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Airbus just launched LEIA, a massive project to build next-gen hybrid-electric aircraft. This is a huge step towards greener, more efficient flight.
Anthony Joshua hit the canvas twice against Kristian Prenga! The former champ roared back, knocking out Prenga in round two of their dramatic Saudi Arabia heavyweight clash.
UChicago & Argonne researchers developed a molten salt method. It could create more durable materials for printed electronics and flexible devices.
Meet Johannes Amo-Aye, CEO of MINAGIE Energy. His Ghana-made Fusion Wind Turbine, a hybrid wind-solar system, is tackling energy poverty, bringing reliable power to rural clinics, schools, and communities.
Forget Nessie! Christopher Nolan's *The Odyssey* might evoke the Mediterranean, but its mythical action actually unfolds along Scotland's Moray Firth coast.
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Ocean conditions maximized carbon burial for millions of years. Researchers found a narrow range of factors drove this ancient carbon sequestration.
Brazilian bones reveal a new Triassic reptile, a close relative to the lineage that gave rise to both dinosaurs and crocodiles.
Ancient chelicerates, a group including spiders and scorpions, just got a new, ancient relative. Scientists from Leicester and Yunnan universities identified a new species.
Ozempic-like drugs quieted a deep brain reward circuit in mice, reducing pleasure-driven eating. This could unlock new ways to understand cravings and treat substance use disorder.
Starship just hit a major milestone! SpaceX successfully deployed next-gen Starlink V3 satellites on its 13th flight, achieving its most controlled upper stage splashdown yet.
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Archie Rand's "Letter Paintings," a cult favorite for decades, are heading to an unexpected new home: Italy's Modena FC. The football club acquired 44 works made by Rand as a teenager.
From light-speed chemistry to distant exoplanet atmospheres, this week's science breakthroughs prove precision is power. We zoom in on the specific details changing our world.
Store light on a chip? New tech lets you control, delay, and store light in a single photonic chip, unlocking low-power AI computing and next-gen optical comms.
Electra is bringing its EL9 Ultra Short aircraft to life in Springfield, Ohio! A new $850M facility will produce up to 800 hybrid-electric planes annually, creating 1,975 jobs.
Gut-muscle-pain connection? A prebiotic fiber supplement cut knee osteoarthritis pain, boosted grip strength, and improved pain sensitivity in a 6-week trial.
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Backyard sprinklers just cracked a decades-old mystery: how flowing water makes objects spin.
A faint helium stream reveals an atmosphere on a distant rocky world. This marks a major milestone in the search for life beyond our solar system.
Cargo bikes promise car-free convenience for errands and school runs. But their bulky size and awkward storage often make them impractical, especially for apartment dwellers.
Chinese astronomers spotted AT2019ijn, a peculiar, fast-rising, slow-decaying blue optical transient with exceptionally bright radio emission, erupting from a dwarf galaxy's center.
ChatGPT creator OpenAI just dropped its first hardware: a $230 mini-keyboard. Designed for Codex users, it promises to supercharge your coding workflow.
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A Cornell student and her pet parakeet designed a wearable perch for your hand! Nanyi Jiang and Shiso created NomadicPerch, a felted wearable transforming your hand into a mobile bird perch.
Burger King's "Have it your way" promise just got serious. On July 20, 2026, they launched the Whopper Guarantee: get your custom Whopper exactly right, or it's on them.
New York: the city that never sleeps, where kindness often goes unseen. When a Walgreens dumped unsold greeting cards, a group of women transformed trash into heartwarming treasures.
A groundbreaking discovery reshaping magnetism just earned Europe's top condensed matter physics prize. Professor Jairo Sinova wins the 2026 Europhysics Prize for his revolutionary work.
Chad le Clos just made history! The South African swimmer earned his 19th Commonwealth Games medal, surpassing all male athletes ever.
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A child immigrant from 1970s Korea, UC Berkeley author Bora Lee Reed draws on family history and Korean War research to craft a deeply human novel of struggle, loss, and reunion.
Discover the untold story of a pioneering Black feminist. UC Berkeley Professor Ula Taylor shares excerpts from her book on the life that shaped modern social justice.
The APOE2 gene protects brain cells by reducing DNA damage and helping neurons recover from stress. This discovery could lead to new Alzheimer's treatments.
Michael J. Fox hid his Parkinson's diagnosis for seven years, fearing it would end his career. Diagnosed at 29, he kept it secret until 1998, eventually stepping back from acting to focus on his family.
Liberia's history, once only spoken by elders, now thrives on TikTok, YouTube, and podcasts. Young Liberians are digitizing their heritage, sharing stories with a global audience.
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Gravity from Entropy: New research reveals how gravity and thermodynamics might finally reconcile.
Democrats picked South Carolina for the first 2028 presidential primary, followed by Nevada, prioritizing Black and Latino voters. New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan, and Virginia also hold early contests.
Quantum materials promise to revolutionize computing, secure communications, and energy. But a major obstacle has long blocked their path.
This spider-inspired robot boat could save lives. Developed by Chinese and US researchers, the QuadBoat tracks and retrieves drowning victims directly from the water, revolutionizing water rescue.
VUB researchers are giving medieval city dwellers a face and voice at the Yper Museum's wONDERLAND exhibition. Their interdisciplinary study of 1,000+ skeletons brings history to life.
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A lost Marc Chagall artwork, forgotten on a warehouse shelf for 20 years, was finally gifted to a French museum this week after languishing in bureaucratic purgatory.
Even seasoned campers dread outdoor cooking. Hauling gear, fuel, and battling wind to keep a flame alive turns simple meals into a chore.
363,250 miles out, a NASA ESCAPADE spacecraft snapped stunning visible and thermal infrared photos of Earth and the Moon on July 3. The Moon appeared large from 115,600 miles away.
Clean energy just got a scalable boost! This advance also makes plastic recycling more effective, tackling two major challenges at once.
San Vicente, Palawan is critical for Olive Ridley sea turtles, but their nests face immediate threats from dogs, rising seas, and storms. A local NGO works with patrollers to protect them.