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Pope Leo XIV will bless Barcelona's Sagrada Familia this month, inaugurating the Tower of Jesus Christ. This marks the completion of the church's final tower after 144 years of construction.
A star caught devouring its companion reveals the source of the galaxy's most mysterious repeating signals.
AI tackles CO2 and blurry lenses, tiny platinum tweaks unlock clean fuel, and a new tech turns seawater into drinking water while mining lithium. Plus, Jupiter is doing something wild.
Blurry images plague every lens, from microscopes to smartphones. UCSD engineers now correct these distortions using a tiny optical element and AI, sharpening your view.
NUS researchers developed a computation-guided strategy to efficiently produce urea from CO2 and nitrate. They combined AI, quantum mechanics, and experiments to identify a cadmium-mod…
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Forget simple sheet forts. Building a massive blanket enclave is an engineering feat, as seen in the new Guinness World Record holder. Local high schoolers just redefined "cozy.
Over 100 ancient bird fossils litter China's Changma Basin, many resembling owl pellets. For years, scientists suspected a predator, but lacked a suspect. Now, they have a plausible candidate.
Gray whales now frequent San Francisco Bay, a busy port where they face deadly ship strikes. Researchers deployed thermal cameras and AI to alert ships, preventing collisions with these migrating giants.
Eaglets Sandy and Luna spent their first night alone in the nest, a major step towards independence! Parents Jackie and Shadow watched from a nearby roost tree.
Jupiter's electrons are being accelerated, revealing a potential universal mechanism for particle acceleration. This discovery could constrain how energetic particles are produced across the cosmos.
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Step into 1875 Georgetown, Colorado, where the Hotel de Paris offered gold rushers luxury and gourmet French cuisine. This preserved gem holds over 5,000 original 1800s artifacts.
Stonehenge: a 5,000-year-old logistical marvel. Neolithic teams used clever techniques to precisely place gigantic megaliths, including sarcens and bluestones, sourced 15 miles away.
Fiat Lux" now shines! A new art installation illuminates UC Berkeley's latest engineering marvel, the Strauch Hypercube, proving beauty and mathematics are intertwined.
Forget everything you thought about habits. A new study shatters the myth that they only form through slow, gradual repetition.
Beluga whales in Alaska's Bristol Bay hide a secret: a surprisingly flexible mating system. DNA from 600+ whales over 13 years reveals both sexes regularly have offspring with different partners.
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Students with disabilities fear losing vital assistive tech amidst the push to remove screens from schools. Their learning depends on it.
Artists & Mothers just announced its 2026 grant recipients! This NYC nonprofit awards $25,000 to mother-artists, covering nine months of childcare for those with children under three.
Maniguh, a Uttarakhand village at 1,664m, offers stunning views of Chaukhamba, Satopanth, and Thalay Sagar. But its true distinction? Kids here choose books over screens, a rare sight in Devbhoomi.
Turning seawater into drinking water, a new solar desalination breakthrough eliminates brine waste and recovers valuable minerals. Billions lack safe drinking water; this could be a game-changer.
Ebola outbreak forces confinement for over 200 primates at Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Center in DRC. This follows a man's death, testing positive for the virus just 2 km from the center.
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Hurricane Helene unleashed record flooding and damage in Asheville, NC on Sept 28, 2024. Residents are now making calls amidst the devastation.
Kyung-Me spent years perfecting her art, then pivoted 180 degrees. After seeing 12th-century "Tale of Genji" illustrations, she became "obsessed with drawing, almost overnight.
Tau organizes and preserves long-term memories. But abnormal tau disrupts memory formation and recall, potentially causing Alzheimer's memory problems, a new study reveals.
Forget generalists: Scientists found a specialized group of worker honeybees uniquely adapted to construct the queen's waxy hive abode.
Lost for 20 years, the blue-spotted bamboo shark, unique to Madagascar, has been rediscovered! Researchers found four new records, suggesting this "lost" species may be more common than thought.
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Leaving care used to be a cliff-edge. Now, a new scheme offers love and support, transforming the transition for vulnerable young people.
Meet Thecacera sesama: a new-to-science, 3mm sea slug with black and yellow spots like scattered sesame seeds. Discovered by a student diver in Taiwan, this tiny creature is making waves!
Biologists thought they knew the nudibranch genus *Thecacera* for 200 years. These six shell-less mollusc species, found globally, were always tiny—half an inch to an inch long.
Anthony Bourdain wasn't just a chef; he was a master of curiosity. He became a global icon not for his cooking, but for teaching us to truly experience the world.
New polymer electrolyte unlocks lithium metal batteries' full potential. Researchers developed a cross-linked poly(THF) to enable wide-temperature, high-voltage performance.
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Street trees cool cities, but are they enough? New research asks if planting strategy matters more than quantity, revealing layered vegetation can outperform trees alone—or even make heat worse.
How does the Javan leopard, Earth's rarest big cat, survive on one of its most crowded islands? University of Twente research reveals its secret using camera traps and spatial models.
Forced to quit school after Class 4, Indrans became a National Award-winning actor. Before stardom, he stitched film costumes as a tailor, a journey nothing short of extraordinary.
Wild rodents love exercise wheels, even in nature, running up to 18 minutes with no reward. This challenges the old idea it's a captive neurosis, suggesting their physiology and dopamine drive the behavior.
Can you teach true empathy in healthcare? Samford's McWhorter School of Pharmacy faculty not only can, they must—it's an accreditation requirement to train pharmacists who deeply understand diverse patient needs.
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Who watches a 439-minute movie when nobody pays attention anymore? We asked. Our relationship with arts and culture is changing, with fewer Americans reading books and film students watching fewer movies.
NASA's bizarre X-59 jet is ready for its sonic boom moment. This unique aircraft will soon fly faster than sound, a milestone it was engineered to achieve.
Toyota unveils its liquid hydrogen-powered TR LH2 Racing Prototype at Le Mans next week. This experimental race car demonstrates Toyota's commitment to hydrogen combustion in endurance racing.
Spinal cord damage is notoriously hard to treat. Scarring blocks nerve regrowth, and nerve cells can't regenerate. But what if injectable, stem cell-infused nanorobots could help?
Kelly Clarkson's show ends Fall 2026. After her children's father died in August 2025, Kelly prioritized family, stepping away from her Emmy-winning talk show to spend more time with her kids.