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The A.I.-generated image hung in Wales' National Museum in Cardiff for a few hours before staffers and museumgoers noticed its presence By Ella Feldman - Daily Correspondent November 17, 2025 10:01 a.m. :focal(3847x2492:3848x2493)/https://tf-c...
When Alex Allan was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at age 22, her GP told her the symptoms could only be managed and to come back when she wanted to have a baby. Thirty years later, she says women are still being given the same advic...
Beloved 90s Star Joey Lawrence and Wife Samantha Cope Expecting Baby Joey Lawrence, the beloved 90s teen idol, and his wife Samantha Cope recently graced the red carpet for the 20th anniversary of "Dancing with the Stars." Lawrence appeared on th...
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and her husband, Chicago Bears safety Johnathan Owens, have unveiled their stunning custom-built home in Houston, Texas. The pair spent years designing and constructing their dream home, which they completed in Nove...
Javier Téllez Wins $50,000 PAMM Pérez Prize The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has awarded its annual Pérez Prize to New York–based artist Javier Téllez. The award, which comes with an unrestricted grant of $50,000, was presented to the artist at ...
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In the plazas of Catalonia, a centuries-old tradition continues to defy gravity and unite communities: the castells, or human towers. These awe-inspiring structures—reaching up to ten levels high—are built not with scaffolding or steel, but with the ...
Study Suggests 40Hz Sensory Stimulation May Benefit Some Alzheimer's Patients for Years A new research paper documents the outcomes of five volunteers who continued to receive 40Hz light and sound stimulation for around two years after participat...
Are Organic Apples Better for the Soil? Study Challenges Assumptions An investigation into organic apple orchards in Australia has made a surprising discovery: their soils are remarkably similar to those of conventional orchards, where organic fa...
Artist Alona Rodeh's "Nightcaps" is a public art project featuring 15 sculptural additions placed directly on top of existing street lamps in Berlin's Brunnenviertel (Wedding) neighborhood. In the 1960s, when the neighborhood was rebuilt by the soci...
Met Repatriates 18th Century Painting Taken from Buddhist Temple After Korean War The Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an 18th-century painting to a Korean temple that once housed a vast depiction of hell. The painting, titled "The Tenth K...
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Block 78, informally known as the Horse Shoe Block, is one of Singapore's first public housing blocks with a built-in air-raid shelter. Although no bombs dropped during the Japanese occupation, the shelter was an essential precaution at the time. Th...
Suckerfish—also known as remoras—are harmless, but the whales didn't seem to be fans of their hitchhiking :focal(1408x697:1409x698)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/87/f5/87f59fd0-9cf5-48dc-9ccd-786ef6066ae6/sc...
Giant Holiday 'Giving Machines' Generate $50M in Donations Even in times of uncertainty, the holidays are a season of giving. According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, most Americans still intend to make holiday donations this year, despite som...
Scientists uncover a massive hidden crater in China that rewrites Earth's recent history A recently uncovered and unusually intact impact crater is offering scientists new insights into how objects from space have struck Earth throughout its hist...
A surgeon in Florida has used a robot to remotely remove a simulated brain clot from a cadaver in Scotland, suggesting future stroke surgeries could be completed across vast distances. The transatlantic procedure was carried out by Ricardo Hanel, a ...
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In Southern California, a mother-daughter design team is leading the way in transforming ordinary outdoor areas into extraordinary plant sanctuaries. Their backyard project exemplifies how, after a century of rampant urbanization, we're finally comin...
In 2000, retired lieutenant Gene Eyster received a strange call near Christmas - a newborn baby had been found abandoned in a cardboard box. Eyster dutifully rescued the infant, whom he nicknamed "Baby Jesus," and took him to the hospital. Though Eys...
Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma wanted the jewel's location to be kept secret for 100 years after the death of her husband, Charles I, in 1922. Their descendants now plan to display it at a museum. For decades, the 137-carat yellow diamond that belong...
In the late 19th century, scientists, researchers, and adventurers were racing to explore the uncharted regions of the world, with the North Pole being a prime target. Norway's remote Spitsbergen region served as a starting point for these expedition...
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a microscope that captures signals across an intensity range fourteen times wider than conventional systems. The device records both forward and backward scattered light without using dyes, allowi...
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Meta is now accepting applications for the 2026 Data Center Community Action Grants program. This initiative provides direct funding to schools, nonprofits, and community organizations working on projects that benefit the communities where Meta build...
Reba was a beloved family sitcom that aired from 2001 to 2007. The show featured memorable characters like Reba Hart, played by Reba McEntire, her ex-husband Brock Hart (Christopher Rich), and Brock's new wife Barbara Jean (Melissa Peterman). Despite...
Boise's wave park is attracting outdoor adventurers—and the innovative public works project is inspiring other cities By Carley D. Thornell - Freelance travel writer November 14, 2025 8:56 a.m. :focal(1631x1134:1632x1135)/https://tf-cmsv2-smit...
Cousin of Suspected Louvre Robber Speaks Out A cousin of one of the suspected robbers in the recent Louvre Museum heist has spoken out in an exclusive interview with ABC News. The man, identified as Mehdy, claimed his cousin was someone who did s...
Excavations at the Overfield Tavern Museum revealed a treasure trove of objects, including jewelry, dishware, a bottle cork, a smoking pipe and early American currency :focal(1024x770:1025x771)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws....
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Blind Lemon Jefferson's Grave in Wortham, Texas Lemon Henry Jefferson was born blind to African American sharecroppers in the Freestone County town of Coutchman in 1893 or 1894. Somewhere along the line, "Blind Lemon" took up the guitar, playing ...
Rare Bronze and Iron Age Log Boats Reveal Cambridgeshire's Prehistoric Past After lying undisturbed in mud for over 3,000 years, three rare bronze and iron age log boats have emerged to offer fresh insights into prehistoric life in Cambridgeshire...
Frozen Proof: Oldest RNA Extracted from 40,000-Year-Old Mammoth Researchers from Stockholm University have made a groundbreaking discovery by extracting the oldest RNA molecules ever found, dating back 40,000 years, from the remains of a juvenile...
This Plus-Size Figure Skater is Inspiring Girls Everywhere with Her Jaw-Dropping Moves The winter Olympic viewership numbers don't lie: Honestly, is there anything more beautiful and graceful than ice skating? It's got the gorgeous aesthetics of ...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy called NGC 6000, located 102 million light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. Stars of all ages are on display in this image. NGC 6000 has a glowing yellow center and glitt...
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Newly Described 'Lucifer' Bee Found Visiting Critically Endangered Plant in Australia In 2019, researcher Kit Prendergast was surveying the insects visiting an incredibly rare plant in the Bremer Ranges of Western Australia when a bee grabbed her...
NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission launched at 3:55 p.m. EST atop a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The twin spacecraft, built by Rocket...
Following successful small-scale tests over the past months, WhatsApp users in Europe will soon have the option to chat directly with users of messaging apps BirdyChat and Haiket through third-party chats. This marks a significant milestone in Meta's...
From rock music to rainforests: Akhyari Hananto's unlikely path to impact Before dawn breaks over Surabaya, Indonesia's "City of Heroes," Akhyari Hananto is already at work. After morning prayers, he opens Google Analytics to watch the night's re...
Move Over Bob: Changing the Trades so Women Don't Just Join the Workforce—They Lead It When co-founders Kate Glantz and Angie Cacace launched Move Over Bob, they weren't just starting a magazine. They were igniting a movement. "For too long, con...
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Built between 1972 and 1984, the Fudai floodgate was erected thanks to the insistence of longtime mayor Kotoku Wamura. Wamura was a witness to the 1933 Sanriku tsunami that claimed 137 of Fudai's inhabitants, and he was aware that an even deadlier ts...
Woman Feeds Squirrel Daily, Then It Leaves a Surprise Treat Showing kindness doesn't cost a thing, but its impact is always worth its weight in gold. We typically experience kindness from other humans, but all living creatures are capable of maki...
Neighbor Builds Single Mom a New Fence for Free A man named Jhonn, who goes by "Uncle Jhonn" on TikTok, has made it his mission to help his neighbors in extraordinary ways. One day, while driving through his neighborhood, Jhonn noticed a fence ly...
Menus Reveal Food's Political Power A nice, warm meal is one of the great unifiers. Food communicates everything from love and tradition like a home cooked dinner to political stances. At a state dinner, food has the power to cultivate understand...
Dawn had just broken across the trail through the Pir Panjal mountains when Fatima Deader felt the first labor pains. She and her family had almost reached the midway point of their 134-mile (215km) trek from Rajouri in Jammu to Kashmir's higher past...