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September 24, 2026

British Museum Enforces a Photo Ban at Its Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition

In a time when taking photos can be one of the main reasons people attend museum exhibitions, the British Museum has taken a strong stance on photography at its popular Bayeux Tapestry exhibition. Due to the abundance of people visiting the tapestry, which is back in England for the first time in nearly a millennium, the museum has enacted a no-photo policy to encourage viewers to move through the exhibition quickly and respectfully.

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September 23, 2026

Japan Now Has More Than 100,000 People Over the Age of 100

If you want to know the secrets to living longer, you should probably ask one of the many centenarians in Japan. The nation’s health ministry recently reported that Japan is now home to 107,677 people aged 100 or over, the highest number in the world. The figure marks a new record for the 56th consecutive year since 1971, rising by 7,914 from 2025.

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September 23, 2026

Researchers Make a Protein-Rich, Perfectly Edible Cookie Out of Plastic Bottles

Plastic pollution and food insecurity are two of the biggest issues humankind will have to deal with in the coming decades. Worried about the outlook, a team of researchers at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale have gotten to work on a novel solution that can begin to tackle these two problems simultaneously. The scientists have turned plastic bottles into protein-rich, perfectly edible cookies. To achieve this, the researchers turned to microbes; particularly, to programmed yeasts.

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