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Italy has passed a historic law that formally recognizes femicide as a distinct criminal offense, imposing life sentences for those who murder women because of their gender. The law comes amid growing public concern over gender-based violence and aims to broaden protections and address patterns of abuse before they...
With its shell-like geodesic dome roof and projections meant to evoke a head (complete with porthole windows for “eyes”) and four flippers, Dennis Sun Rhodes (Arapaho) and Duffy Wilson’s (Tuscarora) design for the Native American Center for the Living Arts evokes the turtle on whose back the Earth f...
Sienna Miller and Oli Green shared some big news on the red carpet. The 43-year-old actress, clad in a sheer white gown, showed off her growing baby bump. She shared her good news just ahead of the holidays at the Fashion Awards in London. Oli, 28, looked just as thrilled to share the news. The pair...
It's hard to truly describe the amazing bond between dads and their daughters. Being a dad is an amazing job no matter the gender of the tiny humans we're raising. But there's something unique about the bond between fathers and daughters. Most dads know what it's like to struggle with braiding hair,...
If there is one thing Hollywood does very well, it is stirring up the rumor mill. Even when our favorite stars do their best to keep their private lives private, information seems to leak like a faucet. Per People, Reba McEntire recently appeared on Today and chatted with Savannah Guthrie. The Fancy...
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Scientists in Germany have, for the first time, created the most comprehensive digital representation of the world s man-made environment by compiling a massive 3D, high-resolution dataset containing 2.75 billion buildings. The GlobalBuildingAtlas, developed by a research team at the Technical Unive...
Tracking the first astronauts’ visit to Mars won’t be as simple as watching a clock or marking days off of a calendar. Thanks to relativity, time actually moves faster on the Red Planet than it does here on Earth. For years, scientists have wondered about the exact temporal difference between planet...
Sleeping in a pitch-black room may be vital for long-term heart health. Exposure to ambient light while sleeping was linked to increased stress in the brain, heightened arterial inflammation, and a greater risk of heart attack and stroke.
A quote widely attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca says, "Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity." In 2016, a doctoral candidate at the University of California Irvine proved that this is indeed the truth. Nine years ago, Mya Le Thai, PhD was playing around in the lab when she made a...
One of the country’s rarest coins is slightly rarer than even expert coin collectors believed. After the surprise discovery of a long-lost 1804 dollar (aka the “King of American Coins”), the rarity’s total known count now stands at 16. Regardless of its ranking, the silver coin is expected to fetch ...
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A 14th-century English-made ewer may soon head to Ghana on long-term loan from the British Museum, according to the Art Newspaper. Known as the Asante Ewer, the lidded bronze jug is a rare example of medieval English bronze casting. At some point in its history, the object found its way to Kumasi, c...
In 1997, ecologists Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs approached an orange juice company in Costa Rica with an off-the-wall idea. In exchange for donating a portion of unspoiled, forested land to the Área de Conservación Guanacaste — a nature preserve in the country's northwest — the park would all...
After being imprisoned for murdering her partner, Ruth Kamande studied the legal system to understand her own case. Now she is fighting to reform Kenya’s laws It is a cool, overcast morning in Nairobi, and Ruth Kamande is in front of a computer, deep in concentration. Next to her is a thick red hard...
From 2018 to 2020, no one in Dorset, England saw hide nor hair (or rather, fin nor snout) of a single spiny seahorse off the sandy beaches of Studland Bay. But in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic offered a silver lining. Without the constant influx of tourists and boats, the endangered seahorses re-emerg...
After a month-long delay caused by the federal government shutdown, New York households can now apply with the state for a subsidy to help them pay their winter heating bills. Assistance is doled out on a first-come, first-serve basis. Nearly 1 million New York City households used the assistance pr...
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Laundromats are an important source of airborne microfibers, according to a new study. The fix could be as simple as installing an extra filter on clothes dryers to trap the fibers, another study focusing on home dryers suggests. “Our clothes dryers are emitting microfibers into the air, but this is...
A University of Toronto team has designed a new method for capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air. The technique called evaporative carbonate crystallization could cut the hefty price tag of current technologies by 40 percent. It s essentially a passive system that leverages capillary action...
Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in the US are experimenting with a surprising source of inspiration for next-generation nuclear fuel: nature’s mathematics. Their latest research focuses on triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) — intricate, repeating lattice structures that occur in b...
On Nov. 2, 2025, NASA honored 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. What began as a fragile framework of modules has evolved into a springboard for international cooperation, advanced scientific research and technology demonstrations, the development of a low ...
In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, a team of archaeologists has made a remarkable discovery: the remains of a massive stone-lined basin, partly carved directly into the bedrock. Built around 250 BCE, with evidence that some parts may be even older, t...
