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La Linterna is a traditional printing press and graphic workshop located in the San Antonio neighborhood of Cali. It is not just an old printing press, but a cultural beacon that resists the digital age with old machines, ink, lead type, rollers, lin...
Pregnant Singer Shocks Newlyweds with Live Performance Little girls often dream about their perfect wedding day - the white gown, the beautiful flowers, the ideal venue. Emily Emby's wedding to her husband Joel at The Breakers in Palm Beach on De...
A new study finds that most U.S. public schools already have policies regulating the use of smartphones in class. The research, conducted by Hao Yu, associate professor of population medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health C...
On Nov. 8, the MIT Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center (MIT PKG Center) collaborated with the MIT Club of Princeton, New Jersey, and the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) to prototype tech-driven interventions to the growing challenge of food in...
Trump Administration Launches Regenerative Agriculture Pilot The Trump administration will direct $700 million into a voluntary regenerative agriculture pilot program that builds on existing conservation programs, top health and agriculture offic...
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Scientists discovered that reducing a gene called FDX2 can help cells survive the damage caused by Friedreich's ataxia. This finding opens the door to a fresh and potentially powerful treatment strategy. Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is an uncommon but d...
The Most Gen X Man in the World Sometimes Gen-Xers just want to feel seen, something that doesn't always happen for this latchkey sandwich generation. So when a YouTube account called Null Parade created a Gen X–themed ad inspired by Dos Equis, m...
When an investigative journalist in Africa follows a corruption trail, the danger no longer ends with physical threats. Their devices become targets for spyware, silent monitoring, and online attacks that expose sensitive information. Reporters Witho...
Early evidence links diabetes medications to epilepsy risk A new preliminary study suggests that people with diabetes who use glucose-lowering GLP-1 drugs may have a lower chance of developing epilepsy. The findings were published on December 10,...
Blood tests reveal obesity rapidly accelerates Alzheimer's progression "This is the first time we've shown the relationship between obesity and Alzheimer's disease as measured by blood biomarker tests," said Cyrus Raji, M.D., Ph.D., senior author...
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Humans Made Fire 350,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought Groundbreaking discoveries in a field in Suffolk, England suggest that humans mastered the art of creating fire 400,000 years ago - almost 350,000 years earlier than previously known....
"Something that we've been trying to get a better handle on is how much of the carbon in the ocean is getting fixed," said Angelicque Santoro, a marine microbiologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. "The numbers work out now, which is...
Germany's HAP-alpha Solar Aircraft Nears First Flight The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has announced that its high-altitude, uncrewed solar aircraft, HAP-alpha, has successfully completed a full suite of ground tests, paving the way for its much...
Scientists have long warned that rising global temperatures would force forest soils to leak more nitrogen gas into the air, further increasing both pollution and warming while robbing trees of an essential growth factor. However, a new study challen...
On most mornings in Indore's Sandipani Naveen Malav Kanya School, the assembly ground feels like a small town square. A group of girls steps forward to lead the prayer, read the news, and invite classmates to share what they've learned. In a nearby c...
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A robot inspired by desert tumbleweeds may be the first of a new generation of energy-efficient explorers rolling into future disaster zones. While the Hybrid Energy-efficient Rover Mechanism for Exploration Systems (HERMES) described in the journal ...
What every good boy and girl needs is a forever home and owners who love them to the moon and back. And, let's be honest, in a perfect world, there'd be no need for rescue shelters because our bestest friends would all have roofs over their derpy hea...
Now's Your Chance to Snag a €1 M. Picasso for Just €100 Aspiring art collectors can now donate just €100 (about $115) to a raffle organized by France's Fondation Recherche Alzheimer and win the chance to take home a Pablo Picasso valued at €1 mil...
The NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) provides administrative, advisory, and transactional support for federal benefits programs to all NASA employees. This includes calculating retirement estimates and processing retirement packages. Retiremen...
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At the main entrance of the University of Minho's Gualtar campus in Braga, Portugal, rises an imposing bronze sculpture of Prometheus, created in 1992 by the acclaimed Portuguese artist José Rodrigues. Commissioned with the support of the Calouste Gu...
Wildlife and Sports: A Conservation Opportunity More than you might imagine, the common mascot of the tiger connects universities like Clemson, Auburn, Louisiana State, and the University of Missouri to the cause of saving endangered species. The...
Hamza Walker Wins CCS Bard's 2026 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) has awarded its 2026 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence to Los Angeles-based curator Hamza Walke...
OSLO, Norway — The daughter of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado accepted the award on her mother's behalf on Wednesday, delivering a speech written by the Venezuelan opposition leader that called for the fight for freedom. Machado has...
Stardust Solutions' Ambitious Geoengineering Plan Stardust Solutions, an Israel-based geoengineering startup, believes it can solve climate change - for a price. The company has said it expects nations will soon pay it more than a billion dollar...
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Kids Locked Out of Social Media Apps After Australia's World-First Ban Australia has implemented a groundbreaking social media ban for children, making it the first jurisdiction in the world to deny an exemption for parental approval. The new law...
Restoring Energy by Supplying Fresh Mitochondria Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University report that they may have identified a way to slow or even reverse the loss of cellular energy production — a possibility that could influence many a...
Minnie Evans's Legacy Raises Questions About Power Dynamics The Mediation of Minnie Evans's Narrative A popular image of Minnie Evans (1892-1987), captured by art historian and photographer Nina Howell Starr (1903-2000), shows the self-taugh...
Understanding Flavanols and Their Potential Health Benefits Flavanols are a group of polyphenol compounds found in several plant-based foods, including fruits, tea, nuts, and cocoa beans. Previous studies have shown that these compounds can bene...
The findings suggest that sea cows have been engineering ecosystems in the Persian Gulf for tens of millions of years By Mary Randolph - Staff Contributor December 10, 2025 7:00 a.m. :focal(2850x1954:2851x1955)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-...
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A Lost Sea Cow World Resurfaces Beneath Qatar's Desert Dugongs and Their Long History in the Arabian Gulf Today, the Arabian Gulf supports a large population of dugongs, marine mammals that resemble manatees and help maintain seagrass habitats...
A College Student's Lesson in Empathy Even when there are no assigned seats, we often feel a sense of ownership over the spaces we occupy regularly. So when someone else encroaches on "our" territory, it can be frustrating. That's exactly what h...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center reports that a geomagnetic storm on December 9 could make the aurora borealis, or northern lights, visible in parts of the United States. Folks living in Alaska and...
The Voice Season 28 Finale: A Fierce Competition It's time for the season 28 finale of The Voice on NBC. Coaches Reba McEntire, Niall Horan, Snoop Dogg, and Michael Bublé have guided their teams through a grueling season, with devastating cuts an...
Companies in regulated industries like healthcare and finance face a delicate balancing act. They must move data and process transactions quickly enough to serve customers, but carefully enough to maintain ironclad security and satisfy regulatory scr...
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Picture a scientist with a provocative hypothesis — something that defies conventional wisdom or verges on the outlandish. Supporting the pursuit of that big, bold claim is the goal of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science's new Extraordinary...
Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the universe held together by gravity, containing up to several thousand individual galaxies and huge reservoirs of superheated, X-ray-emitting gas. The mass of this hot gas is typically about five time...
In March, NASA researchers employed a new camera system to capture data imagery of the interaction between Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission-1 lander's engine plumes and the lunar surface. Through NASA's Artemis campaign, this data will help resea...
NASA is helping shape the future of urban air travel with a new simulation that will manage how electric air taxis and drones can successfully operate within busy areas. The demonstration, held at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon V...
Across India, there are unique stays that go beyond the typical bed and breakfast experience. These homestays border wildlife reserves and sanctuaries, offering guests a chance to coexist with nature. 1. Baaghini, Ranthambore National Park, Raj...