Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using low-cost, unsophisticated methods to sow fear in Jewish communities. (Specia & Ryckeaert, The New York Times)
Read MoreThe British author and presenter of Ancient Apocalypse claims Earth was inhabited by advanced pre-ancient peoples wiped out by a flood. Is he a real-life Indiana Jones or a dangerous conspiracy theorist? (Glancy, The Times)
Read MoreIn a note authorities said he’d sent to family members just before he allegedly tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives, and exchanged fire with Secret Service agents, Allen had apparently referenced Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. (Paquette & Natanson, The Washington Post)
Read MoreA report by Zurich Insurance found that having a mental health problem had already become the norm for young people aged between 15 and 19. Its estimates suggest that 51pc of people in this age bracket have a mental or behavioural disorder such as anxiety, depression or ADHD. (Nolsøe, The Telegraph)
Read MoreNearly a third of newborns were found to be watching screens for more than three hours a day, while almost 20 per cent of infants of four to 11 months used screens for more than an hour a day. (Koronka, The Times)
Read MoreToday, new tools and approaches are helping scientists search for alien biology within our solar system and in the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars, and look for traces of extraterrestrial hardware anywhere. (Drake, The Wall Street Journal)
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