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The sodium secret that unlocked America's first advanced nuclear reactor

The U.S. just approved the first commercial advanced reactor ever. TerraPower's 345-megawatt Natrium plant in Wyoming marks a watershed moment for next-generation nuclear power.

Berkeley’s Blue and Gold satellites are now flying through Earth's magnetotail — a first - Berkeley News

What secrets hide in Earth's magnetic shadow—and why do two Berkeley satellites now hold the answers?

NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes are exploring uncharted territory in Earth's magnetic field—a crucial test before their Mars mission later this year.

Leaving wilderness alone isn't always the best way to protect it, experts say. Here's what they suggest instead

Wilderness thrives when people tend it: how active stewardship rewrites protection

America's 806 wilderness areas—110 million acres larger than California—face a climate crisis. Now Indigenous stewardship could reshape how we protect them.

Unbreakable Friendship: Boy Carried Disabled Best Friend to School Every Day for 6 Years

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Six years, one backpack, a friendship that carried them both through school

When Zhang Ze was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis at four, his best friend Xu Bingyang didn't hesitate—he carried him to school on his back for six years.

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Divers shared photos of an 'underwater panda.' It turned out to be a new species

Divers' "underwater panda" becomes official species.

Divers off Japan discovered an oddly marked sea squirt in 2017—a creature so unusual it had never been formally documented by science.

Singer to step down as senior vice provost for faculty

Judith Singer Steps Down After 18 Years Building Faculty Excellence

After 18 years transforming faculty development, education scholar Judith Singer steps down as senior vice provost.

They Joked About Discovering a Forgotten Masterpiece. Now, Experts Say They're the Unwitting Owners of an Original Rembrandt

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A family's attic treasure turns out to be a lost Rembrandt, restored to the master's legacy after 60 years.

A painting erased from art history for 60 years just got its artist back. Scholars at the Rijksmuseum reopened the case when owners brought in "Vision of Zacharias in the Temple.

Drug breakthrough for children with rare form of extreme epilepsy

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Freddie and children like him can finally breathe: a new drug quiets severe childhood epilepsy

A groundbreaking medicine is transforming lives for children with Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy that families say offers new hope.

Rice-based cheese closes the protein gap that's stumped plant-based makers

Vegan cheese tastes great but lacks protein—until now. University of Arkansas researchers discovered rice could be the missing ingredient for truly nutritious plant-based cheese.

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AI Finds a Hidden Signal That Could Unlock Faster Solid-State Batteries

Could AI just accelerate the solid-state battery revolution by years?

Scientists just cracked how to spot the perfect battery materials in seconds. An AI technique detects liquid-like ion motion, accelerating the hunt for next-generation solid-state batteries.

Hours before her Portland concert, Zara Larsson led a 'bike bus' of students on a ride to school

Watch hundreds of students pedal to school with Zara Larsson leading the way

A PE teacher turned viral fitness coach created something unexpected: a "Bike Bus" that transformed how kids commute to school in Northeast Portland.

Dalí Museum in Florida Announces $65 M. Expansion Planned for 2028

St. Petersburg's Dalí Museum Unlocks New Galleries and Learning Spaces by 2028

A $65 million expansion will transform St. Petersburg's Dalí Museum starting in 2026, adding 35,000 square feet of galleries, a learning center, and immersive digital experiences by 2028.

This critically endangered parrot is making a comeback. Experts think berries are the reason for the baby boom

Kākāpō population surges on berry-rich diet.

Meet the kākāpō: flightless, heaviest, and clumsiest parrot on Earth. This New Zealand oddity has forgotten how to fly—and nearly everything else.

APTA calls for $268B investment in public transit and passenger rail over 5 years

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What $268 billion in transit funding could mean for commuters in the next five years

The American Public Transportation Association is pushing Congress to boost transit funding in the next surface transportation bill.

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Artemis II astronauts will eat a lot of tortillas on their trip to the moon

Artemis II astronauts bring tortillas to the moon, ditching freeze-dried packets for real meals

A single floating cookie crumb could sabotage an entire space mission. NASA's astronauts face a puzzle: craft meals that maximize nutrition while minimizing the chaos of weightless crumbs.

Retired Couple Grows Mini Forest With Fruit Trees & More, Teach 3000 People for Free

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While others retire quietly, this couple planted a forest and taught 3,000 people to grow their own.

A retired couple in Tamil Nadu is cultivating a thriving mini forest with over 50 trees on just half an acre—proving that small spaces can yield big environmental impact.

What We’re Reading: Why MAGA Suddenly Loves Solar

Why solar is winning over unlikely allies across the political spectrum

Trump's closest allies are quietly embracing solar power—a stunning reversal that contradicts the president's public stance against renewable energy.

284°F self-healing material could help Europe catch up to US, China in reusable spacecraft

European engineers test self-healing spacecraft material that repairs itself in heat

Europe's space race just got a breakthrough: a self-healing material that could finally make reusable rockets viable. Swiss startup CompPair is partnering with the ESA to transform spacecraft design.

Scientists May Have Found the “Holy Grail” of Quantum Computing

Physicists identify a triplet superconductor that could unlock energy-efficient quantum computing

Scientists may have discovered a triplet superconductor in NbRe—a material that could enable zero-resistance spin transport and revolutionize quantum computing.

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Meet Maia Chao, the Art World Anthropologist Making Her Whitney Biennial Debut

Maia Chao Finds Art in the Overlooked Corners of Everyday Life

Maia Chao turns everyday mysteries into art: Where does doctors' office art come from? How do artists survive? Her anthropological eye finds the absurd, beautiful, and troubling in mimicry and replication.

Can an AI recruiter really spot a good carer?

Innovation

Mollie got her care job call in 30 minutes—from an AI that knew she'd be good at it.

AI now screens care workers. But can algorithms judge compassion, patience, and the human touch that defines great caregiving?

Scientists just found the brain’s hidden defense against Alzheimer’s

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Discover the brain's built-in shield against Alzheimer's—and how to strengthen it.

Some brain cells have a built-in defense against Alzheimer's. Researchers discovered a natural cleanup system that removes toxic tau protein before it clumps and destroys neurons.

Belarus Free Theatre to Present Venice Biennial Collateral Exhibition on Art Under Authoritarianism and Censorship

Belarusian artists in exile reclaim their voice at Venice's grandest stage

Exiled Belarus Free Theatre brings underground resistance to Venice Biennale's official stage, transforming a 1,000-year-old church into a political exhibition space.

La NASA refuerza Artemis: añade una misión y perfecciona su arquitectura general

NASA accelerates lunar missions with Artemis expansion.

Read this story in English here. A fin de lograr el objetivo nacional de llevar astronautas estadounidenses a la superficie de la Luna y mantener la superioridad de Estados Unidos en exploración y descubrimientos, la NASA anunció el 27 de febrero que aumentará la frecuencia de sus misiones con el......

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What snow monkeys’ steamy baths are really doing to their bodies

While the headlines panicked about disease, snow monkeys' hot springs quietly rewrote their microbiome

Japanese snow monkeys' hot spring baths do more than warm them—they're reshaping their microbiomes. Regular soaking alters lice patterns and gut bacteria in surprising ways.

Aurora supercomputer simulates fusion plasma, predicts disruptions with AI

Where plasma once spiraled into chaos, AI now reads the warning signs.

A supercomputer that performs a quintillion calculations per second is now tackling fusion energy—cracking one of science's hardest problems by simulating plasma hotter than the sun.

Ancient Hot Springs Reveal How Life Survived on a Toxic Early Earth

What kept life thriving when oxygen was Earth's deadliest poison?

Iron-breathing microbes were life's secret weapon in Earth's poisonous, oxygen-free past. These ancient organisms may have been the key to survival itself.

Nacho parenting explained: a realistic approach for blended families

Stepparents find clarity in the art of stepping back, not out.

Stepparents are ditching the rulebook for "nacho parenting"—a strategy that's transforming blended families by encouraging them to step back, not in.

Pregnant women's brains shed grey matter to prime them for motherhood, study suggests

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Pregnancy rewires brains for motherhood.

Pregnant women's brains physically shrink—and that's actually a sign they're becoming better mothers, new research reveals.

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Panamanian Golden Frogs Disappeared From the Wild Due to a Deadly Fungus. Now, Scientists Are Returning Them to Nature

From extinction's edge to forest floors: Panama's golden frogs return home.

Smithsonian researchers are bringing Panama's iconic golden frogs back from the brink of extinction—releasing them into specially designed wild enclosures for the first time.

Education reaches beyond the Razdan Pass as a Himalayan valley discovers its own architects of change

An academic administrator's body teaches in Srinagar—but her soul dwells 130km away, beyond the Razdan Pass, in the silent Tulail valley.

Virus Therapy Supercharges Immune Attack on Brain Cancer

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Virus Therapy Supercharges Immune Attack on Brain Cancer

Scientists engineered a herpes virus that infiltrated glioblastoma tumors, triggering immune T cells to attack cancer cells and extending patient survival.

Paul Brainerd turned computers into printing presses and fortune into conservation

Innovation

While tech billionaires chased growth, Paul Brainerd quietly built the conservation movement that could actually win.

Paul Brainerd democratized publishing, then spent his fortune saving the landscapes his success threatened. He died February 15th, 2026, aged 78.

Researchers Train Bacteria to Consume Tumors from the Inside Out

While oncologists debate next steps, bacteria quietly rewrites the cancer playbook

Scientists have engineered bacteria to infiltrate and destroy tumors from within—a breakthrough approach that could transform cancer treatment.

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Swivel to Merge with Lower East Side’s Marc Straus Gallery, as Founder Graham Wilson Joins as Partner

Watch New York's gallery world embrace collaboration: Swivel joins Marc Straus to amplify artist opportunities.

Swivel Gallery founder Graham Wilson joins Marc Straus Gallery as partner, bringing his roster of artists and a curated exhibition opening March 19.

90 Million Year-old ‘Missing Link’ Fossil of Tiny Bird-like Dinosaur Discovered

Watch how a 90-million-year-old skeleton unlocks the story of Earth's smallest dinosaurs.

Scientists unearthed a 90-million-year-old fossil that bridges the evolutionary gap between dinosaurs and birds. This tiny, bird-like creature rewrites our understanding of prehistoric life.

Life Rebounded “Astoundingly” Fast After the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid, Study Finds

Life bloomed where extinction reigned: plankton thrived within millennia of the asteroid impact.

Life bounced back faster than anyone thought. New plankton species emerged just 2,000 years after the dinosaur-killing asteroid—not thousands of years later.

Humanity’s Oldest Geometry Was Carved Into Ostrich Eggs 60,000 Years Ago

Did our ancestors master geometry 60,000 years before we thought possible?

Geometric patterns etched onto ancient ostrich eggshells in southern Africa suggest our ancestors possessed sophisticated mathematical thinking thousands of years ago.

Former inmate buys North Carolina prison to create housing and job training for others like him

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