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Chinese researchers have created a wearable robot that straps two mechanical legs to your back, turning you into a four-legged centaur that carries heavy loads while cutting walking energy in half.
Depressed brains work harder at rest but falter under stress—a cellular energy paradox that could reshape how we treat depression.
NASA cleared technical hurdles blocking its Artemis II Moon mission—now targeting early April for launch.
A rapper-turned-politician's four-year-old party just claimed a near two-thirds parliamentary majority in Nepal—a stunning political upset.
Humans are finally going back to the moon. NASA opens a six-day launch window April 1 from Kennedy Space Center—the first crewed lunar mission since Apollo 17 ended in 1972.
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Canada's top art collector Bob Rennie just handed the National Gallery 24 contemporary masterpieces—part of a staggering 284-work donation since 2012.
Fluid pooling in the lungs and limbs, arrhythmias, sudden cardiac arrest—heart failure kills. Once treated with leeches, this incurable condition now demands modern medicine's best weapons.
After years of heartbreak and multiple miscarriages, Megan Black finally got her positive pregnancy test—then an ultrasound revealed an astonishing surprise: quadruplets.
Africa's apex predator is now the hunted: Kenya's lions are learning to fear livestock, forcing an uneasy coexistence between pastoralists and the continent's most iconic predator.
Chicago could rescue its crumbling intercity bus station from financial collapse—if the city agrees to buy it from its struggling owner.
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Light just cracked one of chemistry's toughest puzzles: making housane, a rare, ultra-strained molecule that could unlock new drugs. Scientists finally have a practical way to build it.
A New York man has made it his mission to roast the planets—and no celestial body is safe from his brutal critiques on Instagram.
Two British brothers just smashed the Rubik's Cube robot record—their homemade machine solved it in 45.3 seconds, crushing the competition by 33 seconds.
Seagrass meadows are quietly becoming coastal armor against climate change. These underwater plants stop erosion, store carbon, and protect shorelines—making them nature's most underrated defense.
German researchers built a "broomstick on wheels" robot that finds lost household items by combining AI language models with 3D mapping—a breakthrough in robotic search technology.
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Sensory overload makes dining out torture for autistic guests—until one restaurant owner decided to change that.
A 7th-century timber beam still stands in Bamburgh Church—legend says Saint Aiden died leaning against it while spreading Christianity across Northumbria.
3.5 million daily listings. Facebook Marketplace has become the go-to hub for buying and selling everything from furniture to fashion—and Meta just made it smarter with AI.
Led Zeppelin didn't just define rock music—they invented the blueprint for stadium-shaking excess and mystical experimentation that still echoes today.
Supercomputers are cracking the code of chaos to make nuclear reactors safer. Argonne researchers are ditching approximations for raw computing power to model turbulent flow—the key to a carbon-free future.
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Readers' emails revealed the real adventure was already unfolding in living rooms, minivans, and even a sinking ship—before the author packed a single bag.
Vitamin D failed to prevent COVID infection, yet emerging research suggests it may unlock a key to treating long COVID's debilitating symptoms.
A Nazi-era bunker built by forced laborers still looms over Berlin's upscale Reinhardtstrasse, a jarring concrete reminder amid elegant restaurants and boutiques.
Photographer Keisha Scarville wins the Brooklyn Museum's $25,000 Uovo Prize for her powerful work exploring diaspora and shifting identities. Her work will be displayed on a Bushwick art storage facade.
Doha just opened the world's first mosque designed exclusively for women. The Al-Mujadilah Center, named after a Quranic figure meaning "She Who Discourses," will host worship, dialogue, and international summits.
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Jack Osbourne and Aree welcomed baby girl Ozzy Matilda on March 9, 2026—honoring late grandfather Ozzy Osbourne less than a year after his death.
Deep Fission is drilling underground—literally. The California nuclear startup has begun construction on its first data acquisition well for a 15-megawatt reactor designed to operate a mile beneath Earth's surface.
Fab 5 Freddy, the graffiti artist who shaped hip-hop culture, reveals his latest creative obsessions in a candid new interview.
Chinese robotics firm XGSynBot just unveiled Z1, a wheeled humanoid robot that can seamlessly switch between factory workstations—equipped with breakthrough modular technology never seen before.
An inflatable truck camper that weighs as little as fiberglass caps but sleeps three to four? The Thaircamper inflates in minutes, making truck camping lighter, easier, and cheaper than ever.
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Every day, Mumbai's Dabbawalas perform an invisible miracle: delivering thousands of home-cooked meals across a sprawling city with near-perfect precision—a century-old system that still outpaces modern logistics.
Hip-hop artist JJ'88 transforms his years in California's prison system into a visual album, documenting his journey from incarceration to redemption through music and meditation.
Nineteen cities worldwide—including London, San Francisco, and Beijing—have slashed dangerous air pollutants by over 20% since 2010, proving major pollution cuts are achievable.
Your Sun may have wandered billions of miles from its birthplace. New research reveals our star was part of a massive stellar exodus from the Milky Way's core.
Decades of carb-versus-fat debates may have missed what actually matters: a 30-year study of 200,000 Americans reveals food quality—not macronutrient ratios—is what protects your heart.
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A widower drowning in debt after his wife's death couldn't get help—until one social worker broke protocol.
A 68-year-old former banker in Hyderabad transformed his balcony into a thriving spring onion garden during lockdown—proving you don't need farmland to grow fresh food.
Bam Adebayo's 83-point explosion shattered records—36 free throws, 43 attempts—sparking debate: historic performance or stat-padding masterclass?
New research reveals the happiest cities in America—places where strong communities, fulfilling jobs, and healthy lifestyles converge to create genuine well-being.
Your gut bacteria might hold the secret to aging itself—scientists just discovered unexpected connections between microscopic intestinal communities and how we grow old.