Science

Green-lit Maya calendar stone wheel, used as a visual reference for a new explanation of the 819-day cycle and long-term sky timing.

Two researchers had been stuck on a Mayan number for years. They changed a single rule, and a pattern appeared that was impossible to ignore

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January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM

For years, headlines about the “Mayan calendar” focused on end-of-the-world myths. Behind those stories sat…..

Close-up of a chameleon showing its turret-like eye, a trait explained by newly identified coiled optic nerves inside the skull.

For 2,000 years, no one could fully explain why chameleons’ eyes seem to live separately, and the answer was coiled inside the skull in the form of an old telephone cable

Adrian Villellas
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January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Have you ever watched a chameleon in a nature video and wondered how each eye…..

Artist illustration of a black hole merger emitting gravitational waves, shown as swirling light around a dark central horizon.

The loudest gravitational wave ever heard comes from 2025 and tests Hawking’s rule with almost absurd precision

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January 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM

The universe has just sent its loudest gravitational whisper so far. In that tiny ripple…..

Vanguard Cave on Gibraltar’s Mediterranean cliffs, where archaeologists found a chamber sealed for 40,000 years with Neanderthal clues.

Archaeologists open a chamber sealed for 40,000 years, and what they find beneath the sand in Gibraltar changes what we thought we knew about Neanderthals: coastal hunters, glue makers, and Paleolithic artists

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January 29, 2026 at 10:15 AM

On the steep Mediterranean cliffs of Gibraltar, archaeologists have stepped into a room that no…..

Tiny multicolored plastic fragments and particles on a human hand, illustrating microplastics detected in human brain tissue.

Scientists find microplastics inside the human brain for the first time… and they’re not alone: there are more than in the liver and kidneys combined

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January 29, 2026 at 9:12 AM

Tiny fragments of plastic are no longer just in the ocean, the soil, or the…..

A reconstructed Viking turf house at the L’Anse aux Meadows archaeological site in Newfoundland, Canada.

It wasn’t Columbus, nor was it a myth: a solar storm in the year 993 left its mark on trees… and a thousand years later helped discover the exact year the Vikings arrived in America

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January 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM

More than a thousand years ago, red auroras flickered across the sky after a powerful…..

Inset image points to faint interstellar object 3I/ATLAS against a star field, shown with a blue glow and an arrow marking its position.

The countdown has begun: in a few days, the truth about 3I/ATLAS will be revealed

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January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Earth is about to get a rare, almost straight-line view of a visitor from another…..

Physicists in Stuttgart examine optical equipment used to teleport quantum information between photons in a laboratory experiment.

In a laboratory, they manage to teleport quantum information between photons born in different crystals, and the technical detail that makes this possible sounds like the internet of the future

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January 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM

In a lab in Stuttgart, physicists have quietly pulled off something that once belonged in…..

Mammoth Cave National Park interior showing a deep vertical shaft and catwalk, where a ranger helped spot ancient shark fossils in the ceiling rock

You enter Mammoth Cave looking for darkness… and encounter sharks: a park ranger discovers fossils of 10–12-foot predators that swam here 325 million years ago on the ceiling of this cave

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January 27, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Most visitors step into Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave for cool air and quiet darkness, not for…..

Artist’s impression of a baby star’s jet creating a bubble that distorts its own protoplanetary disk, based on ALMA data of WSB 52.

Images capture how a baby star shoots a jet at full speed 440 light-years away and the “rebound” ends up hitting its own disk where planets are born

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January 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM

Astronomers have caught a baby star in the middle of a cosmic backfire. A high-speed…..

Mobility

Bright rocket plume streaks across the twilight sky above a city, a reminder of rising launch activity and debris risk.

The United States issues a safety alert to airlines due to the increase in space debris generated by Space X rocket explosions.

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January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Commercial aviation is used to watching the weather, turbulence, and other aircraft. Now it has to look…..

Singapore Traffic Police stop a lorry during a roadside check as authorities enforce the 60 km/h electronic speed-limiter rule.

These 141 companies ignored a traffic regulation and now could lose everything: fines, jail time, and bans on participating in public contracts

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January 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM

If you have ever felt a heavy lorry roar past your bus stop a little too fast,…..

Economy

Freight train on the Interoceanic Corridor rail line in southern Mexico, part of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec route linking two coasts.

The Latin American country that moves millions of tons of earth and creates a route that surpasses the Panama Canal

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January 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Mexico is racing to finish a new trade route across its narrow southern waist. The…..

A US president signs an emergency order at the Resolute Desk as aides stand nearby in the Oval Office.

Trump declares national emergency to “safeguard” $2.5 billion worth of Venezuelan oil… and what no one is telling you about its environmental and geopolitical impact

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January 29, 2026 at 12:30 PM

What counts as a national emergency today? For U.S. President Donald Trump, it now includes…..

German finance minister Lars Klingbeil speaks at a podium as Germany responds to Trump’s Greenland threats and cites international law.

International law applies to everyone, including the United States, says German finance minister after Trump’s threats over Greenland

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January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Greenland, usually known for icebergs and polar bears rather than diplomatic crises, is suddenly at…..

Teen engineering student inspects a compact modular micro house designed to shelter homeless people and reduce housing emissions.

An 18-year-old designs a micro-house that can be assembled in a day and will move into it for 12 months to test it out: his plan is for it to serve as a real shelter for homeless people and reduce emissions

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January 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM

At just 18, engineering student Ribal Zebian is trying something most city councils have not…..

Open-pit iron ore mine in Australia’s Pilbara region, where geologists confirmed an estimated 55 billion tons of high-grade ore underground.

Australia has just confirmed the existence of a “monster” beneath Pilbara: 55 billion tons of high-quality iron… valued at over $6.52 trillion

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January 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Deep under the red rock of Western Australia, scientists have confirmed that the Hamersley Province…..

Geologists examine drilling equipment at the Wangu gold field in Hunan after locating a massive deep underground gold deposit.

China locates a huge gold deposit valued at $85.9 billion at a depth of 2,000 meters with dozens of veins, and geologists are now trying to confirm whether it exceeds 1,000 tons

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January 26, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Far below the mountains of central China, geologists say they have found one of the…..

Person holding a U.S. Treasury Social Security check as new reports warn of a possible 23% automatic benefit cut

Social Security is on track for an automatic cut that could affect your check by 23%: the new official report confirms it

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January 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM

Social Security was designed to feel solid and automatic. You work, payroll taxes quietly leave…..

Older man sits alone on a bench in a cemetery, head bowed, reflecting on loss, identity, and the emotional shock that can follow retirement.

Goodbye to routine, goodbye to identity: the moment when the question “What do you do for a living?” becomes impossible to answer and a risk begins that is rarely talked about

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January 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Retirement is sold as a finish line. You work hard, save what you can, and…..

Closed for bankruptcy sign on a restaurant door as Taste of Belgium enters Chapter 11 in Cincinnati.

A popular organic brunch chain that offered local menus and artisanal waffles has closed due to bankruptcy, leaving thousands of workers and years of collaborations with neighboring farms in indefinite limbo

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January 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Taste of Belgium, the Cincinnati brunch chain built around Liège waffles and locally sourced menus,…..

They promise “$2,000 from the IRS in January,” and thousands of people are already waiting to pay their electricity bills: the problem is that no new payments have been approved for 2026

They promise “$2,000 from the IRS in January,” and thousands of people are already waiting to pay their electricity bills: the problem is that no new payments have been approved for 2026

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January 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Over the past few days, posts have spread across social media promising that the IRS…..

Environment

Aerial view of a forest river at sunrise, symbolizing how rising CO2 changes tree stomata, water use, and carbon uptake.

Since the 1970s, climate models have favored trees… but now, 50 years later, biology tells us something else we cannot ignore

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January 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM

For years, a comforting idea has floated around climate conversations. As carbon dioxide builds up…..

A barge moves along the Mississippi River near sandbars and a growing crevasse delta in coastal Louisiana.

As the Mississippi breaks into giant “cracks” near the delta, Louisiana is gaining new land… but also risking drinking water and the world’s grain route

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January 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Near the mouth of the Mississippi River, the levees finally end and the river goes…..

Swan trapped in brush beside train tracks in Massapequa, New York, as a commuter train passes in the background

A couple found a white lump among some branches and rails on a trail in New York and thought it was trash next to the tracks, but it was a swan trapped far from the water

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January 29, 2026 at 8:45 AM

In Massapequa, New York, a couple walking a local trail recently spotted what looked like…..

Frosty Louisiana bayou scene as a cold snap brings near-freezing nights and a 4P warning for people, pets, pipes, and plants.

Louisiana goes from sweltering heat to “near freezing” in a matter of hours: nights close to 0°C, light frosts, and the key 4P warning (people, pets, pipes, and plants)

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January 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM

After a stretch of short sleeves and muggy afternoons, much of Louisiana is waking up…..

A giant tortoise grazing on Española Island greenery to restore the natural savanna ecosystem.

From 15 survivors to more than 2,300: giant tortoises have returned to Española and are now “reprogramming” the island, slowing down scrub growth and pushing the landscape toward a more open savanna

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January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM

For decades, conservationists hoped that putting giant tortoises back on their home islands would do…..

Crowds in Mammoth Lakes, California, as an AirNow alert warns of unhealthy PM2.5 air pollution in the Sierra Nevada.
U.S. forecast map showing cold fronts and low pressure systems setting up potential Northeast snowfall while Arctic air holds.

The National Weather Service in Philadelphia issues a new warning: prepare for another potentially historic snowfall that could threaten the Northeast’s energy system

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January 27, 2026 at 5:19 AM

After a brutal winter storm left much of the United States shivering under Arctic air,…..

Satellite view of lake effect snow over Lake Ontario and the northeastern U.S. during a winter storm in January 2026.

The National Weather Service Buffalo on high alert: Lake Ontario’s snow machine kicks into gear and threatens to paralyze roads with up to 3 inches of snow per hour

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January 27, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Communities east and southeast of Lake Ontario are hunkering down for yet another intense blast…..