SNEAKO asks Zakir Naik why he chose to live in Malaysia, says it’s one of the best countries in the world for Muslims due to its Islamic environment, no alcohol or pork culture, and freedom to openly support Palestine 🇲🇾🇵🇸
In 2020, a Stockholm University lab mixed sperm and egg fluid from 16 couples in a dish. Some men's sperm got pulled toward the fluid much harder than others. And in half the cases, the egg picked a stranger's sperm over the partner's.
The egg releases a chemical bait. Sperm carry tiny smell sensors on their heads that pick up that bait. When the smell matches, the sperm speeds up and swims straight at the egg. When it doesn't, the sperm slows down or loses its line. The lead researcher, John Fitzpatrick, called it a chemical breadcrumb trail.
The sperm race is mostly a myth. A man releases around 100 million sperm at a time. Only about 250 ever reach the egg. The rest die along the way. The vagina is acidic and kills most of them. The cervix makes thick mucus that traps them like flypaper. The womb's immune system attacks them as foreign invaders. And half of the survivors pick the wrong fallopian tube, because only one of the two tubes has the egg in it.
By the time anyone even gets close, the race is already over. Then the egg picks.
The egg is selecting for immune-system genes. The more different the father's immune genes are from the mother's, the wider the range of diseases their child can fight off later. So the egg favors sperm that bring more genetic diversity.
Fitzpatrick thinks this could explain some of the 30% of infertility cases doctors label "unexplained." For some couples, their bodies just don't chemically match, even when everything else does.
Out of 100 million sperm, your father's chemistry was the one the egg agreed to let in. Which means all of us are, in some way, the quiet outcome of a chemistry test no one studied for.
Honestly? I woke up today feeling grateful.
Not because everything is perfect. But because of what didn’t happen.
With the war in the Middle East pushing oil prices up, things are getting harder everywhere.
Unsubsidised RON95 in Malaysia just hit RM3.87 a litre.
Our neighbours are under real pressure. Philippines. Thailand. Cambodia. Laos.
Even Australia is facing a fuel crisis right now.
These are not just statistics.
These are real people, families trying to get to work, small business owners watching their costs double overnight, ordinary folks doing their best in a situation they didn’t create.
If you’re reading this, hang in there.
But yesterday, our PM announced that our subsidised petrol at RM1.99 stays.
Yes, the quota drops from 300L to 200L in April.
And I keep thinking, this kind of stability doesn’t just happen.
It took decades. Generations of leaders building diplomatic relationships quietly in the background.
Policy makers running the numbers at midnight.
Civil servants holding things together without anyone knowing their name.
People who never made the news but made the difference.
This moment of relative calm, they built it. Long before this crisis ever came.
But it also took something very Malaysian.
We have this rare ability to sit with anyone, different races, different religions, different backgrounds and just get along.
In a world that’s fracturing right now, that’s actually a superpower.
So today I’m not taking it for granted.
To everyone working behind the scenes, thank you. We see you.
Syukur.
And to our neighbours and friends from around world, you’ve got this. 🙏🇲🇾
Disebabkan orang Melayu Patani jarang terdedah dgn Bahasa Melayu Johor-Riau jadi mereka kurang faham tentang lenggok sana dan perlukan terjemahan dri orang Kelantan. Ini menunjukkan kalai xde bahasa pemersatu mmg susah org2 Melayu nak fhm antara satu sama lain.
Following Beijing's first snowfall in 2026, Chinese netizens are flocking to the Forbidden City to take pictures of their beloved online celebrities, the "royal kittens," the loving little guardians of the ancient palaces. The Forbidden City has about 200 registered cats. Many of these cats have names, a fan base, and even themed cultural merchandise.
Most "royal cats" are either decedents of Chinese emperors' royal pets or guards of the Belvedere of Literary Profundity (文渊阁), the imperial library in the Forbidden City. Many emperors in ancient China adored cats; some even formed royal institutions to care for these little fur balls. Many of the royal cats even had their human servants. Those cute creatures inspire many royal artworks, such as paintings and sculptures.
Those kittens may no longer hold royal titles due to China's elimination of the imperial system. Still, they've taken over Chinese social media and are now considered "cyber kings and queens". Every one of them has their distinct characteristics, style, and group of devoted followers.
They have also been a source of revenue for the Forbidden City since their likeness appears on various cultural items, including pillows, notebooks and more.
Steve Irwin stops a kookaburra fight by imitating their language, and no that's not a joke.
This is an actual thing that happened.
Steve Irwin was a treasure.
🚀 In SE China’s Jiangxi, a teacher and his students built a two-stage rocket from plastic bottles and powered by water pressure!
This is the kind of hands-on joy that makes science unforgettable.
May 2023: Asiana pax opened A321 door to, quote "catch a breath of fresh air". The plane landed safely, all 194 safe and the gentlemen got a free ride to the nearest jail...
https://t.co/GfJHjeCQN4
The iconic seasons-changing walk in Notting Hill (1999) wasn’t filmed across months — it was all shot in one day right on Portobello Road.
Four different shots were later stitched to make the illusion of spring turning to summer, to fall, to winter all in a single walk.
Nonsense kalau majikan cakap siapa yang ambil MC tu akan jejaskan KPI dia.
Baca ss ni dari Makcik Labor dan tag boss korang!
Terima kasih dan kredit kepada Nadzrah Yusof 😊