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Joyce Foundation's $100K Joyce Awards are back! After a year-long pause, the Chicago-based foundation pivots to unrestricted grants for Great Lakes artists, plus $40K for partner organizations.
Many people would rather electrically shock themselves than sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes. Mindfulness helps you direct attention to your moment-to-moment sensations, emotions, and thoughts.
Brian Eno, FKA Twigs, Patti Smith, and Jim Jarmusch are creating "sonic prayers" for the Holy See's Venice Biennale pavilion. This year's focus: listening.
From quantum computing to Himalayan forest restoration, discover how unseen forces and human patience are driving today's most profound progress.
After 15+ years, Ghana finally declared its first marine protected area on April 14. This "historic moment" safeguards depleting fish stocks and covers 703 sq km at Cape Three Points.
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Four South African men won the Nobel Peace Prize. Celebrate their legacy at Cape Town's Nobel Square.
Prime Minister Mark Carney's centrist Liberal government just secured a parliamentary majority in Canada, solidifying his power and clearing the path for his agenda without opposition reliance.
Two seismic shifts rocked software engineering this century: open source democratized code, then DevOps and Agile transformed development. Now, agentic AI promises a third revolution.
The Guggenheim Foundation just unveiled its 2026 Fellows! 223 scholars and artists earned one of the arts' most coveted honors, chosen from nearly 5,000 applicants across 55 diverse fields.
Gallium just shattered decades of scientific assumptions. Its liquid structure is far more complex than we ever imagined, revealing unexpected behavior that challenges established physics.
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Scientists found a way to supercharge cancer-fighting T cells. By blocking Ant2, they rewire energy production, making them more powerful, resilient, and effective at destroying tumors.
Beyond her reign, the British Queen was a fashion icon. A new show at Elizabeth's former residence unveils her most memorable looks and their untold stories.
Galleries are closing, funding is drying up, and collectors are pulling back. Yet, The Bennett Prize, for women figurative painters, just boosted its grand prize from $50,000 to $75,000.
Celebrating America's 250th, "Dear America" explores the nation's land, communities, and revolutionary past through art. Discover works dating back to the late 18th century.
Live full-time on wheels in the Currumbin! This compact home maximizes comfort with a smart layout and clever features. Upgrade with an off-grid setup or an outdoor terrace.
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Our oceans are acidifying. Absorbing 25-30% of atmospheric CO2, seawater forms carbonic acid, harming marine life like corals and oysters that need calcium carbonate for survival.
85% of Girl Scouts (ages 5-13) admire people for what they do, not how they look. This data is an "invitation for adults to take a deep breath and ditch the pressure to be perfect.
Ketchup or quicksand: non-Newtonian fluids defy easy explanation. Their flow changes with force, but the mechanics—especially rapid deformation—remain a mystery scientists are still unraveling.
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Forget the forecast! Last Tuesday, downtown Manhattan felt like spring as municipal employees gathered near City Hall. Their excitement wasn't for the weather, but a sleek, new shed replacing a vacant newsstand.
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Tired of gritty protein shakes? New research reveals how subtle whey protein processing changes could revolutionize the taste and texture of your favorite drinks.
New research reveals a quiet workforce shift: AI is empowering 5,000 U.S. workers for career mobility, while 1,000 employers struggle to keep pace.
Virginia just pushed the National Popular Vote Compact to 222 electoral votes. This changes everything for presidential elections.
A 34-year-old from Sirajganj, Bangladesh, traveled 600km to plant an endangered Anisoptera scaphula sapling on Jan 23, 2026. This marked the 64th planting, completing a nationwide campaign.
A hydrologist snowshoeing through Washington's snowy Cascades isn't unusual. But the long, serrated aluminum tube he carried? That's where the story begins.
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Europe's quantum computing companies are rapidly advancing. Could the continent lead the global quantum tech race?
Hummingbirds and sunbirds both drink nectar, but sunbirds use a unique tongue-suctioning technique—a first among vertebrates.
Forget topsoil! New research is unearthing thousands-year-old deep soils, revealing secrets about carbon storage, nutrients, and microbes. The Deep Soil Ecotron is pioneering this vital exploration.
Artemis II astronauts barely landed before worms launched into space! These tiny travelers blasted off April 11 from Cape Canaveral, headed to the ISS aboard NASA's CRS-24 mission.
Ancient Egyptians pioneered the first synthesized pigment: blue. A Harvard workshop explores this groundbreaking innovation and its lasting legacy, transforming art from prehistoric cave paintings onward.
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Sold on Facebook, two Asiatic black bear cubs were rescued in Laos! An illegal wildlife trade sting, coordinated by Free the Bears and local authorities, saved the 2-month-old sisters.
Kale and cabbage: your next miners? These leafy greens can extract toxic metals from contaminated soil, supplying materials for advanced tech and offering a lower-impact alternative to traditional mining.
A bizarre, bipedal crocodile relative is rewriting the rules of Triassic evolution. This "peculiar" reptile challenges assumptions about ancient croc movement and ecosystem diversity.
A 300-million-year-old mummified reptile reveals the earliest evidence of a land vertebrate using rib muscles to breathe—just like modern mammals, reptiles, and birds.
This tiny fossil snake is a giant clue. It's rewriting snake evolution, behavior, and revealing an ancient ecosystem unlike anything we know today.
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This paint changes color with impact! Monitor concussions on helmets, track package handling, or analyze patient gait. Tufts University's Silklab developed this innovative solution.
A long-overlooked fossil just rewrote pterosaur evolution. A chance discovery inside revealed an unexpected chapter, changing what we know about these ancient flyers.
San José launched the nation's first public AI education center, hosting free workshops for residents. The AI Center for Civic and Social Good aims to expand AI literacy.
Rural bridges are crumbling. The U.S. Department of Transportation just awarded $517 million in grants to fix them.
Want faster crops? Soaking vegetable seeds before planting accelerates germination, giving your plants a crucial head start against weeds. Ideal for large or slow-germinating seeds.