The Daily Populous

Sunday June 14th, 2026 morning edition

image for Russians Alarmed By Ukraine’s Fence Post Drone Bomb

Russian social media has been circulating images of a Ukrainian drone bomb which is square with a metal point like the ground spike for a fence post.

This is a penetrating weapon, as a sticker on the bomb proclaims, and it has Russian military bloggers worried.

FPVs and drone bombing have driven Russian forces underground into bunkers and forced them to cover roads and facilities with nets, wire cages and steel mesh.

A few weeks ago Russian reports started circulating of a new drone bomb punching through such defenses.

The fence post bomb, primitive as it looks, follows the same pattern.

Since fence post anchors already exist, there was no need to reinvent them.

Comparison with other items in the image, notably the Tolsen 300 mm hacksaw, suggests that the design is based on spike for a standard 100mm fence post. »

Forget AI. Pigeons Can Spot Some Cancers as Well as Human Experts

Authored by zmescience.com
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A pigeon’s brain is tiny, likely no larger than the tip of a human index finger.

Pigeons have been shown to recognize human faces and emotional expressions, letters of the alphabet, distorted pharmaceutical capsules, and paintings by Monet and Picasso.

In the selected breast biopsy and mammogram tasks, the trained pigeons approached the performance of human experts. »

Lights from Trump’s White House UFC fight are blinding pilots at DC airport, report says

Authored by independent.co.uk

The octagon will host a series of UFC fights on Sunday evening to mark President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.

The pilot stated that the glare was “10 times worse than any laser illumination event” they had ever experienced.

Though laser strikes are a well-documented aviation hazard, the pilot said that this incident involved high-powered white event lighting rather than lasers. »