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California aquarium rescues giant sea turtle.
A 240-pound green sea turtle, Meatloaf, was found stranded by the San Gabriel River. Now, she's recovering at the Aquarium of the Pacific after a harrowing rescue.
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Python Blood Could Hold the Secret to Weight Loss Without Side Effects
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Flowers Harvest EV Battery Metals
Dirty mining for EV metals? Imagine farming nickel with flowers instead. Phytomining extracts critical minerals using daisies and grasses, not drills and dynamite.
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A frog's secret: Gut bacteria that shrink tumors in mice.
Frog gut bacteria just eliminated tumors in mice! This bacterium selectively colonized tumors, directly killing cells and boosting immune responses.
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Imagine Neanderthals hunting elephants, because now we can.
A 1948 discovery should have revolutionized our understanding of Neanderthals. Instead, poor documentation by amateur archaeologists fueled skepticism, hindering scientific progress.
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Can a stolen Van Gogh truly return from an Ikea bag?
Stolen from a Dutch museum, Van Gogh's "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring" is back! Art sleuth Arthur Brand recovered the masterpiece in 2023, now restored and on display.
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The mango secret: Cooler, not cold, keeps tropical fruit fresher longer.
Mangoes face a delicate temperature dance. Too hot or cold, and these tropical fruits risk damage, impacting their preservation and quality.
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Pope Leo just showed the Harlem Globetrotters his Chicago hoops skills.
Pope Leo XIV, spiritual leader to millions, remains a Chicagoan at heart. Born Robert Francis Prevost, he's a die-hard White Sox and Bears fan, proudly sporting his hometown's gear.
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Where chariots once rumbled, a new piazza welcomes Colosseum visitors.
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From forgotten earth to ancient Korea: A temple's buried armor tells a cross-cultural tale.
70 years ago, ancient armor was unearthed in Japan. Now, researchers trace its 1,400-year-old artisanry to Korea's Baekje Kingdom, revealing deep cultural ties across the sea.
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Today's Hope-Up: Earth Got a Close-Up, Humans Got a Check-Up, and Birds Got Found
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Beyond the carbon count: Fruit trees deliver five times the farm income in India.
Want to boost farm profits by 500%? A new Indian study reveals fruit trees on croplands dramatically increase income, far outweighing carbon sequestration benefits.
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San Francisco welcomes a robot dog to its city streets.
Beeple's grotesque robot dogs are back! After Art Basel Miami Beach, "Regular Animals" is now loose in San Francisco, thanks to Node Foundation's new Beeple survey opening April 18.
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An Oscar nod spotlights the friendship that defied a pandemic's divisions.
A Netflix movie defies Indian cinema trends, telling a true story of Muslim and Hindu Dalit friendship. Martin Scorsese was secretly involved.
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From hidden rock to camera lens: Big Bend unveils a tiny new desert resident.
A tiny, fuzzy plant, never before seen, was discovered in Big Bend National Park. In March 2024, park staff spotted the unique flora among desert rocks, sparking an immediate investigation.
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From inert matter to living cells: A new idea traces life's first spark.
Could mineral nanoparticles have sparked life? The nanozymes hypothesis suggests these tiny catalysts drove chemical evolution on early Earth, transforming inert matter into living systems.
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Deep boreholes secure nuclear waste.
Nuclear waste disposal is getting a deep borehole solution! A Washington company just won a DOE award to scale their Cameron, Texas pilot, bringing commercial deployment closer.
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Kenyan communities find new allies protecting their sacred forests.
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Stool test finds 90% of colon cancers.
Detect colorectal cancer without a colonoscopy? AI mapped gut bacteria, revealing subtle microbial patterns linked to cancer. This breakthrough uses simple stool samples for early detection.
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Listen closely: National parks are using sound to make your next visit even better.
Nature's sounds aren't just pleasant; they offer proven health benefits and now help maintain national park ecosystems. Penn State's Listening Lab analyzes park recordings, providing vital data to officials.
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Chicago art fair uplifts women artists.
Tears of joy flowed at Expo Chicago's VIP preview! Tennessee artist Annie Brito Hodgin, showing with Red Arrow Gallery, experienced an emotional debut at the thirteenth edition of the art fair.
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Europe's new satellite signal guides us from low Earth orbit.
Europe just made history! ESA's Celeste mission successfully transmitted its first navigation signal from low Earth orbit on April 8, a European first after satellites launched March 28.
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From the Moon's far side, Artemis II captures Earthset.
Artemis II astronauts captured stunning images of Earth from beyond the Moon. See our home planet like never before, as viewed by NASA's crew on April 10, 2026.
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Lost birds return: Citizen spotters confirm five species back from the brink
A rusty bush lark, unseen for 94 years, was photographed in Chad by two French birders in February 2026. This dramatic rediscovery is one of many shrinking the "Lost Birds List" from 163 to 120 since 2022.
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New Zealand's kākāpō population blossoms with 95 rare parrot chicks.
New Zealand's kākāpō, the world's heaviest flightless parrot, faced extinction with only 235 adults left. But a record rīmu berry harvest just boosted their population with 95 new chicks!
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See how the Ute Nation reclaims its bison heritage, one herd at a time.
Ute Bison Meat Company began with a problem: an overpopulated bison herd roaming beyond tribal lands in 2015. Tribal leader AJ Kanip faced the challenge of balancing cultural respect with a business solution.
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The surprising prompt that helped ChatGPT diagnose a rare condition.
Phoebe faced a stark choice: stop visiting A&E or be treated as a mental health patient. Years of misdiagnosis left her desperate, until ChatGPT uncovered her rare condition.
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The unexpected daily habit quietly boosting your hair health
Americans spend a fortune on hair products and treatments. But dermatologists say you're likely skipping a free, crucial step for healthier hair: regular cardio exercise.
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Mentors with a past are building brighter futures for Californians.
After 28 years, Allen Burnett walked out of prison and drove straight to the ocean. He never expected that moment, sentenced to life as a teen for a fatal carjacking.
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Our future skylines are sprouting from timber.
Trees sway, not snap, in a storm. This ancient adaptation—flexibility—prevents them from breaking. It's a trick modern skyscrapers now mimic.
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What a successful moon mission means for future space travel.
After a 10-day mission orbiting the Moon, the Artemis crew splashes down on Earth April 10. How will they return?
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Imagine oceans protected by this new rock-laying giant.
The world's largest subsea rock installation vessel, Windpiper, just docked in the Netherlands for final upgrades. It's preparing for its first offshore mission by year-end.
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Brain hormone reverses obesity.
A new hormone reveals a surprising link between metabolism and the brain. This discovery could revolutionize our understanding of weight loss and neurological health.
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What started these global projects? Often, it's the love of an elephant, a river, or a quiet memory.
GlobalGiving partners unite annually to create something special. This year, it's a journal filled with entries, letters, sketches, and poems from community leaders worldwide, all exploring love as their origin.
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Protecting ocean flyways helps seabirds find safe passage.
Migratory animals ignore borders, but conservation doesn't. They rely on habitats across vast distances and jurisdictions, leading to patchy protection, rising threats, and declining populations.
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Did ancient European forests hide arachnids we thought were long gone?
Advanced imaging reveals an extinct arachnid, a fossil harvestman, once roamed Europe. This discovery expands the known diversity of amber-preserved species in the region.
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Children and adults crafted symbols from clay, 15,000 years ago.
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Your phone helps scientists spot new species.
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Genes tailor weight loss jabs.
Weight-loss jabs work differently for everyone. Scientists found genetic variations in gut hormone pathways may explain why some lose more or experience side effects.
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A 250-million-year-old fossil finally answers how mammals first hatched.
Mammals give birth to live young, except for egg-laying monotremes. Did early mammal ancestors lay eggs too? After decades, researchers finally have a definitive answer, thanks to a 250-million-year-old fossilized egg.
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