10-year-old boy in Rostock programming a small educational robot with block-based code on a laptop during a MikroMINT technology workshop

A 10-year-old boy from Rostock is already programming his own browser in Python with a “history limit” and everything, while others are still learning how to browse safely

Adrian Villellas
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February 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM

On a quiet Friday afternoon in Rostock, ten year olds are doing something that looks a lot like play. Oskar is writing his own…..

Naturally mummified cheetah preserved inside a dry cave in northern Saudi Arabia

The discovery of 4,000-year-old mummified cheetahs in Saudi Arabia could lead to the recovery of a lost ecosystem

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February 23, 2026 at 3:36 PM

Seven naturally mummified cheetahs discovered in caves in northern Saudi Arabia are offering an unexpected gift from the past. Their bodies and DNA show…..

Bowl of plain yogurt topped with fruit and granola on a breakfast table
Underground view of the Oklo mine in Gabon, where scientists confirmed a natural nuclear reactor operated about 2 billion years ago.
A high-speed passenger train used by Brazil’s ANTT to illustrate the proposed Rio to São Paulo high-speed rail project.
Close-up of a desktop PC front panel with yellow USB ports, power button, and audio jacks.
Starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis used in evolutionary biology research
Older man drinking water while coughing, illustrating Parkinson’s related swallowing and throat symptoms.
Humanoid robot police officer directing traffic at a city intersection in China
Close-up of stingless guard bees at the entrance of their nest in Kerala, India
Senior driver renewing a California driver’s license at a DMV office
Baking soda and a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, the two ingredients commonly mixed into a paste to whiten stained grout lines.

Science

Naturally mummified cheetah preserved inside a dry cave in northern Saudi Arabia

The discovery of 4,000-year-old mummified cheetahs in Saudi Arabia could lead to the recovery of a lost ecosystem

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February 23, 2026 at 3:36 PM

Seven naturally mummified cheetahs discovered in caves in northern Saudi Arabia are offering an unexpected…..

Satellite view of Jubbah oasis in Saudi Arabia’s Nafud Desert showing circular green irrigated fields amid orange dunes

NASA photographs a desert and finds mysterious circles in the heart of Saudi Arabia

Adrian Villellas
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February 23, 2026 at 8:16 AM

From orbit, the northern desert of Saudi Arabia looks like an endless sheet of orange…..

Hand holding a plastic water bottle in a store aisle, highlighting concerns about microplastics in bottled water.

This study could make you stop drinking bottled water forever

Adrian Villellas
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February 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Every time you twist open a plastic water bottle, you are not just reaching for…..

Chestnut mining bee Andrena rehni on an American chestnut flower in a Syracuse research orchard

It looked like a normal bee in an orchard, but after a few seconds, a scientist realized she was seeing something that almost no one had ever seen in that area before

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February 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A bee that many experts wrote off as gone from New York has quietly buzzed…..

Starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis used in evolutionary biology research

A brainless creature from the bottom of the sea could hold the molecular trick that helped build the human body between 600 and 700 million years ago

Sonia Ramírez
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February 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM

If you want to find our deepest relatives, you might picture fish or early land…..

Baking soda and a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, the two ingredients commonly mixed into a paste to whiten stained grout lines.
People walking in extreme summer heat during a heat wave linked to accelerated biological aging

Science confirms that heat waves are literally accelerating the aging process

Sonia Ramírez
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February 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Many of us treat heat waves as a short-term annoyance. We close the blinds, crank…..

Japanese research vessel drilling for rare earth rich mud 6,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean

A deep-sea mission detects mud containing valuable elements where no one was looking. The discovery, made at a depth of 6 kilometers, could change the course of technology

Adrian Villellas
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February 20, 2026 at 1:27 PM

Far from any traffic jam or smokestack, the research ship Chikyu from Japan is quietly…..

A French bulldog lying on grass outdoors.

Goodbye to bulldogs and poodles: experts explain why more than 400 dog breeds would disappear almost completely in less than a decade if humans ceased to exist

Adrian Villellas
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February 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Humans and dogs have lived side by side for thousands of years, but the explosion…..

Coastal megacity built on a river delta facing flood risk due to rapid land subsidence

The greatest danger to megacities is not climate change, but something happening beneath our feet

Adrian Villellas
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February 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM

Across the planet’s great river deltas, the ground is dropping faster than the ocean is…..

Mobility

Red light traffic camera mounted at a California intersection under automated enforcement

Thousands of Californians refuse to pay their fines for running red lights, and the reason has to do with a legal loophole that almost no one knows about

Adrian Villellas
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February 23, 2026 at 9:38 AM

On any given day in California, a driver races a stale yellow, the light clicks to red,…..

A high-speed passenger train used by Brazil’s ANTT to illustrate the proposed Rio to São Paulo high-speed rail project.

Say goodbye to endless journeys between Rio and São Paulo: Brazil announces South America’s fastest train, which will cover approximately 317 miles in just 1 hour and 45 minutes

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February 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Imagine trading the six-hour crawl along the highway between Rio and São Paulo for a train ride…..

Economy

A store checkout screen shows “SNAP/EBT Food Stamp Benefits Accepted,” highlighting how food aid is used at the register in everyday shopping.

Millions of people could lose their food this month following the implementation of a controversial law requiring 80 hours of work to retain SNAP benefits

Kevin Montien
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February 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM

New work rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are starting to hit home in…..

World map made of US dollar bills illustrating global public debt and the most indebted countries in 2025.

A list reveals that three countries are among the most indebted in the world in 2025, with figures exceeding 120% of GDP

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February 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Public debt rarely makes front page news compared with inflation or jobs, yet it quietly…..

Entrance to the La Línea Tunnel in Colombia, the longest road tunnel in Latin America, cutting through the Andes mountains

The longest tunnel in Latin America took more than 10 years to build and now connects two key regions that were previously isolated by mountains

Kevin Montien
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February 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM

High in the central Andes, a new piece of concrete and steel is changing how…..

Synthetic diamond crystal held between fingers, symbolizing US-Japan plans to invest $550B to reduce reliance on China

The United States and Japan want to spend $550 billion on synthetic diamonds, which says a lot about the problem with China

Adrian Villellas
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February 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM

For most people, diamonds mean engagement rings and glittering store windows, not chip factories and…..

Primrose Candy Company factory in Chicago after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

An iconic Chicago candy factory with nearly 100 years of history has filed for bankruptcy and could close permanently after losing millions

Kevin Montien
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February 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM

One of Chicago’s oldest candy makers has landed in bankruptcy court. Primrose Candy Company, a…..

A container ship docks at a Panama Canal port as cranes load stacks of cargo, amid a dispute over long-term terminal concessions.

China directly threatens Panama for canceling historic port contracts signed in the 1990s and warns that it will pay a high political and economic price if it does not rectify the situation

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February 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM

At the center of the latest clash between China and Panama sits the Panama Canal,…..

A renowned airline just accidentally discovered that it had a Boeing plane abandoned at an airport since 2012 and no one at the company had noticed for over a decade

A renowned airline just accidentally discovered that it had a Boeing plane abandoned at an airport since 2012 and no one at the company had noticed for over a decade

Adrian Villellas
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February 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM

We all misplace our keys or forget an old subscription. But an entire jetliner slipping…..

Social Security card and federal database breach investigation involving millions of Americans

All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat

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February 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Every American who has ever had a Social Security number may now be living with…..

U.S. Small Business Administration building as new 2026 rule restricts loans for non-citizen business owners

Goodbye to loans for non-citizens: the 2026 measure that could change the landscape of entrepreneurship in the US (and it’s not the first time this has happened)

Sonia Ramírez
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February 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A rule change in Washington, D.C. is about to hit many of the people opening…..

Chinese geologists make history: they discover a deposit buried 3,000 meters underground with more gold than South Africa's reserves, which could be worth more than a country's total GDP

Chinese geologists make history: they discover a deposit buried 3,000 meters underground with more gold than South Africa’s reserves, which could be worth more than a country’s total GDP

Adrian Villellas
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February 13, 2026 at 5:11 AM

Deep under the hills of central China, geologists say they have located more than one…..

Environment

Scientist releases biological control weevils onto invasive floating pennywort in a UK river

The war against invasive plants that devour rivers and fields enters creative mode: British scientists are releasing living allies that no one would have imagined in a modern scientific plan

Sonia Ramírez
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February 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM

Homeowners worrying about cracks in their patios and walkers staring a trivers clogged with weeds…..

Close-up of a wild boar linked to Fukushima’s post-disaster genetic experiment in abandoned farmlands

Fifteen years after the March 11, 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, scientists discover that wild boars were the subject of an unexpected genetic experiment

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February 23, 2026 at 12:18 PM

What happens when a nuclear disaster clears out entire farming communities and leaves the barns…..

Joshua trees blooming in the California desert in October 2025, months earlier than their usual flowering season.

Something is not right in the California desert: Joshua trees began to bloom in October 2025 (yes, October), and now scientists are trying to figure out what “woke them up” months earlier than usual

Adrian Villellas
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February 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Across Southern California’s deserts, Joshua trees are blooming months ahead of schedule and scientists worry…..

Close-up of stingless guard bees at the entrance of their nest in Kerala, India

He is only 14 years old, used a 10-year-old camera, and won the world’s most important macro photography contest with a photo of bees in India

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February 21, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Young wildlife photographer Rithved Girish has been named Young Close‑up Photographer of the Year 7…..

Four North American river otters swimming in a spring-fed lake in the Texas Hill Country near Waco

Goodbye to the myth that otters do not live in central Texas: a real estate agent discovers four swimming freely in a Hill Country lake

Adrian Villellas
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February 20, 2026 at 8:45 AM

A short real estate video has turned into an unexpected conservation headline. While filming an…..

Dwarf plum tree growing in a small garden, known for sweet summer fruit and non-invasive roots

This tree bears sweet fruit in summer, does not break the soil with its roots, and is drought-resistant even when planted in a small garden

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February 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM

If you live in a small house or apartment with a tiny patio, choosing a…..

Deep Arctic permafrost inside Alaska’s Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility where Ice Age microbes were revived in lab experiments

Microbes frozen since the Ice Age wake up and start devouring carbon in Alaska laboratories

Sonia Ramírez
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February 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Microbes that have been frozen in Arctic permafrost for tens of thousands of years are…..

Damian Gordon collecting cans and bottles through Australia’s Return and Earn program to fund his first home deposit

For seven years, he collected more than 450,000 cans and bottles without knowing that this gesture would end up becoming the down payment on his first home

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February 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM

In Australia, an everyday recycling habit has turned into both a cleaner coastline and the…..