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Chef Saves Elderly Customer's Life After Noticing He Hadn't Come in to Eat for Several Days Many of us have daily routines that keep us going. For 78-year-old Charlie Hicks, that includes ordering food daily from the Shrimp Basket restaurant in P...
A team at UNIGE has uncovered a geometric structure once thought to be purely theoretical at the core of quantum materials, opening the door to major advances in future electronics. How can information be processed almost instantly, or electrica...
Farmer and chef Caroline Radice remembers waking up to frantic text messages one morning in October 2017: wildfires were rapidly moving through the hills surrounding her farm in northern California. She evacuated her younger brother from where he liv...
A new study shows that promising single-crystal battery materials degrade for reasons scientists hadn't fully recognized before. Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory and the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) h...
Woman Disappeared for 16 Years, Then Reconnected with Ex-Fiancé Separation from loved ones can have profound psychological impacts, disrupting brain chemistry, nervous system regulation, and long-term relationship patterns. This is a story of one...
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A major advance in spintronics came with the discovery of unusual magnetoresistance (UMR). This effect occurs when the electrical resistance of a heavy metal changes as the magnetization rotates within a plane perpendicular to the electric current. ...
For a movement so often framed by loss—and confronting a particularly difficult moment—conservation is relearning how to talk about itself. This shift may signal something deeper than messaging: a recalibration of what persuades people to care, to fu...
For the first time since Billboard launched the Global 200 in September 2020, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas" has been dethroned as the highest-ranking holiday tune. In a surprising turn of events, Wham!'s 1984 hit "Last Christmas" has clai...
A gem of an old performance has recently resurfaced online, featuring a magical duet between the legendary Michael Jackson and renowned singer Roberta Flack. The performance took place in 1974 on the TV special "Free to Be...You and Me," which aimed ...
How Mars' Atmosphere Shapes Its Landscapes New research digs into how Mars' atmosphere shapes its sedimentary landscapes. The surface and atmosphere of Mars have seen many changes over its 4.5-billion-year history. While the planet's current atm...
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McKinnon Galloway is a health advocate and public speaker raising awareness about neurofibromatosis (NF2), a genetic disorder causing tumors to grow on nerves. In an Instagram post, she recounts her experience navigating cancer, surgeries, and other ...
Colliding Objects Spotted in Neighboring Star System Scientists have captured the first direct images of colliding objects in a neighboring star system. Astronomers have observed the aftermath of two powerful collisions within a 20-year period ar...
Stunning Deep-Sea Discoveries in 2025 Over the past year, researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in California guided remotely operated vehicles more than 3,000 feet down to survey the vast biodiversity within some ...
There was a time when nearly every small town in Ontario was connected by trains. Those days are long gone, but the former rail lines now connect the communities of the City of Kawartha Lakes in a different fashion. The Kawartha section of the Trans-...
University of Leicester engineers have unveiled a concept for a device designed to magnetically "cloak" sensitive components, making them invisible to detection. A magnetic cloak is a device that hides or shields an object from external magnetic fie...
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During International Homelessness Week, the social enterprise Connection Crew brought together over 70 leaders from social enterprises, homelessness charities, event partners, and impact-driven organizations to celebrate 20 years of delivering employ...
He Walked Barefoot to Mumbai & Went on To Build the World's Tallest Statue Born in 1925 in Gondur, a small village in Maharashtra, Ram Vanji Sutar grew up watching his father, a carpenter, work with wood. In those slow, deliberate movements, youn...
'It just feels good when you solve the hard problems' At crunch time at the end of fall semester, Easton Singer '26 had many things piled on his plate: an orchestra performance, final exams and projects, a senior thesis, and applications for grad...
What's Behind the Popularity of Holiday Rom Coms? It's the most wonderful time of the year—a season filled with sweet treats, glowing lights, and, for millions of eager viewers, formulaic romantic comedies. Hallmark Channel, a leading force in th...
One Year In: Meta's Richland Parish Data Center Supports Louisiana Economy With $875M In Contracts It's been one year since Meta broke ground on their Richland Parish Data Center in Louisiana, which will house their largest multi-gigawatt AI trai...
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The world's tallest buildings represent humanity's remarkable capacity to overcome architectural and engineering challenges, pushing the boundaries of vertical construction to unprecedented levels. These towering structures not only define modern cit...
AI Breakthroughs, Our Most Advanced Glasses, and More: Meta's 2025 Highlights As 2025 comes to a close, Meta is looking back at some of their biggest moments of the year. They shared their vision for personal superintelligence, broke ground on cu...
The New Francis Kéré-Designed Las Vegas Museum of Art The Las Vegas Museum of Art (LVMA) has unveiled renderings of its new 60,000-square-foot museum building, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Francis Kéré. Kéré's design draws inspira...
A total of 1,435 couples almost tripled the Guinness World Record for the largest number of people kissing beneath the mistletoe By Ella Feldman - Daily Correspondent December 19, 2025 9:53 a.m. :focal(750x500:751x501)/https://tf-cmsv2-smith...
Engineer Powers Home with Discarded Vapes Chris Doel, a 26-year-old electronics engineer, has found a unique way to reduce waste from single-use vapes - by using the batteries to power his entire home. Doel was struck by the fact that these vape...
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Google plans to take a tangible first step in a new AI and computing moonshot by launching two prototype satellites to orbit in early 2027. The tech giant's Project Suncatcher aims to build a data center in space, using a constellation of solar-power...
Millennials Reflect on Their Biggest Regrets As the oldest millennials approach 40, they are taking stock of the decisions and experiences that have shaped their lives so far. In a revealing Reddit thread, these self-reflective millennials shared...
Photography Scholar Sarah Lewis to Organize Exhibition Asking 'What If Emmett Till Lived?' The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) at Columbia College Chicago will host an exhibition next year titled "If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on Americ...
The English conquest of Ireland was a gradual process that took over 400 years, often a tug-of-war between the English and the native Gaelic rulers. It did not come to a decisive end until the Nine Years' War that concluded in 1603. In the Treaty of ...
Protected Areas in Africa: Vital but Complex Perceptions Protected areas (PAs) are critical for global biodiversity conservation, yet their social impacts remain contentious. The prevailing narrative often pits the global benefits of biodiversity...
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A single video of an electric vehicle burning can rack up millions of views in a matter of hours. Headlines sometimes frame battery fires as proof that EVs are inherently dangerous, often implying that electric cars ignite more easily than gasoline v...
Explore NASA's Most Detailed Map of the Night Sky Yet NASA's SPHEREx orbital space telescope has completed its inaugural infrared scan of the entire sky, creating the most detailed 3D map of the cosmos to date. In just six months of operations, t...
Neurons Regrow to Restore Vision After Injury For decades, neuroscientists believed that neurons do not regenerate once damaged. However, people often regain at least some lost abilities after brain trauma, raising the question of how recovery ha...
Ruth Foundation Names Recipients of $100,000 Ruth Awards The Milwaukee-based Ruth Foundation for the Arts has named five artists as the recipients of its 2026 Ruth Awards. Each winner will receive an unrestricted grant of $100,000, disbursed over...
What happens when a star dies? In 2019, the red supergiant star Betelgeuse dimmed in brightness, sparking speculation that it may soon explode as a supernova. While it likely won't explode quite yet, we can preview its fate by observing the nearby Cr...
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Robots today can perform many impressive feats, from recognizing objects to navigating complex spaces. However, when it comes to touch, the limits of robotic capabilities become immediately apparent. As a researcher in soft robotics, the author has f...
Tanzania's Tree-Climbing Hyraxes Adapt to Life Without Trees Despite their name, tree hyraxes — small, furry, nocturnal African mammals — don't always live in trees. In Tanzania's Pare mountains, near the border with Kenya, they've adapted to lif...
Targeting the Protein Viruses Use to Break In Washington State University scientists have uncovered a method to interfere with a key viral protein, stopping viruses from getting inside cells where they can cause disease. The discovery points tow...
The soldiers guarding the Roman Empire's northwestern frontier faced a serious parasite problem. Scientists analyzing sewer drains from the Roman fort Vindolanda (near Hadrian's Wall in northern England) found three types of intestinal parasites - ro...
A growing body of research is revealing how a short, simple activity that is done in just 15 minutes can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and promote long-term emotional well-being. The practice, called the Best Possible Self exercise, invites people t...