By Victoria Gill and Kate StephensBBC News Science Team
Watch: Sailor films Atlantic orcas 'learning from adults' to ram boatsA strange, dangerous game of targeting and ramming into small sailing and fishing boats is spreading through a population of orcas off Spain's coast.
Scientists say at least 20 Iberian orcas have now learned the behaviour by copying their elders. It is believed that one or two orcas started interacting with and damaging small sailing vessels in 2020. Read More...
Anglo-German agreements define spheres of colonial influence in late 1880s East Africa. Germany establishes a protectorate over the mainland territory; Britain follows suit in Zanzibar. Land decrees and confiscations stir resistance and nationalist sentiment, culminating in the Maji-Maji rebellion of 1905-1907 during which brutal German tactics leave more than 100,000 dead from war and starvation. Germany's colonial domination ends with its defeat in World War I. Britain occupies the German territory on the mainland and begins to develop an administrative apparatus, emphasizing the export of cash crops, including coffee, cotton, sisal, and rubber. Read More...
#Fact1Gets proposed to twice by characters played by actor Matthew Perry. First in Friends (1994) and later in Cougar Town (2009).2Stepsister of Craig Mullins, Lee Mullins, Cheryl Vincent and Jennifer Russo.3Was originally turned down for her role in Scream (1996), portraying Gale Weathers, due to the producers not believing she could portray someone "bitchy" as she was starring on Friends (1994) at the time, portraying "nice" Monica. However, she continued lobbying for the role and ultimately got the role. Read More...
