UK’s Liz Truss Pocketed £80,000 for 4-Hour Taiwan Engagement
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss earned £80,000 ($101,600) in four hours this year during a visit to
2023-07-04 19:45
Meta loses as top EU court backs antitrust regulators over privacy breach checks
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Antitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also
2023-07-04 19:25
Meta Loses EU Court Fight Over Antitrust Crackdown on Data
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook lost its European Union court fight over a German antitrust order that homed in
2023-07-04 19:22
China accuses UK of harbouring Hong Kong fugitives
The UK had criticised Hong Kong for placing bounties on eight pro-democracy activists based overseas.
2023-07-04 19:19
Shooting in Fort Worth leaves at least 3 dead and 8 others wounded
A shooting that erupted just before midnight Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, left at least three dead and eight others wounded, police said.
2023-07-04 18:57
Ukraine Recap: NATO Chief Extends Tenure as Kyiv Forces Advance
NATO extended Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s by a year as the military alliance confronts Russia’s invasion, while Ukraine
2023-07-04 18:47
CTE: Brain disease diagnosed in female athlete for first time
The degenerative brain disease - chronic traumatic encephalopathy - is linked to contact sports.
2023-07-04 18:27
Yellen, China's ambassador held 'frank and productive' discussion - US
(This July 3 story has been corrected to fix the name of China's ambassador to Feng, not Fang, in paragraph
2023-07-04 18:25
Tesla, BYD's China deliveries hit record high in Q2
By Qiaoyi Li and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI U.S. automaker Tesla and its chief Chinese rival BYD achieved record
2023-07-04 18:23
The world's shortest IQ test will reveal how average your intelligence is in 3 questions
IQ tests offer a formula that allows you to compare yourself to other people and see how average (or above average) your intelligence is. The Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) is dubbed the world’s shortest IQ test because it consists of just three questions. It assesses your ability to identify that a simple problem can actually be harder than it first appears. The quicker you do this, the more intelligent you appear to be. Here are the three questions: 1. A bat and a ball cost £1.10 in total. The bat costs £1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? 2. If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets? 3. In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake? Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Here is what a lot of people guess: 1. 10 pence 2. 100 minutes 3. 24 days These answers would be wrong. When you're ready, scroll down for the correct answers, and how you get to them: 1. The ball would actually cost 5 pence or 0.05 pounds If the ball costs X, and the bat costs £1 more, then it will be: X+£1 Therefore Bat+ball=X + (X+1) =1.1 Thus 2X+1=1.1, and 2X=0.1 X= 0.05 2. It would take 5 minutes to make 100 widgets. Five machines can make five widgets in five minutes; therefore one machine will make one widget in five minutes too. Therefore if we have 100 machines all making widgets, they can make 100 widgets in five minutes. 3. It would take 47 days for the patch to cover half of the lake If the patch doubles in size each day going forward, it would halve in size going backwards. So on day 47, the lake is half full. In a survey of almost 3,500 people, 33 per cent got all three wrong, and 83 per cent missed at least one. While this IQ test has its shortcomings – its brevity, and lack of variation in verbal and non-verbal reasoning - only 48 per cent of MIT students sampled were able to answer all three correctly. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-07-04 18:21
IAEA Says Plan to Discharge Fukushima Wastewater Is Safe
Japan’s plan to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site is in line with global safety
2023-07-04 18:20
Woman dies while hiking Grand Canyon in excessive heat
A woman died at the Grand Canyon National Park while trying to hike eight miles on Sunday, the National Park Service said.
2023-07-04 17:58