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It's hard to truly describe the amazing bond between dads and their daughters. Being a dad is an incredible job no matter the gender of the tiny humans we're raising. But there's something uniquely special about the connection between fathers and dau...
Reba McEntire recently appeared on the Today show and chatted with Savannah Guthrie about various topics, including her relationship with her fiancé, Rex Linn. However, when the discussion turned to romance, Savannah made a comment that prompted Re...
First High-Resolution 3D Map of Earth's Buildings Unveiled Scientists in Germany have, for the first time, created the most comprehensive digital representation of the world's man-made environment. They have compiled a massive 3D, high-resolution...
For future astronauts visiting Mars, tracking the passage of time will be more complex than simply watching a clock or marking days on a calendar. Thanks to the effects of relativity, time actually moves faster on the Red Planet compared to Earth. P...
A growing body of research suggests that a dark bedroom isn't just nice for sleep. Getting your shut-eye in a pitch black room may actually be vital for long-term heart health. A new study presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessio...
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A Student's Accidental Battery Breakthrough Nine years ago, Mya Le Thai, a doctoral candidate at the University of California Irvine, made a colossal discovery that could lead to a rechargeable battery capable of lasting up to 400 years. This bre...
One of the country's rarest coins is slightly rarer than even expert coin collectors believed. After the surprise discovery of a long-lost 1804 dollar (aka the "King of American Coins"), the rarity's total known count now stands at 16. Regardless of ...
Looted 14th-Century English Jug May Soon Head to Ghana A 14th-century English-made ewer may soon head to Ghana on long-term loan from the British Museum. Known as the Asante Ewer, the lidded bronze jug is a rare example of medieval English bronze...
A Remarkable Restoration: How Orange Peels Revived a National Park In 1997, ecologists Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs approached an orange juice company in Costa Rica with an unusual proposal. The company could dump its discarded orange peels...
How Kenya's Jailhouse Lawyer Turned a Life Sentence into a Legal Career Behind Bars From Death Row to Legal Advocate Ruth Kamande, a 30-year-old woman serving a life sentence in Kenya's Lang'ata maximum-security women's prison, has turned he...
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Rare Seahorses Bounce Back After Pandemic Lull From 2018 to 2020, no one in Dorset, England spotted a single spiny seahorse off the sandy beaches of Studland Bay. But the COVID-19 pandemic offered a silver lining. Without the constant influx of t...
After a month-long delay caused by the federal government shutdown, New York households can now apply with the state for a subsidy to help them pay their winter heating bills. Assistance is doled out on a first-come, first-serve basis. Nearly 1 mill...
What escapes the lint trap? Dryers emerge as overlooked microfiber polluters...with a simple fix Laundromats are an important source of airborne microfibers, according to a new study. The fix could be as simple as installing an extra filter on cl...
New Method Crystallizes Carbon Dioxide into 'Rock Candy,' Lowering Capture Cost A team from the University of Toronto has designed a new technique for capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air. The method, called evaporative carbonate crysta...
Nature-Inspired Nuclear Fuel Design Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in the US are exploring a surprising source of inspiration for next-generation nuclear fuel: nature's mathematics. Their latest research focuses on triply periodic...
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On Nov. 2, 2025, NASA honored 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. What began as a fragile framework of modules has evolved into a springboard for international cooperation, advanced scientific research and te...
In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, a team of archaeologists has made a remarkable discovery: the remains of a massive stone-lined basin, partly carved directly into the bedrock. Built around 250 BCE,...
A Photographic History of Men in Love (1850s-1950s) For the past twenty years, authors Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell scoured flea markets, estate sales, and family archives to collect over 2,700 old photographs of male couples from the 1850s to 19...
The Umlauftank 2, colloquially called the "Pink Tube," is a technical functional building - the recirculation flow channel of the Hydraulic Engineering and Shipbuilding Experimental Facility at the Technical University of Berlin. Despite its pop-art ...
Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) AI glasses will be available in India starting today, bringing sharper video capture, significantly improved battery life, upgraded Meta AI experiences, and refreshed styles that blend iconic design with everyday utility. The col...
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Scientists Extract World's Oldest RNA from Woolly Mammoth Scientists have taken an important step towards understanding the biology of the mythical woolly mammoths that roamed the Earth thousands of years ago. For the first time, a research team ...
If Kodaikanal had a heart of mystery, it would beat deep within the Guna Caves — a tangle of roots, mist, and whispered legends. Forget picture-perfect viewpoints and manicured gardens; this is the darker, moodier side of the hills. The kind that sme...
Stretches of turquoise beaches along the Pacific coast of Latin America attract migrating whales and beachgoers, but they have also become a dumping ground for an unwanted traveler: plastic bottles. Central America, with its dense populations and lim...
Three Blue-Chip Dealers Join Forces for Pace Di Donna Schrader, Opening in June Pace Gallery, Emmanuel Di Donna, and David Schrader are forming a new joint gallery devoted to secondary-market sales. This boutique operation will have global reach ...
Comedian Paul F. Tompkins Settles the Cake vs. Pie Debate Comedian Paul F. Tompkins has a hilarious take on the age-old debate between cake and pie. In a clip from the Just for Laughs comedy festival, Tompkins passionately argues that cake is sup...
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There is a golden opportunity to avoid mistakes made here on Earth. Space is getting busier as national space agencies and private companies increase the tempo of launches. But today's approach to space exploration is unsustainable, say researchers, ...
Touring Charleston's Historic Past Charleston, South Carolina, is a place where history feels close enough to touch. Within a few walkable cobblestoned miles, the city's story unfolds—colonial beginnings, revolutionary fervor, the rise of the pla...
Magician Demonstrates Mind-Blowing Optical Illusion When magician/illusionist Pete Firman took to social media to demonstrate a bizarre optical illusion, many were not prepared to be so incredibly impressed... and confused. Firman captions his I...
Healthy Oceans are a Human Right Months after a container ship went down off the coast of India, toxic pollution still contaminates the water and plastic pellets continue to wash ashore. Cleanup efforts persist, fishing restrictions remain in pla...
Rather than big bolts of lightning as seen on Earth, NASA's Perseverance rover recorded audio of small zaps similar to those from static electricity :focal(1047x698:1048x699)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/2a...
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Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a type of technology that helps machines and computers have "thinking" abilities similar to humans. Devices using AI can learn words and concepts, recognize objects, see patterns, or make predictions. They can also ...
Artist Sung Tieu Sells Work to Fund New Board Member for Berlin's KW Institute Artist Sung Tieu has agreed to sell her 2025 work "Declaration of Donation" for €25,000. The proceeds from the sale will go to the KW Institute of Contemporary Art in ...
Persistent hormone disruption during pregnancy trimesters appears to increase the likelihood of autism in children, shows a new large cohort study. Women who experience continuing thyroid hormone irregularities throughout pregnancy may face a higher ...
MIT engineers have pushed biohybrid robotics into a new era with lab-grown muscles that don't just twitch robotic parts but amplify them with serious power. In a breakthrough that reimagines how living tissue can drive machines, researchers at MIT ha...
There is black, and then there is ultrablack - a shade defined as a black that reflects less than 0.5% of the light that hits it. This uniquely dark color is used on everything from telescopes to cameras, but it is not easy to produce and may appear ...
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Has the World Become Less Grumpy? A global survey on emotional health shows people, generally, are cheering up. "The study tracks the emotions that people experience on any given day, such as anger, sadness, laughter and enjoyment." Numbers incre...
Medieval Shipwreck Mistaken for Underwater 'Rubbish' After centuries at the bottom of the English Channel, remnants from one of England's oldest surviving shipwrecks are finally back on shore. Yet the reason it took maritime archaeologists this l...
A Man Discovered a Letter His Wife Hid for 56 Years Writing a letter was once a lost art form. You had to choose your words carefully and say everything you wanted to say. Once sent, there was no way to be sure it was delivered or read. One story...
Five Big Moments When Your Brain Dramatically Changes A team from Cambridge's MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit analyzed MRI diffusion scans from 3,802 individuals ranging from newborns to 90 years old. These scans track the movement of water...
High Art, Paris Gallery That Spun Emerging Artists Into Stars, Closes After 12 Years High Art, a taste-making Paris gallery that brought artists ranging from Lucy Bull to Julien Creuzet into the broader art world's eye, will close its physical sp...