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Researchers engineered “gyromorphs,” a new type of metamaterial that combines liquid-like randomness with large-scale structural patterns to block light from every direction. This innovation solves longstanding limitations in quasicrystal-based designs and could accelerate advances in photonic compu...
For Hawaii’s short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), it’s all about squid. The black marine mammals with bulbous heads primarily feed on the cephalopods and some small amounts of fish. But just how much squid do they eat? New estimates suggest that individual Hawaiian short-finned pi...
The world has become more tolerant and progressive in many ways. For example, support of same-sex marriage used to be a minority opinion in the United States, but it has grown by leaps and bounds and is accepted by a majority of people today. That's huge. But same sex couples still face a lot of sti...
Based on the most recent estimates from the International Labour Organization, approximately 27.6 million people are victims of human trafficking worldwide at any given time. In Ghana, forced labor and sexual exploitation are devastatingly common.But the Max Steinbeck Women’s Empowerment Center, run...
The J. Paul Getty Trust has appointed Glenn D. Lowry, the former director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and Lionel M. Sauvage, a French philanthropist and collector, to its board of trustees. Both will begin as trustees in 2026. “It’s an honor and delight to welcome Glenn and Lionel to Getty’s...
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After water, concrete is the most-used material in the world. And now, researchers have given this ubiquitous building material super powers. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology team has found a way to make a type of concrete that can store and release electricity. This means that the concrete w...
Twenty brilliantly colored red-browed amazons took flight over a reserve holding one of the few remaining intact swaths of Atlantic Forest in Brazil. The green-and-red parrots had been missing from Alagoas state for generations. In January 2025, the birds returned home. Researchers say releasing the...
MUSIC MONDAY: “Fresh Reggae Tracks” Summer Playlist (LISTEN) By goodblacknews on July 14, 2025 by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Threads: @stlmarlonwest IG: stlmarlonwest Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Music Monday, you all. It’s your pal and...
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Led by Israel's Yad Vashem, the initiative has been underway since the 1950s. But it recently got a boost from artificial intelligence, which is helping humans search through the records...
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Connection of near-ubiquitous EBV to autoimmune disease affecting about 1 in 1,000 people may spur hunt for vaccine A common childhood virus appears to be the trigger for the autoimmune disease lupus, according to groundbreaking research. The study suggests that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which for m...
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Parking lots might not seem like climate solutions, but South Korea is proving they can be. Starting this month, any parking lot in the country with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies or carports. The new requirement applies not only t...
Campus & Community Local fun, a beach retreat, and a treat for your brain Photo illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff November 13, 2025 3 min read Sleep scientist shares tips on recreation and rest Part of the Favorite Things series Recommendations from Harvard faculty Tony Cunningham is an ass...
In the age of algorithms and keywords and incredibly steep competition, people have to be more strategic and creative than ever to secure a good job. Especially when it comes to drafting a resume that stands out amongst hundreds of others. Recently, one job recruiter was so impressed by one job seek...
Google DeepMind has built a new video-game-playing agent called SIMA 2 that can navigate and solve problems in a wide range of 3D virtual worlds. The company claims it’s a big step toward more general-purpose agents and better real-world robots. Google DeepMind first demoed SIMA (which stands fo...
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MIT.nano cleanroom complex named after Robert Noyce PhD ’53 at the 2025 Nano Summit. Amanda Stoll DiCristofaro | MIT.nano Publication Date: November 13, 2025 Press Inquiries ...
Comedic actors know how to deliver lines in just the right way with just the right timing to make an audience laugh. But true comedians are often funnier when they’re allowed to go off-script and let their gift for spontaneous humor shine. Enter Billy Crystal, whose ad-libbed scene in “The Princess ...
Retired teacher Robert Beattie, now 82, has been digging up remnants of the past ever since he was a child...
A spectacular Victorian era mausoleum commissioned by General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas stands on Gersit Law, overlooking the village of Ancrum below. Thomas Monteath was born in 1788, in Jamaica, to a Scottish father and an English mother. Thomas grew up to serve in the British Army, starting out...
Austrian sculptor Heinrich Krippel had already designed and produced a few statues of Ataturk to help cement the iconography of the newly founded Republic of Turkey. The idea was to portray a self-confident new country, led by a great man and claiming its place as peer to the modern nation-states of...
