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This 'Feisty' Asian Elephant at the National Zoo Is Pregnant. She May Birth the First Calf Born There in Nearly 25 Years With fewer than 50,000 Asian elephants estimated to be remaining in the wild, the Smithsonian's announcement gives hope to th...
Brazil's Forest Fund Faces Slow Takeoff at COP30 Despite Initial Support The Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF), Brazil's major climate finance initiative, attracted $6.7 billion in sponsor capital at COP30 - well below the initial $25 bill...
Data centers are notoriously water-intensive facilities. Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found that in 2023, data centers in the U.S. consumed around 17 billion gallons of water for their operations. However, this direct on-...
A new Doctoral Network led by Tampere University has received €4.4 million from the European Union's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) program. Through the High-Power Optical Vortices (HiPOVor) initiative, 15 doctoral researchers will be trained ...
Voyager 1 Nears One Light-Day from Earth Voyager 1 is one of humanity's most remarkable technological achievements. Over nearly half a century, the probe has explored the gas giant Saturn, passed the threshold for interstellar space, and continua...
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Groundbreaking UK Gene Therapy Offers Hope Doctors are cautiously optimistic about a new gene therapy for children affected by the devastating inherited disorder Hunter syndrome. Three-year-old Oliver Chu from California became the first patient ...
NHS Expands Free Morning-After Pill Access Across England: A Major Win for Women's Health In a sweeping expansion of women's health services, the National Health Service (NHS) made the morning-after pill available for free across nearly 10,000 ph...
Immune Cells Use Surprising Trick to Heal Muscle Faster At the cellular level, the way muscle tissue repairs itself is surprisingly complex. The body responds differently to various forms of muscle damage, whether it's a sudden tear from a sports...
This Shrub Thrives in Death Valley's Scorching Temperatures. Where Do Its Heat-Tolerant Superpowers Come From? Death Valley is one of the most extreme places on Earth, with summer temperatures regularly exceeding 120°F and less than 2 inches of r...
Macaulay Culkin Legally Changed His Name: "Suits Him Perfectly" Six years after legally changing his name in 2019, Macaulay Culkin finally cleared up the ongoing confusion about his real name. The 45-year-old Home Alone alum addressed the questio...
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To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view. Since Alan Shepard became the first American to lay eyes on our home planet from above, countless NASA astronauts have described feeling awed by the astonishing sight and a profound shift ...
Reconstructing Theia's Makeup A new study in Science identifies the most likely chemical composition of Theia, the ancient planetary body that collided with early Earth. Theia's reconstructed composition points to an origin in the inner Solar S...
Video Captures Sweet Surprise During Gender Reveal Having a best friend who is more like a sister is such a magical thing. Even though you aren't blood-related, the connection you feel and the love you share is unmatched. Having that best friend ...
Iceland is renowned for its stunning landscapes and rich history. A short drive from the famous Skógafoss waterfall is the Skógar Museum, a lesser-known institution offering insights into how Icelanders lived in years gone by and how technology helpe...
A pair of snowy owls spotted along a Lake Michigan beach has drawn curious crowds and sparked happy speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home. Word of the two owls has circulated on birder forums in the nation's thir...
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Forming new social connections is not always easy, even for animals known for their intelligence and communication skills. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati discovered that monk parakeets meeting unfamiliar birds tend to "test the waters" b...
AutoFlight's new system combines a "zero-carbon water vertiport" with eVTOL aircraft to expand air mobility across large water areas. By tackling challenges like limited site options, slow infrastructure deployment, and complex take-off and landing p...
Goldie Hawn is a national treasure. With more than 60 years in Hollywood, she's done it all. Goldie's talent has made us laugh, and she's made us cry. While Goldie entertained us on screen, at home she raised a family. She shares Oliver Hudson and Ka...
Supernovas are the largest explosions humans have ever observed. They can occur when massive stars run out of fuel and die, shining extremely bright and sometimes leaving behind a mysterious black hole. Nowadays, scientists armed with sophisticated ...
Woman Refuses To Host Thanksgiving For 30 People, Pushy Family Still Tries To Guilt-Trip Her The oldest sister in a large family approached her relatives about taking a break from hosting their annual Thanksgiving gathering. She cited feeling bur...
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Women's Unwritten 'Girl Code' Women often follow an unwritten social contract known as "girl code" - a set of informal rules and practices that foster solidarity, protection, and kindness among women. Recently, women on Reddit shared examples of ...
Finding Fly Agaric in the Forest It was an early autumn morning, and the mist was rolling across Dalby Forest, making everything slightly damp. Eleven-year-old Mia loved this time of year in the woods, with the decomposing leaves creating that fa...
A tender and poetic moment unfolds as a butterfly flutters gracefully beside a gorilla's face, its golden hues mirroring the warmth in the animal's eyes. That's how Nature Photographer of the Year Chairman Tin Man Lee artfully described the Animal Po...
5,000-year-old 'Slag' Reveals Earliest Metal Working Processes with CT Scanning Method MIT researchers have discovered a new way to uncover how the earliest civilizations worked with metals using CT scans to analyze ancient "slag" samples. Metal...
Naming a Newborn: A Couple's Disagreement Most parents believe that both partners should have an equal say in choosing their baby's name. Reaching an agreement through compromise is crucial for successful parenting. However, the following story h...
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Leah Montayes Macias came into the world tiny but mighty. Her mother delivered her at 24 weeks gestation in May 2024, weighing just 1 lb. 3 oz. She had multiple complications from being born so early, but her parents and the medical team at Blythevil...
Bearing Witness to Indonesia's Environmental Challenges: Sapariah Saturi Indonesia's environmental issues often feel too vast to take in at once. A nation said to have more than 17,000 islands, it contains the world's third-largest tropical rainf...
Mom's 'Privilege Walk' Helps Kids Appreciate Dad's Sacrifices Being a parent is challenging, but it's infinitely harder if you didn't have a good role model to follow. Some may have had abusive or neglectful parents, while others grew up in house...
Cracker Barrel CEO Admits Mistakes with Brand Remodel Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino had big plans to revamp the beloved restaurant chain, but her efforts to modernize the brand's logo and aesthetic faced major backlash from loyal customers. In ...
Jelly Roll's Daughter Has Wild Reaction To Dad's Makeover: Watch Little kids are often the most honest people, telling it like it is - and sometimes their reactions can be pretty funny. Teenagers, on the other hand, can be harsh critics, especial...
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A team of engineers from Northwestern University has developed a new bandage-like finger wearable called VoxeLite that aims to add physical sensations of touch and feel to digital experiences. The ultrathin haptic device wraps around a user's finger...
Development Without Displacement at Broadway Junction The Broadway Junction area, which lies at the nexus of three communities—Bushwick, Ocean-Hill, Brownsville, and East New York—has been slated to receive nearly $1 billion in public and private...
On July 4, 1776, a band of revolutionaries that included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams announced the birth of a new nation in a bold assertion of national identity known as the Declaration of Independence. Walter Isaacson's ne...
World's First Super Magnet Breakthrough Could Unlock Commercial Nuclear Fusion Power UK-based Tokamak Energy has recorded a significant breakthrough in the development of clean energy by successfully replicating fusion power plant fields within i...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy, NGC 2775, that's hard to categorize. The galaxy lies 67 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer (the Crab). NGC 2775 sports a smooth, featureless center that is devoid of gas...
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Formula One is a fast-paced motorsport, with multi-million-dollar cars reaching speeds over 210 miles per hour on twisting tracks. Even the pit crews operate at lightning speed, completing a full tire change in just two seconds. For the Oracle Red Bu...
Surprised by Chinese McDonald's Menu As Americans, many grew up with the consistency of a McDonald's menu: Big Macs, Egg McMuffins, and only on special occasions, the McRib. However, McDonald's has expanded to over 36,000 restaurants in more than...
Long before modern pharmaceuticals, our ancestors turned to plants to find cures for ailments from infections to parasites to fevers. A new study by Harvard researchers reveals the deep roots of that relationship: Several hot spots of medicinal plant...
Our ancient primate relatives—including Neanderthals—may have enjoyed a nice peck on the lips. But researchers still don't know why we do it :focal(3000x2000:3001x2001)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/ff/14/ff...
A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo, titled "The Dream (The Bed)," has just sold for $54.7 million - the highest price ever paid at auction for an artwork by a woman or Latin American artist. Kahlo painted the work in 1940, depicting herself sleeping in ...