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- 1Can carnivorous plants eat people?●Can carnivorous plants eat people? https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.pops ci.com/science/carnivorous-plants-eat-humans/
Popular Science explores whether carnivorous plants such as Venus flytraps and pitcher plants could consume a human. The short answer is no: these plants are adapted to trap insects and occasionally small vertebrates like frogs, and lack the size, strength and digestive capacity to consume people. The topic resurfaces regularly thanks to pop-culture depictions of man-eating plants, prompting science outlets to explain the real limits of botanical predation.
- 2Trapped Russian soldiers reportedly asked Ukrainian forces for time to pray▼Trapped Russians Asked Ukraine's Special Forces for "5 Minutes to Pray"... Then THIS Happened
Encircled Russian soldiers asked Ukraine's special forces for five minutes to pray before surrendering or being taken into captivity, according to accounts circulating about the incident. The story is drawing attention as a striking example of the human moments inside the grinding war, and of the growing number of Russian troops surrendering on the front lines.
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Popular Science examines whether carnivorous plants such as Venus flytraps and pitcher plants could ever consume a human. The short answer is no: these plants capture insects and small prey using traps, digestive enzymes and slippery surfaces, but they lack the size, strength and chemistry to break down anything close to human scale. The piece explains how the plants' mechanisms work and why human flesh poses no realistic danger, feeding ongoing curiosity about nature's strangest predators.
- 4Scripps scientist Keren Lasker wins DARPA Young Faculty Award for 'toxin traps'▼Scripps Research associate professor Keren Lasker receives DARPA Young Faculty Award to develop “toxin traps”
Keren Lasker, an associate professor at Scripps Research, has received a DARPA Young Faculty Award to develop so-called 'toxin traps'. The award supports early-career researchers pursuing high-risk, high-reward projects. Lasker's work aims to create new approaches for capturing and neutralising toxins, a project that could have implications for defense and human health.
- 5Trapped Russian troops asked five minutes to pray●Trapped Russians Asked for 5 Minutes to Pray — What Ukraine's Special Forces Did Next Shocked Them
Ukraine's special forces reportedly encountered trapped Russian soldiers who asked for five minutes to pray before surrendering. The story of what happened next has drawn large attention online, with many viewers moved by the moment of humanity inside the war and others debating the conduct of both sides on the battlefield.
- 6Nadia Hopkins's 'Humane Traps' Wins 2026 Relentless Award▼Nadia Hopkins’s ‘Humane Traps’ Takes 2026 Relentless Award
Nadia Hopkins's play 'Humane Traps' has won the 2026 Relentless Award, the prize established in honor of playwright Philip Seymour Hoffman and administered by American Theatre. The award, billed as the largest annual cash grant for an unproduced play in the United States, is closely watched in the theatre world as a marker of promising new voices.
- 7Ukraine's Battlefield Robots Covered 4,200 km Rescuing 45 Troops●Ukraine’s Battlefield Robots Traversed 4,200 km in Total to Save 45 Troops, Commander Says
A Ukrainian commander says ground robots used on the battlefield have travelled a combined 4,200 km and helped rescue 45 wounded or trapped troops. The unmanned vehicles are increasingly used to evacuate casualties and deliver supplies in dangerous zones where sending soldiers would risk further losses, underlining Ukraine's growing reliance on robotic systems in the war with Russia.