The Daily Populous

Wednesday January 17th, 2018 day edition

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'Mate, I've got $1000': Aussie man hires a chopper in frantic search to find son.

It was early Monday morning and his 17-year-old son Samuel was missing.

"We got back into Newcastle about 1.30am [Monday morning] and went straight to the police station," Lethbridge said.

SIMONE DE PEAK/SMH Tony Lethbridge, who found his son's crash site by helicopter.

He had messaged his girlfriend and arranged to meet her at the family home at Blacksmiths after she finished work around lunchtime.

"That was in my head, so I just thought bugger this I'm not going to sit around and wait.

"He told us it was for missing son and said he believed his son had run off the road somewhere.". »

Iraqi soldier disarms 7-year-old boy after ISIS strap him with suicide belt

Authored by en.abna24.com

A video showing a soldier removing a suicide belt from a terrified seven-year-old boy has emerged and it’s incredibly moving.

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - A video showing a soldier removing a suicide belt from a terrified seven-year-old boy has emerged and it’s incredibly moving.

The moving footage shows the soldier taking off the shaken boy’s t-shirt and asking him to hold still, while he tackles the suicide belt. »

Ways Keanu has secretly given away millions

Authored by thelist.com

It's a toss-up whether the bigger star of the Matrix movies is Reeves or the series' incredible special effects.

To ensure the ongoing high quality of those effects and the participation of the staff behind them, Reeves gave up "points" that normally pay an actor hugely after release of the movie.

Not an outright cash gift, this generous move made a huge amount of money available to the ensuing productions in the popular franchise. »

I tried out a sleep mask that emits light from the inside to wake you up naturally

Authored by theverge.com

Perhaps most intriguing is that Dreamlight displays light inside the mask via LED panels in front of your eyes to both help you fall asleep and wake you up naturally in the morning.

Light is the only way to wake you up if you’re using Dreamlight’s app; there’s no ability to set an alarm.

The night I used the Dreamlight mask, Sleep Cycle said my quality of sleep was 90 percent. »

Accidental Discovery Could Save Bees From Their Greatest Threat

Authored by realclearscience.com
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They've found that a tiny dose of the compound lithium chloride kills Varroa destructor mites without harming bees.

The scientists then carried out numerous experiments testing lithium chloride against Varroa mites, including ones that approximated field studies.

(Below: The figure shows the surviving proportion of bees and mites fed lithium chloride compared to those not fed lithium chloride.). »