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Beneath the Coronado Bay Bridge lies a hidden gem: Chicano Park, home to one of America's largest mural collections celebrating Chicano Pride and Hispanic history.
Linguists are ditching a 70-year-old checklist. An international team proposes a radical reimagining of language itself—one that captures how it actually evolves through sound, gesture, and social interaction.
Drowsy driving poses a serious threat on America's roads, according to a new Governors Highway Safety Association report released Feb. 26.
Scientists just unlocked a way to pack vastly more data into single photons using quantum light. This breakthrough could revolutionize secure communication and imaging technology.
Fort McMurray's restorative justice program has a stunning track record: only 1 reoffender out of 115 participants. Now expanding beyond youth to adults, the northern Alberta initiative proves accountability works.
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Researchers just unveiled the first standardized tool to measure fairness in ocean projects—from offshore energy to fishing treaties. The Ocean Equity Index could reshape how governments and companies manage our seas.
Jersey just legalized assisted dying. Now Westminster and Scotland are weighing similar bills for terminally ill patients.
After 40 years, a 17th-century stepwell in Hyderabad finally flows with clean water. The breakthrough came after 18 months of removing 3,000 tonnes of rubbish from Bansilalpet.
A massive neutrino detector at Fermilab challenges the existence of sterile neutrinos—but doesn't rule them out entirely.
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Jersey's assisted dying law could enable the first legal deaths by 2027 following Royal Assent.
The "fire tiger" of Thai legend is real—and nearly impossible to spot. Asia's golden cat ranks among the world's rarest wildcats.
Eli Lilly's orforglipron pill outperformed existing GLP-1 drugs in clinical trials, offering a potentially more effective oral alternative to Wegovy and Mounjaro injections.
Markings on 40,000-year-old objects suggest Stone Age people may have recorded their thoughts—pushing the origins of writing back millennia earlier than previously believed.
Gisèle Pelicot chose a public trial to give voice to rape victims too ashamed to speak. Her decision transformed a French courtroom into a global symbol of courage.
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Trisha Brown's avant-garde masterpiece Set and Reset proves dance can be delightfully absurd. The 1983 collaboration between Brown, Laurie Anderson, and Robert Rauschenberg returns to BAM this weekend.
Your diet is as crucial to dental health as your toothbrush. Cheese, leafy greens, and other foods actively strengthen enamel and fight cavity-causing bacteria—here are nine you should eat.
Tiny bubbles wreak havoc in nuclear plants, electronics, and biomanufacturing—clogging filters and disrupting reactions. MIT researchers just decoded how to stop them.
Crumbling stone engine houses mark Cornwall's mining past—now a gleaming lithium extraction plant resurrects the region's resource-hungry legacy underground.
At just 21, Anandi Gopal Joshi shattered barriers to become India's first female doctor—defying societal stigma to earn her degree from Pennsylvania's Women's Medical College.
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One DMT dose paired with therapy reversed treatment-resistant depression for months, offering hope to millions who've failed standard antidepressants.
Atomic vibrations can now control electron orbits—a breakthrough that could revolutionize quantum computing and materials science.
A soccer ball struck a seagull mid-flight. What happened next: a player performed CPR to save its life.
Astronomers just spotted a jellyfish galaxy 8.5 billion light-years away—and it's rewriting what we thought we knew about the early universe.
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) recently hosted a webinar to examine how expanding use of GLP-1 weight-loss medications is reshaping food consumption, nutrition priorities, and product innovation. The changes extend beyond appetite suppression, influencing consumer preferences and sensitiv...
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Scientists just cracked the code for mass-producing perovskite solar cells. A new vacuum-deposition technique dramatically improves crystal quality, bringing next-gen solar technology closer to real-world manufacturing.
Women chase the perfect body their entire lives—until the body positivity movement rewrites the rules. Democracy Clothing is here to help you feel good in your skin.
El Salvador now hosts the world's largest mural—crafted entirely from recycled plastic bottle caps by Venezuelan artist Óscar Olivares and local recyclers.
Six journalists across three continents wrote letters to the future—not editors. What they revealed about their generation's climate anxiety is striking.
Historians are secretly archiving Smithsonian wall labels before the Trump administration rewrites American history in federal museums.
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The Cocoa Police Department's new K9 officer Kyra brings more than crime-fighting skills—she's got serious dance moves that have her coworkers grooving.
The New York Historical will receive a transformative bequest of over 100 modern and contemporary works by Native American artists, spanning from early 20th-century potter Nampeyo to today's Jeffrey Gibson.
A four-eared cat named Dobby went viral on Reddit, leaving skeptics wondering if AI had created him. He's real—and twice as good at ignoring you.
After 17 years extinct in the wild, Panama's brilliant golden frogs are hopping home. Conservationists are finally reintroducing the fluorescent amphibians to their native ecosystem.
A Department of Homeland Security official assured top state voting officials that immigration agents won't patrol polling places during the midterms.
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A woman signed up to donate a kidney to a stranger—then discovered she'd unknowingly saved her own life in the process.
Your DNA is constantly reshaping itself in 3D space—and these movements directly control which genes turn on or off, determining what your cells become.
Human trafficking affects over a million Americans, yet the true scale remains hidden—fragmented data collection efforts prevent accurate counts.
Roblox players can now customize avatars affordably while supporting real communities through in-game purchases.
Sneaker squeaks, screeching tires, and squealing brakes all share one thing: physics-driven friction. Yet scientists barely understand what makes surfaces squeak.