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The 552 lots from the annual Hospices de Beaune charity wine auction in Burgundy, France, organized by Sotheby’s, made €18.75 million ($21.5 million) on Sunday. It was the third highest total achieved by the historic sale, which has been running since 1859. Last year s auction took the equivalent of...
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A new study reversed transplant rejection twice, uncovering the reasons for transplant rejection on a cellular level...
There are a lot of things young people hate about the way older folks communicate, especially over text. There's the boomers' overuse of ellipses, the parents' insistence on using periods and other proper punctuation, and perhaps most hated of all, the thumbs up emoji. Gen Zers find the simple thumb...
Conservationists have discovered a previously unknown species of snake, slithering around one of Earth s most unique environments. In naming their new reptile, researchers decided to honor one of popular culture’s most unique and beloved wildlife educators: the late, great Steve Irwin. The snake was...
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AI-powered portable x-ray machines and AI models are revolutionizing TB screening in underserved communities, providing faster and more accessible diagnoses. This technology is being used in over 80 low- and middle-income countries to bridge the gap caused by the shortage of radiologists.
In 1985, with two young daughters and little money, Roxanne Swentzell, a Native American sculptor and ceramic artist, returned from her studies in Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon, to her Santa Clara Pueblo community in New Mexico state. Her art was years away from producing real income, so she...
Though soy sauce is ubiquitous today, it was not always a feature of American palates. By some accounts, the very first person to begin processing Midwestern soy crops into the delicious fermented condiment at an industrial scale started it all in a small corner of Columbia City. Shinzo Ohki was bor...
Thanksgiving can be celebrated in an eco-friendly way by using natural and creative decor, mindful meal planning to minimize waste, and repurposing leftovers into new dishes. Sustainability advocates suggest using natural elements like gourds, pumpkins, and pine cones for decor, planning menus carefully to reduce wa...
For the last 20 years, Dominican nuns in a Mexican monastery have cared for the largest known captive population of the critically endangered achoque salamander. Now scientists from Chester Zoo in the U.K. are collaborating with the sisters and Mexican conservationists to test a microchipping method...
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We often think of heroes as those that seek out danger in order to help those in need. But sometimes the most impressive heroes are the ones who never expected to find themselves in the position to help, but did so anyway. One story out of Amarillo, Texas shows exactly how quick thinking and being i...
The list of exhibitors for the 2026 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong remains about the same size as last year’s roster, with some new exhibitors and some notable absences. There are 240 galleries from 42 countries and territories at the 2026 edition, taking place March 27 to 29, at the Hong Kong Conve...
Thanksgiving is a little more than a week away, and we cannot wait. Yes, we love the food and family time, but our favorite part might just be the Thanksgiving morning parade. Getting up for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been a time-honored tradition for generations. Families crawl into be...
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. In mid-October, a mysterious object cracked the windshield of a packed Boeing 737 cruising at 36,000 feet above Utah, for...
Once escapees from the pet trade, Los Angeles’s feral parrots have become a vibrant part of city life, and could even aid conservation in their native homelands A morning mist hung over the palm trees as birds chattered and cars roared by on the streets of Pasadena. It was a scene that evoked a trop...
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The US Air Force and three major defense contractors have completed a new flight test that moved crewed-uncrewed teaming closer to operational reality, successfully linking an F-22 Raptor fighter with a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger unmanned jet through a next-generation communications architecture. General ...
Brian Alpert’s path was always destined for the aerospace industry, but his journey turned toward NASA’s Johnson Space Center during his sophomore year in college. That was when Tricia Mack, who works in NASA’s Transportation Integration Office within the International Space Station Program, spoke t...
Few people spend more meaningful time with kids than their teachers. From the classroom to the playground to after-school pickup, teachers witness daily moments that often reveal what a child’s home life is like…and which parents are consistently showing up for their kids. In a viral Reddit thread, ...
On a quiet street in Chestnut Hill, you’ll find a small grey-green home that, on first glance, might look quite ordinary. Keep looking, however, and you’ll begin to notice unusual specificities in its design; some subtle, some less so. The more you observe, the more unconventional architectural deta...
The Artemis I SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft atop the mobile launcher at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a full Moon in the background on June 14, 2022.Credit: NASA/Cory Huston Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. Media accreditation is open for the launc...
