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Thanksgiving, a time of thanks and feasting, often comes with an unanticipated environmental cost. From extra food waste to increased carbon emissions, the holiday season may have a significant impact on our planet. However, choosing eco-friendly opt...
Scientists & Nuns Unite to Save Mexico's Rare Achoque Salamanders For the last 20 years, Dominican nuns in a Mexican monastery have cared for the largest known captive population of the critically endangered achoque salamander. Now scientists fro...
A woman named Rebecca Boening was driving on the highway when her blood sugar unexpectedly dropped to a dangerous level. Boening has diabetes, and the condition, known as hypoglycemia, can leave people feeling weak, disoriented, and even cause them t...
Art Basel Hong Kong Names 240 Galleries for 2026 Fair, with New Names and Notable Absences The list of exhibitors for the 2026 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong remains about the same size as last year's roster, with some new exhibitors and some not...
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Welcomes KPop Demon Hunters Balloon Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and one of the most anticipated elements of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year is the debut of a new balloon featuring characters...
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In mid-October, a mysterious object cracked the windshield of a packed Boeing 737 cruising at 36,000 feet above Utah, forcing the pilots into an emergency landing. While the object was likely a remnant of a weather balloon, the speculation that it wa...
A morning mist hangs over the palm trees in Pasadena, California, as birds chatter and cars roar by on the streets. It's a scene that evokes a tropical island rather than a bustling city in northeast Los Angeles county. "It feels parrot-y," says Die...
Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming Takes Flight In a groundbreaking demonstration, the US Air Force and three major defense contractors have successfully linked an F-22 Raptor fighter jet with a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger unmanned aircraft. This milestone event, ...
Brian Alpert's path was always destined for the aerospace industry, but his journey turned toward NASA's Johnson Space Center during his sophomore year in college. That was when Tricia Mack, who works in NASA's Transportation Integration Office withi...
Few people spend more meaningful time with kids than their teachers. From the classroom to the playground to after-school pickup, teachers witness daily moments that often reveal what a child's home life is like...and which parents are consistently s...
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The Vanna Venturi House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania On a quiet street in Chestnut Hill, you'll find a small grey-green home that, on first glance, might look quite ordinary. Keep looking, however, and you'll begin to notice unusual specificitie...
NASA is inviting media to attend the launch of the first crewed Moon mission under its Artemis campaign. The Artemis II test flight, targeted for early 2026, will send a crew of four astronauts - NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, an...
Chronic Pain Linked to Rising Blood Pressure Risk Chronic pain in adults may raise the likelihood of developing high blood pressure, and factors such as where the pain is located, how widespread it is, and whether a person also has depression app...
After the journey through the winding roads of Hong Kong Island's verdant south side, the first sight that greets visitors to the popular beach town of Shek O is the much-loved bus terminus. Though many beachgoers will make a beeline straight for the...
As its whiskers flitter, the mouse's brain sparks with activity. A tiny implant records the electrical chatter and beams it to a nearby computer. Smaller than a grain of salt, the implant is powered by and transmits data with light. Unlike most impla...
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Watch Four Furry and Adorable Cheetah Cubs on the Smithsonian National Zoo's Online Feed The "strong, active" and "vocal" babies were born during the government shutdown, and they and their 5-year-old, first-time mother, Amabala, are thriving...
Bring Back the Mayoral Transition Tent More than a decade ago, New York City prepared for a new mayor who'd energized the electorate with big promises. Earlier this month, Zohran Mamdani woke up after election night with the same big challenge Bi...
Crafty Creations: 49 Impressive DIY Projects The world is full of talented, creative individuals who pour their hearts into unique DIY projects. From intricate embroidery to whimsical sculptures, these 49 impressive crafts showcase the incredible...
Millions of patients have developed long COVID, a chronic condition that involves a range of symptoms, including fatigue, brain fog, dizziness, and palpitations, that persist for at least three months after infection. In a new analysis of adult parti...
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Controversial NEH Grants Raise Concerns The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has come under scrutiny for its recent grant allocations, with nearly 10% of its $207 million annual budget going to support just two awards. One of the gran...
Perlmutter Supercomputer Simulates Quantum Chip at Unprecedented Scale More than 7,000 NVIDIA GPUs have been used to simulate a quantum microchip, pushing the limits of one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. This unprecedented full-scal...
NASA Invites Media to Artemis II Moon Mission Launch The NASA Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission, on the mobile launch platform at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with a full moon in the backgr...
A Slowdown, Not Salvation: New Extinction Data Reveals State of Life on Earth For decades, biologists have warned that humanity is precipitating a sixth mass extinction. By some estimates, species are vanishing at up to a thousand times the natur...
The Old Jewish Cemetery in Riga, Latvia For the first two centuries of its existence, the story of Riga's Old Jewish Cemetery was like the story of any other Jewish cemetery in Europe. The cemetery was established in 1725 at what was then the out...
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Animals survive in changing and unpredictable environments by not merely responding to new circumstances, but also, like humans, by forming inferences about their surroundings. For instance, squirrels understand that certain bird noises don't signal ...
The Phillips Collection to Sell Major Works, Vatican Returns 62 Artifacts to Indigenous Peoples Controversial Sale at The Phillips Collection The Phillips Collection, an art museum in Washington, DC, plans to auction off major works by artis...
Researchers at ChristianaCare's Gene Editing Institute have demonstrated that turning off the NRF2 gene with CRISPR technology can make lung cancer cells responsive to chemotherapy again. By blocking this gene, the treatment restores how tumors react...
Costume Art: Exploring the Bond Between Fashion and Visual Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute is set to open a groundbreaking exhibition called "Costume Art" in spring 2026. This exhibition will examine the deep connection bet...
17 Life Hacks People Almost Didn't Want to Share (But Thankfully Did) Everyone has their own "secret sauce" that makes them unique. A couple hundred people were kind enough to share their best life hacks on a recent social media post. Here are 17...
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Ethiopia to Host 2027 UN Climate Talks Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, is expected to be officially announced on Nov. 18 as the host city of the 2027 U.N. climate conference, or COP32. Backed by the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change...
Most of us know the feeling of standing in front of a painting that makes us pause. Maybe it's a burst of color that lifts our mood or a quiet scene that steadies the mind. Either way, a new study from King's College London suggests that these moment...
The message engraved in an ancient goblet's intricate artwork may have a different meaning than experts first believed. After reexamining the renowned ˁAin Samiya cup, an international team of archaeologists argue the small, silver drinkware doesn't ...
Scotland has taken a significant step towards its goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, releasing a comprehensive draft climate action plan. The plan outlines the country's strategy to reduce emissions across transportation, ene...
Ryan Johnson has spent years thinking about solutions to make car-free living possible across the United States. Inspired by his travels to European cities, he co-founded Culdesac, a real estate developer dedicated to building walkable places, in 201...
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Rodin's Collection of Egyptian Antiquities Comes to the US for the First Time Auguste Rodin, the renowned French sculptor, was deeply inspired by ancient Egyptian art. Over his lifetime, he amassed a collection of over 6,000 objects, including mo...
7th Graders' Harsh but True Gift Ideas for 30-Year-Olds As children, our Christmas wish lists are filled with fun, exciting gifts. But as we grow older, our desires often shift towards more practical, adult items. Seventh-grade teacher Mr. Frakes...
France's Largest Rewilding Project Takes Root in the Dauphiné Alps In the foothills of the western Alps in southeastern France, horned alpine ibex roam the limestone cliffs of a smaller mountain range known as the Dauphiné Alps. This region was o...
Born in 1941 in Delicias, Chihuahua, Sergio Castro Martínez was raised in an orphanage. He trained as an agronomist, veterinarian, civil engineer, and teacher before moving to Chiapas, a state bordering Guatemala, in 1964. Chiapas is known for havin...
Do you often wake up at 3 or 4 a.m. with an intense feeling of anxiety? Do you get stressed that you're awake and begin making a mental laundry list of everything you need to do the next day? Do you start thinking about fights you once had with your ...