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Meet the woman who built an EpiPen launcher.
Potato guns: a childhood staple. Load a spud, add combustible gas or compressed air, and fire! Simple, powerful, and endlessly fun.
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See Paris reclaim its art market spark, led by a long-unseen Monet.
Monet masterpieces drove Sotheby's Paris to a €35M ($41M) modern art sale, up 84% from last year. This record-breaking event exceeded estimates, becoming the house's second-highest ever in France.
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The forgotten map that found Shakespeare's London home.
Shakespeare bought property in Stratford-upon-Avon just three years before his 1616 death. Was he planning to retire to the city where he penned his greatest plays?
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Jellyfish just harvested a new feast: exploding sea worms.
Jellyfish are full of surprises! New research reveals they exploit short-lived seasonal events with previously unobserved feeding behaviors.
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Paradigm Shift
Today's Hope-Up: The Universe Got Wavier, and Scientists Got Smarter
From robots solving Antarctica's ice mystery to milk-based cancer treatments, today's news highlights ingenious solutions to big problems. Plus, quantum leaps and waving moons.
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Beyond shelter, new programs nurture security and belonging.
Unlock your full potential. In 1943, Abraham Maslow identified five core human needs—from survival to self-actualization—that, when met, allow individuals to thrive.
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Atlanta's buses get a modern makeover, simplifying commutes for riders.
Atlanta's transit is transforming! After 5 years of planning with communities, MARTA launches its simplified new bus network this Saturday.
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Where vacant lots stood, new homes bloom: Philly and NYC's density shift.
Upzoning in NYC and Philly created thousands of new homes, but a new study warns it's not enough.
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NASA just unlocked a new era of weather forecasting data.
NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program just dropped its Tomorrow.io Radar Quality Assessment Report. Issued March 9, 2026, it details the evaluation of commercial satellite data.
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Environment
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While others worried, New Zealand’s rare kakapo quietly welcomed a record number of chicks.
New Zealand's kakapo conservation just hit a major milestone! 256 eggs were laid, with around 100 hatched, marking a huge success for the decades-long effort.
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A new era dawns for Hungary as voters choose change.
Hungary's 16-year government was just ousted! On April 12, 2026, a pivotal election, watched globally, saw the people remove a leader endorsed by Trump and friendly with Putin.
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Health
1 months ago
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Your morning milk may soon deliver targeted cancer relief.
Rethinking cancer treatment: A new experimental approach is revolutionizing how therapies pinpoint and attack tumors, promising more effective and targeted interventions.
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Health
1 months ago
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California clinics unlock better sleep for mental health recovery.
UC Berkeley sleep science is transforming mental health treatment across California clinics. Its lessons promise to improve quality of life for everyone.
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OpenProtein.AI delivers powerful AI tools to biologists, no coding required.
AI accelerates drug development, but scientists struggle with complex models. OpenProtein.AI's no-code platform empowers them with powerful AI, transforming research into novel treatments.
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Arts
1 months ago
Can a museum rewrite art history without losing its way?
LACMA's new David Geffen Galleries, opening April 19 (members) and May 4 (public), challenges traditional art history. Can a museum tell a non-linear story and remain clear?
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Chinese scientists cool the AI future, unlocking new possibilities for data centers.
AI data centers face a "thermal wall." Chinese researchers shattered it with diamond-copper coatings, boosting cooling efficiency by 80%.
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1 months ago
The 'background noise' a scientist proved was a secret language.
That insistent late-summer rasp isn't just background noise. This steady, patterned sound, both mechanical and expressive, hints at a hidden system, perhaps even a language, waiting to be understood.
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From warehouse bones to a Lighthouse of innovation: Under Armour's Baltimore rebirth.
Baltimore speaks volumes. Driving the Baltimore Peninsula, its stubborn grit and industrial sprawl are undeniable. Off I-95, freight trucks, not tour buses, dominate the road.
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Deep-diving robots begin to reveal Antarctica's sea ice future.
Antarctica's sea ice expanded from the 1970s until 2014, defying climate change. Then, in 2016, it dramatically contracted and hasn't recovered, with huge implications for the continent's ice sheet.
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A 13th-century diary now helps astronauts chart a safer journey to the Moon.
Ancient tree rings just revealed a powerful solar event from 1200 CE! This discovery, combining carbon data and historical records, is key to predicting future space weather.
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1 months ago
Imagine tailored mental health care reaching those who need it most.
Diabetes doubles depression risk. Now, a UK-first initiative offers tailored mental health support to those with diabetes, a charity announced.
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A new AI model helps robots learn 100s of unseen tasks, from laundry to new appliances.
Robots just got smarter. A US startup's new AI, π0.7, lets robots perform untrained tasks using plain language, hinting at a general-purpose robot brain and a major AI turning point.
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Ancient egg reveals extinction survivor.
A Lystrosaurus embryo found in an egg reveals early mammal relatives laid eggs and survived mass extinction with rapid development and resilient reproduction.
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Environment
1 months ago
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Orkney's waters welcome 15 million new oysters home.
15 million juvenile oysters are hitting the North Sea! This massive UK rewilding project aims to restore a huge oyster bed near Orkney, creating a "trophic cascade.
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From distant dream to shared reality: Artemis II astronauts bring the Moon closer.
Artemis II crew: "We left as friends - we came back as best friends." The four astronauts gave their first press conference since splashdown, emphasizing hope and unity.
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Thousands of Myanmar families welcome loved ones home as sentences ease.
Myanmar pardons former leader Win Myint and reduces Aung San Suu Kyi's sentence. Thousands of prisoners received amnesty in a move by coup leader Min Aung Hlaing.
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See how one Delhi teen aced exams, even through chemotherapy.
Revision timetables? Aarav Vats measured time in chemo cycles. Battling cancer, this Delhi Class 10 student still scored 96.6% on his board exams.
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Tomorrow's cancer treatments just got a powerful new ally.
Researchers have found a way to make cancer-killing immune cells more powerful and precise. By adding specific signaling components, they boosted the cells’ readiness to attack tumors. Surprisingly, briefly suppressing the cells with a drug before use made them even more effective later. The approac...
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Dutch communities secure their future with a new kind of sea wall funding.
The Netherlands' 32km Afsluitdijk, a vital sea barrier since 1932, needed hundreds of millions in upgrades after a century. A decade ago, a consortium began revitalizing it.
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Student ingenuity just tightened the search for dark matter.
Precision cosmology demands massive projects. But even in this advanced field, agile, smaller-scale research—like the hunt for dark matter—still drives progress.
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Tiny dark points in light waves just confirmed a 50-year-old theory.
A team of researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has achieved a major breakthrough in the field of electron microscopy. They provided the first direct experimental evidence of so-called “dark points” within light waves. Their findings, published in Nature, confirm a decades-old...
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A 12-year-old hears the world, clearly, for the first time.
Born with hearing loss, 12-year-old Ryder Boen just received a life-changing cochlear implant. Now, he hears clearly without aids—and his emotional reaction went viral on the Today Show.
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1 months ago
Arizona's 1912 bridge still stands.
Discover forgotten engineering: The 1912 Chevelon Creek Bridge, a Warren pony-truss steel span near Winslow, AZ, is an elegant example of early American Southwest highway design.
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While you weren't looking, Thailand's wild cattle quietly doubled their numbers.
Critically endangered banteng are roaring back in Thailand's Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary! Once decimated, this rare wild cattle species is now a community-led conservation icon.
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AI helps radiologists see more, faster, for tomorrow's patients.
Radiologist shortage? Voio is revolutionizing medical imaging, making it more efficient and effective.
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European researchers just got a new quantum supercomputing tool.
France just unveiled a quantum-classical powerhouse! The 12-qubit photonic quantum computer Lucy now integrates with the Joliot-Curie supercomputer at TGCC, a major step in hybrid computing.
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1 months ago
A quiet Today Show surprise signals a new chapter for Sheinelle Jones.
After losing her husband to glioblastoma in May 2025, Today Show's Sheinelle Jones found solace in her TV family. Now, her kids' rare on-set appearance brought everyone to tears.
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1 months ago
10 Republicans join Democrats to secure protections for 100,000 Haitian migrants.
Ten Republicans joined Democrats to rebuke Trump's immigration policies. The White House vows a veto if the measure passes the Senate.
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Rising Impact
Imagine 10-foot waves on a distant, breezy moon.
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is the only other body in our solar system with standing liquid like Earth's oceans. But don't expect calm: even small winds can create huge, roiling waves.
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Are America's oceans truly recovering, 50 years after protecting our fish?
The Magnuson-Stevens Act, 50 years old on April 13, saved countless U.S. fisheries and ocean habitats. Now, federal funding cuts threaten to unravel decades of conservation success.
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