuitry, believed to have first routed through a Chinese chip firm, shows the difficulties for the U.S. in enforcing a tech crackdown.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - November 5 -
"Most mysterious song on the internet" identified after 17 years
The mystery song is called "Subways of Your Mind," and was recorded by a little-known 1980s German band called FEX.Entertainment - CBS News - November 6 -
Mysterious black debris in Sydney was not tar balls but 'much more disgusting' waste
Weeks after sticky black balls washed up on the famed beaches of Sydney, Australia, scientists say they have partly solved the mystery behind the “disgusting” blobs.Top stories - NBC News - November 7 -
Russian defectors, Putin critics suffer mysterious, violent deaths | 60 Minutes
Critics of Vladimir Putin have suffered mysterious deaths around the world, highlighting Russia’s long and violent reach. Intelligence officials warn assassinations could happen on U.S. soil.Top stories - CBS News - November 10 -
11/10/2024: The Shift; The War Reporter; Robo; Mysterious Russian Deaths
First, how President-elect Trump won Pennsylvania. Then, how Ukrainian reporter Andriy Tsaplienko documents war with Russia. Next, a look at marble-sculpting robots shaking up the art world. And, a ...Top stories - CBS News - November 10 -
The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe review – a blue murder mystery
Set during Liz Truss’s premiership, Coe’s multilayered novel is a mixture of whodunnit and political chronicle with a villain hiding in plain sight. My favourite joke in Jonathan Coe’s new novel is ...World - The Guardian - November 12 -
How a Diver Found a Ring Lost 50 Years Ago Near Barbados
A dive instructor found the well-preserved ring with a metal detector, and then used clues on the ring to try and track down its owner.World - The New York Times - 6 days ago -
Mystery surrounds John Smyth after leaving UK and Zimbabwe for South Africa
Smyth enjoyed ‘opulent lifestyle’ in Cape Town after he was barred from Zimbabwe, where he abused boys at summer camps. The evangelical Christian barrister John Smyth abused as many as 130 boys and ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
California researchers discover mysterious, gelatinous new sea slug
More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it was a new species of sea slugTech - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Mortal Kombat 1's Ghostface Identity Is A Mystery, Just Like In Scream
Today, NetherRealm Studios hosted the latest edition of the Kombat Kast --the semi-regular livestream highlighting new characters and features coming to Mortal Kombat 1 in the near future. Though ...Tech - GameSpot - 6 days ago
