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Researchers from Wuhan University have developed a new framework that could help robots manipulate objects more easily. Introduced in a new paper on arXiv, this approach should enable humanoid robots to grasp and handle a greater variety of objects than is currently possible. At present, humanoid ro...
Founder s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. She moved slowly, as if time were something best savored. Visitors leaned over railings or knelt at the edge of her enclosure as she stretched her neck toward a leaf of...
It’s hard to believe William Shatner turned 94 years old in 2025. He’s as spry as ever and continues working in Hollywood and sharing joy on social media. Earlier this fall, William gave fans a scare. An ambulance showed up at this home for a “medical emergency.” He quickly cleared the air. And whil...
It’s not even December, and the Christmas decorations are up, and the music is playing. There’s nothing like the crisp, cool weather and hearing our favorite holiday tunes. Some songs are much more popular than others, and you might already have your fill of a few by now. But the Queen of Christmas,...
Electric vehicle charging stations have a stability problem. As swarms of cars constantly plug in and yank their chargers out at random, every unpredictable connection sends a jolt through the system. Multiply that by a dozen or more fast chargers, and the result is power supply imbalances that can ...
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Researchers have found that macaques can tap along to a musical beat and it upends the assumption that only animals with vocal-learning abilities can find and move to a groove.The research team also claimed that outside of humans, the ability to synchronize movement to rhythm – isochronicity – is st...
Ten years after Bindi Irwin won the Mirrorball Trophy on Dancing with the Stars, the Irwin family took home a second championship. Robert Irwin and Witney Carson danced their way into America’s hearts this season on DWTS. People couldn’t help but fall in love with Robert’s gigantic smile, positive a...
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Generation X, made up of those born between 1965 and 1980, has many claims-to-fame in their younger years game. Gen X brought the world Prince and Kurt Cobain. We were The Goonies and The Breakfast Club. We took down the Berlin Wall while watching MTV. But perhaps the most iconic thing about Gen X i...
In the waters off Isla el Pardito, where rocky reefs meet mangrove swamps in Mexico s Gulf of California, marine biologists and veteran fishers are using the power of the sun to protect endangered sea turtles. This region has some of the highest reported rates of turtles being accidentally caught in...
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Today, at the exclusive ‘House of Instagram’ event in Mumbai, we shared two new updates from Instagram that not only underline India’s importance for Meta, but also further the possibilities for creators to reach new audiences. Meta AI Translations Expand To Five New Indian Languages on Instagram & ...
The team has several theories about how Indigenous groups created and used the vessels, which were discovered during research over the past five years...
Episode Description: In this special Thanksgiving mini-episode of The Optimist Daily’s Weekly Roundup, Karissa and Arielle press pause on the usual headlines to say thank you. They share what they are personally grateful for this year, celebrate the Emissaries and listeners who keep solutions journa...
The hills of Kentucky might seem like a separate world from the Selva Maya rainforest in Central America. But they are just a song away. When someone hears the twitter of the tiny Kentucky warbler in the woods of Appalachia, the sounds are inextricably linked to what’s happening to this imperiled ju...
Health Looking to build muscle? Lose weight? Need more protein, right? Probably not. Forget influencers, nutritionist says. Here’s how much you really need, why too much can actually hurt you Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer November 25, 2025 8 min read High-protein diets are having a mome...
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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Women and youth empowerment through education Welcome to the final week of The Optimist Daily’s Annual Local Changemakers series, where we’ve spent five weeks celebrating community-rooted leaders driving bold solutions across the globe.
Hugh Grant does not hold back when it comes to his opinions on anything. But in one unfortunate interview he did for Elle Magazine back in 2009, he dished on most of his female co-stars, and it wasn't pretty. He described Emma Thompson as "clever, funny, mad as a chair." Of Sandra Bullock, he said, ...
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Shirley Santana Herrera, a 24-year-old changemaker, has founded Excelsior Academy to empower Latin American youth through digital education, leadership training, and access to global opportunities. Her work in education and social impact has earned her a place on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
For the last 12 years, volunteers have ventured out in freezing temperatures to Finland’s Lake Saimaa every winter. It is here that the Saimaa ringed seal — one of the world’s most endangered seal species — is trying to survive.For most of history, the blistering cold winters drove snow into meters-...
