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A Delhi slum survivor rewrites futures, helping girls avoid child marriage.

Most children learn to walk at two. He learned to survive hunger, violence, and fear. That survival became the...

Is guessing about hot pavement a thing of the past for dog owners?

Summer fun means dangerous heat for dogs. 85°F air hits 135°F on pavement, burning paws. A new iPhone app helps protect your pup from overheating and painful walks.

Cuba’s Communist Party approves opening economy in unprecedented move

Economic

From closed doors to open markets: Cuba's economy embraces change.

Cuba's Communist Party just approved unprecedented free-market measures. This emergency economic package comes as the island nation reels from an ongoing US pressure campaign.

Why people eat smoked meats, potato salad, and watermelon to celebrate Juneteenth

Arts

Juneteenth's Table: The Flavors of Freedom, From Texas to the Nation

Visiting Comanche Crossing on Juneteenth felt like freedom," my father said. We were at Booker T. Washington Park, near Lake Mexia's historic Comanche Crossing, a place once vibrant with Black families celebrating.

George W. Bush and Michelle Obama Recreate Iconic Pic

Peace

Smile: Bush and Obama's Altoids tradition continues.

Michelle Obama and George W. Bush: an unlikely friendship! On June 18, 2026, Bush attended the Obama Presidential Center opening, gifting Michelle Altoids—a nod to their viral 2018 moment.

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Watch an orangutan swing over a busy road via canopy bridge: 'We have watched and waited for this moment'

Watch an orangutan reclaim its forest path, thanks to a new canopy bridge.

A busy Indonesian road slices through 350 critically endangered Sumatran orangutans' habitat, dividing them. As the road widened, their forest canopy bridge vanished, stranding them.

Scientists Say We’ve Been Wrong About the Aging Brain

The surprising truth about how our brains truly age.

Your brain isn't done growing! New research suggests the aging brain is far more capable of growth and improvement than scientists once believed.

Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Launches Augmented Reality Project On National Mall

Arts

Breakthrough

Meet America's unsung heroines right on the National Mall.

Uncover hidden history! The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum launches "Unhidden Heroines" on June 18. Use your phone to bring five influential women to life on the National Mall.

Health

A simple saliva test now reveals who needs more sleep.

A single saliva sample can now detect acute sleep deprivation. This breakthrough could revolutionize road safety and high-risk professions, where sleep loss poses significant dangers.

From Suriname to Space: Rohit Goeptar’s Shares his Journey to NASA

From Suriname's poverty to NASA's stars: A new engineer helps chart space's future.

From his office, NASA's Rohit Goeptar, an electromagnetic/radio frequency analyst, reviews the radio frequency link budget for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. He's part of a new wave of NASA civil servants.

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Arizona is building its 27th wildlife crossing. Altogether, they've reduced collisions by 90%

Imagine Arizona's highways, safer for animals and drivers.

Wildlife collisions plague Arizona roads. A new I-17 overpass, south of Flagstaff, aims to reduce the 1,270 annual crashes by fall 2026.

South Africa hold Czechia 1-1 to keep World Cup knockout dream alive

Sports

Does a late penalty spark South Africa's World Cup dreams?

Teboho Mokoena's late penalty salvaged a 1-1 draw for South Africa against Czechia in their Group A World Cup clash. They fought back after falling behind early.

Today's Hope-Up: The Universe Got Weird, Then We Got Smarter

Game Changer

Today's Hope-Up: The Universe Got Weird, Then We Got Smarter

From zero cervical cancer deaths in vaccinated women to a universe that's stranger than we thought, today brought big ideas and bigger hope.

8 Songs You Didn't Know Were Written By Willie Nelson

Arts

Willie Nelson's hidden songbook still shapes country music.

Willie Nelson: country icon, 7-decade career, countless hits. But before he was a star, Nelson penned songs for others.

Kevin Bacon Announces His Official New Name

Embrace "Kevin Beans" and his mission for animals.

Kevin Bacon: Hollywood's beloved, well-connected star. With a stellar career, loving family, and dedication to causes, he's now "Kevin Beans," partnering with Humane World for Animals to promote meatless Wednesdays.

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Trail cameras spot one of the world's rarest mammals — with a baby in its pouch

That "mini bulge" just brightened the future for rare wombats.

Good news from Down Under! Conservationists in Queensland, Australia "turned to mush" seeing images of a rare marsupial, thought extinct for decades, thriving in the wild.

These Tiny Birds Became Giants on Remote Scottish Islands

On remote Scottish islands, tiny wrens quietly grew into giants.

Remote Scottish islands transformed tiny wrens into giants. These supersized birds may be evolving into entirely new species, a fascinating example of rapid evolution.

Nearly All Plants Depend on Tiny Underground Fungi. The Microbes' Vast Global Networks Were Just Mapped for the First Time

Landmark

Earth's billion-mile underground fungal network just got its first map.

Imagine a fungal network so vast, its threads could stretch from Earth to the sun nearly a billion times. That's the incredible scale of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in our topsoil.

In search of the ‘rare and beautiful’ in an Ivorian rainforest

Côte d’Ivoire's ancient rainforest paths still welcome rare species.

Half a million years old? An ancient animal path, not human-made, winds through Côte d’Ivoire's Taï National Park rainforest, leading to a curious creature's nesting site.

68 Quadrillion Miles: Scientists Map Earth’s Vast Hidden Fungal Network for the First Time

Paradigm Shift

68 quadrillion miles of Earth's hidden fungal network now mapped.

A hidden 68-quadrillion-mile fungal superhighway, Earth's first global underground map, sustains life and stores carbon.

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Hubble's new view helps scientists see how galaxies grow.

Uncover Hubble's universe-changing legacy. Explore its history, groundbreaking science, cultural impact, and technological benefits—from human spaceflight to AI partnerships.

Kaleidescape’s new Strato K flagship movie player sharpens its already convincing case against streaming

From pixelated streams to cinematic clarity: A new player sharpens home viewing.

In 2025, we called Kaleidescape's Strato V "infinitely superior to streaming… even better than Blu-ray." This player delivers 4K titles with 3x streaming bitrates and lossless audio.

Vanilla, fake eggs and nausea: How Australian scientists Australia are training foxes to avoid turtle nests

Foxes learn to leave turtle nests.

Vanilla, eggs, and a mysterious mist: Researcher Ligia Pizzatto buried an egg on Ryan's Lagoon's banks, then sprayed it with vanilla. What was she doing?

Off-grid-capable tiny house embraces small-living freedom

This tiny home offers big freedom: your own off-grid escape.

Escape the everyday. The Felicia tiny house offers ultimate freedom and simplicity, easily towable and optionally off-grid. Live anywhere, ditching campsites and trailer parks.

Ripple-like rings of the 'Bullseye galaxy' could be explained by dark matter

Imagine dark matter drawing perfect rings around a distant galaxy.

The Bullseye galaxy's nine mysterious rings might be a dark matter quantum dance. Two U.S. physicists propose this radical idea in The Astrophysical Journal.

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New system makes drinking water from ocean water

Game Changer

Ocean water now delivers clean drinking and battery materials, no chemicals needed.

Solar-powered desalination now creates drinking water from seawater without chemicals. Its self-cleaning metal surface collects salts, extracting lithium instead of dumping harmful brine waste.

Desperate for shade on your walk? There’s (almost) an app for that.

From scorching streets to shaded paths: A new app cools city walks.

City walks are becoming unbearable, even dangerous. The urban heat island effect traps sun's energy in buildings and roads, radiating heat back and raising temperatures far above rural areas.

Breakthrough Fentanyl Vaccine Could Neutralize Designer Drugs and Prevent Overdoses

Health

Breakthrough Fentanyl Vaccine Could Neutralize Designer Drugs and Prevent Overdoses

A new experimental vaccine could prevent deadly fentanyl overdoses, even against future designer drug variants.

Three Students Built a Device That Lets Visually Impaired Children Learn Coding Through Touch

Education

Momentum

This tactile device helps visually impaired children learn to code, opening new futures.

Coding starts with a screen for most. But this visual assumption excludes blind learners from a vital 21st-century skill. Three Galgotias University students are challenging that.

The Obama Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday. Here's what to expect

Economic

Chicago's Obama Center opens, revealing a new kind of presidential library.

Get ready for a star-studded grand opening! The Obama Presidential Center's museum celebrates a presidential legacy, but it's no traditional library.

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AI-driven optical tweezers sort hundreds of particles per hour without humans

AI tweezers sort hundreds of particles an hour, no human needed.

AI-powered optical tweezers from the University of Gothenburg now sort hundreds of particles per hour, completely autonomously.

The nose knows: Electric schnoz can smell when your food’s gone bad - Berkeley News

Trust your food again: This electronic nose sniffs out spoilage.

Sniffing out danger: UC Berkeley researchers developed a device that detects gases from harmful bacteria, allergens, and other food safety hazards.

The ‘Civic Hour’ Is Reinventing Volunteering

Community

Forget old notions of service: Paris reinvents volunteering with "Civic Hour.

104-year-old Nicole Riberolles sighs, "Only consonants!" Her Scrabble rack holds Q, R, Y, W, N, E. Frustrated, she fingers her pearls, but soon rallies to play "EWE" for triple points.

All detainees from immigration facility 'Alligator Alcatraz' have been transferred

Community

Alligator Alcatraz" immigration facility now stands empty.

Alligator Alcatraz," the Florida Everglades detention center, is empty. All detainees were transferred due to hurricane season concerns, Homeland Security announced.

French Polynesia expands ocean protections to 30% of its waters

Momentum

Where nets once plunged, a vast ocean sanctuary now flourishes in French Polynesia.

French Polynesia just expanded its fully protected ocean to 30%, banning seabed mining and industrial fishing. This builds on last year's creation of the 5 million sq km Tainui Atea marine protected area.

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New Yorkers are set to fete the Knicks with a ticker-tape parade

Sports

Celebrate with New York: The Knicks are bringing home a parade.

New York erupts! The Knicks are finally bringing home the NBA championship, ending generations of waiting. A ticker-tape parade celebrates their victory Thursday.

This ultrasonic espresso method uses 75 percent less energy and tastes just as good

Soundwaves brew espresso with 75% less energy: Here's the secret.

Your morning coffee ritual is about to change. Researchers just brewed espresso with ultrasonic soundwaves, not heat, in under three minutes.

Scientists Say a New Universe Could Form Inside a Dying Star

Could a dying star nurture a whole new cosmos?

Forget black holes. A new study suggests a collapsing star could spark a tiny, expanding universe instead.

New method could treble number of patients getting genetic test

Health

More patients get cancer insights.

Cambridge scientists just unlocked a "game-changing" cancer service. A new genetic testing technique, pioneered there, means more patients could get crucial diagnoses.

India Has 1,500 Known Cave Systems. Their Hidden Fungi Could Hold Clues for Medicine and Space Exploration