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From a wild Texas roam, Gracie the giraffe safely returns home.
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The world's most powerful reactor just began healing nuclear fuel.
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The compass that carries ten tools could keep you found.
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Rob Reiner's Final 'Bear' Role Ignites a Touching Farewell
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Ohio's newest power plant quietly secures the lights for millions.
Ohio just powered up a massive 950 MW gas turbine plant! This new Trumbull Energy Center now feeds the PJM Interconnection, America's largest wholesale power market.
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See how France protects its most vulnerable from summer heat.
14,800 dead. That's how many lives France lost in 2003 to a two-week heatwave. Now, France leads the world in heatwave preparedness, building a comprehensive resilience program.
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Raphael's Loggias begin a five-year journey to renewed brilliance.
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Where stars once burned, a black hole now feasts: A cosmic first.
Astronomers witnessed a cosmic first: an intermediate-mass black hole devouring a white dwarf star. The Einstein Probe telescope captured this rare event unfolding.
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Jet skiers give a sea turtle a second chance at life.
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Is the "blackest car" about to become a new status symbol?
Chinese scientists just created the ultimate black: a durable, ultra-black car coating combining nanotechnology with carbon pigment. It absorbs so much light, it creates a "black-hole" effect.
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Imagine the future of American architecture at the Venice Biennale.
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Today's Hope-Up: The Ocean Got a Boost, and Science Got Tiny
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The unexpected handshake that delivers U.S. aid to Venezuela.
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Beyond Bourbon Street: Southwest Louisiana cradles American culture.
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Happy little trees now help Indiana public TV.
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Egypt's World Cup ads now look prophetic.
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Imagine a clearer mind: This common laxative shows promise for brain fog.
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Himalayan predators prove sharing a valley is possible, thanks to diverse diets.
Three apex predators—snow leopards, common leopards, and Himalayan wolves—coexist in a remote Nepal valley. A new study reveals their secret: they avoid conflict by eating different prey.
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New spray shields skin from nail UV.
Gel nails: beautiful, durable, and potentially dangerous. A UC Berkeley professor's innovation could protect your skin from the LED UV light used to harden them.
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Irish food brands quietly prove good business grows from good farming.
Irish food brands prove sustainability pays. Their models, showcased at Food Tank's London summit, offer global businesses a blueprint for success.
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From manual measures to laser maps: How forests reveal their carbon secrets
Reforestation is a global climate solution, but measuring forest carbon storage is tricky. New research shows ground-based LiDAR scanning significantly improves carbon estimation efficiency.
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Do transparent food chains finally empower farmers and eaters?
New tech and frameworks are revolutionizing food supply chains. This transparency empowers farmers, eaters, and drives climate action, experts revealed at Food Tank's recent summit.
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Houston's art scene expands its welcome, drawing 95 galleries this October.
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Flowering plants flourished among dinosaurs, not just after them.
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This lost elephant calf's reunion brightens the future for her herd.
A calf's return to her herd reveals the powerful connection between elephant family bonds, long-term research, and landscape protection.
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This "electronic nose" brightens the future of safe eating.
Your nose misses some smells. UC Berkeley researchers built an "electronic nose" that detects expired food and allergens, claiming it's "better than human noses.
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What a tiny fossil from 500 million years ago reveals about our oldest relatives.
Complex animal life may be far older than we thought. New fossils push back the timeline, hinting at a deeper evolutionary past.
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From frozen in place to ultracold, a laser guides hydrogen's future.
Trapping molecules with lasers is incredibly difficult. Their complex vibrations and rotations make them far harder to control than single atoms.
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French Polynesia's secret to safeguarding 30% of its ocean? Local leadership.
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The surprising secret a Rembrandt painting held for centuries.
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Look inside the museum's hidden rooms: Your favorite art just got a new home.
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Copper sharing strengthens stubborn biofilms.
Two common human pathogens team up, managing copper to build stubborn biofilms. This discovery could unlock new ways to break them down.
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On a new island, robots welcome hotel guests.
Robots are checking in! The world's first robot-run hotel opens next year in China, on an artificial island built for the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link megaproject.
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A single wild-born chick sparks hope for Bangladesh's peafowl.
Bangladesh aims to reintroduce peafowl, extinct in the wild for decades. A "soft" release began last year, but experts warn against rushing, citing challenges in habituating captive birds to forest life.
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Could a simple yellow card make restaurants safer for everyone?
A father of four sexually assaulted a server at Chef Erin Wade's family restaurant, Homeroom. Wade was stunned to learn most of her staff experienced harassment there.
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Kenya's ocean summit plants seeds for a healthier blue future.
Africa took center stage as Kenya hosted the Our Ocean Conference for the first time. 6,000 delegates gathered to make voluntary commitments, focusing on marine protection and heritage.
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What an eagle ray eats just got easier to hear, thanks to AI.
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Could lab-grown organs finally be within reach?
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Buckingham Palace's grand revamp? King Charles has other plans.
King Charles just made history. He's the first British monarch to reveal his tax payments, a groundbreaking announcement made Thursday during a royal finances briefing.
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