Shortly after announcing her return to the Tokyo Olympics, 24-year-old gymnast Simone Biles won the bronze medal in the balance beam final.This is the first time Biles competed in the Games since withdrawing from the team and individual events last week due to mental health concerns. Her latest win marks her seventh Olympic medal and ties her with former Team USA gymnast, Shannon Miller.Biles earned 6.1 points for routine difficulty and 7.9 for execution, making that a total of 14.0. China’s ...

After being accused of predatory behavior, actor and former EXO member Kris Wu has now been detained by the police in Beijing, China on suspicion of committing rape.The 30-year-old has allegedly "trick[ed] young girls into having sex with him," the police said in a statement. While "further investigation is pending," Wu was accused by a 19-year-old individual of asking underage girls, including herself when she was 17, to engage in sexual activity with him while they were drunk. She commented th...

Despite concerns around the Delta variant, some parts of the world are slowly opening back up as COVID-19 vaccines become increasingly available. This shift has unfortunately led to a surge in abandoned "pandemic pets" as employees return to the office and people spend more time outdoors.Shelters in New York City and Los Angeles are nearing maximum capacity. Organizations such as Animal Care Centers of NYC recorded 1,393 animals brought in last month, which is twice the number of pets abandoned ...

Continuing humanity's efforts to determine the existence of extraterrestrial life, Harvard University has announced the Galileo Project, an initiative that will look for evidence potentially left behind by extraterrestrial technological civilizations (ETCs).Scientists will be searching for clues known as technosignatures. "The goal of the Galileo Project is to bring the search for extraterrestrial technological signatures from accidental or anecdotal observations and legends to the mainstream of...