Satellite map showing sulfur dioxide emissions from Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano spreading across the Arabian Sea

After 12,000 years of silence, a volcano in Ethiopia has erupted again, reminding us that an inactive volcano is never truly extinct

Sonia Ramírez
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March 22, 2026 at 9:17 AM

How do you describe a volcano that looked asleep for thousands of years? Carefully. Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi produced its first recorded explosive eruption on…..

Black and white portrait of Albert Einstein, the physicist whose name is often attached to a widely shared quote about learning the rules

Einstein changed physics between 1915 and 1919, overturning Newton when almost no one saw it coming, and now a quote attributed to him continues to resonate with the same force: learn the rules of the game before trying to beat anyone at it

Kevin Montien
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March 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM

What if one of the internet’s favorite Albert Einstein quotes was never really his? The line “You have to learn the rules of the…..

Artist’s reconstruction of Tanyka amnicola, a 275-million-year-old herbivore from Brazil with an unusual jaw and sideways teeth
Portrait of James Watson, the American biologist and Nobel laureate who co-discovered the DNA double helix structure.
NASA map showing seasonal surface velocity changes on Stonebreen glacier in Svalbard, with red areas marking faster summer flow
View of Earth from space illustrating changes in the planet’s rotation that could lead to future 25‑hour days.
Aerial view of cracked dry ground beside dense green vegetation near China’s Taklamakan Desert restoration zone
A vast open-pit iron ore mine in Western Australia's Hamersley Province, showcasing the rich red hematite deposits.
The British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales navigating through icy Arctic waters during a naval deployment.
An artistic rendering of Voyager 2 approaching Neptune, highlighting the planet's tilted and off-center magnetic field lines.
Black-and-white portrait of Leo Tolstoy writing at a desk, tied to his famous quote about happiness and purpose
White bust of Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher and mathematician associated with a quote about old wine, friendship, and long life.

Science

According to this new study, what lies at the center of the Milky Way may not be what it seemed

According to this new study, what lies at the center of the Milky Way may not be what it seemed

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March 22, 2026 at 5:33 AM

What sits at the center of the Milky Way? For decades, the standard answer has…..

Microscopic view of laser-generated structures inside living human cells using two-photon polymerization technology

They shoot a laser at living human cells and manage to build three-dimensional structures inside them

Sonia Ramírez
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March 21, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Most of us are used to hearing about 3D printing in factories or in makerspaces,…..

Interstellar comet 3I ATLAS traveling through space with a glowing coma and tail releasing gas and dust

Why objects such as 3I/ATLAS could be the cheapest ticket to cross the galaxy

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March 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM

What if the most energy efficient way to travel between stars was not a giant…..

Portrait of James Watson, the American biologist and Nobel laureate who co-discovered the DNA double helix structure.
NASA map showing seasonal surface velocity changes on Stonebreen glacier in Svalbard, with red areas marking faster summer flow

NASA detects a strange “red pulse” on a Norwegian glacier, and what happens every summer in Svalbard is leaving many people speechless

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March 21, 2026 at 5:56 AM

Can a glacier have a heartbeat? Not literally. But NASA says Stonebreen, a glacier on…..

View of Earth from space illustrating changes in the planet’s rotation that could lead to future 25‑hour days.

Goodbye to the 24-hour day: from this date onwards, days on Earth will last 25 hours

Adrian Villellas
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March 21, 2026 at 4:57 AM

If you have ever heard that Earth will “soon” switch to 25-hour days, the key…..

An artistic rendering of Voyager 2 approaching Neptune, highlighting the planet's tilted and off-center magnetic field lines.
Helix Nebula infrared image by James Webb showing glowing gas rings from a dying Sun-like star
NASA’s Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, where scientists detected organic molecules in an ancient lakebed sample

A rock drilled by Curiosity in Gale Crater in 2013 is back in the news because it might hold a key clue to ancient life on Mars—and no one expected that from an “old” hole

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March 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM

Could a rock sample drilled more than a decade ago hold one of the clearest…..

Close-up of Martian surface with dust storm patterns driving electrostatic chemical reactions

Mars is not just dust and cold: a study claims that its atmosphere is becoming a “poison factory” with active chemistry that never stops

Adrian Villellas
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March 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Mars is not just a cold, dusty world quietly waiting for astronauts. New research suggests…..

Mobility

Economy

IRS logo on a smartphone next to U.S. dollar bills and an American flag

The IRS may owe refunds to millions of people for fees charged between 2020 and 2023

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March 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM

Could an old IRS notice from the pandemic still be worth money? A November 25,…..

A vast open-pit iron ore mine in Western Australia's Hamersley Province, showcasing the rich red hematite deposits.

Australia has just discovered the largest iron deposit ever recorded, weighing 5.7 billion tons, and the most impressive thing is not its size, but its age

Adrian Villellas
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March 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM

This is not a story about a brand-new mountain of iron suddenly appearing in Australia……

Social Security cards placed over U.S. dollar bills, illustrating retirement benefits and savings concerns for Americans turning 65.

You turn 65, retire, and discover the real surprise: the average Social Security benefit is $1,607, and typical 401(k) savings barely reach $2,400 per month

Sonia Ramírez
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March 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Turning 65 still feels like a major retirement milestone. But the average Social Security check…..

Alaskan Dream cruise ship moored in Alaska waters, representing the small-ship line that suddenly ceased operations before the 2026 season.

A popular Alaska cruise line suddenly closes and cancels all future cruises, leaving reservations, refunds, and questions about what happened just before the season began up in the air

Kevin Montien
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March 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM

 A cruise line known for taking travelers into quieter corners of Southeast Alaska has shut…..

Front and back views of a rare 1943 Lincoln cent, the famous bronze error coin long known as the 1943 copper penny

Millions of people searched for it for decades during the currency changeover, and now one of the world’s most coveted mythical coins, minted in 1943, is back on the market

Adrian Villellas
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March 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM

On March 10, one of the most famous error coins in American history is set…..

Close-up of gold nuggets, illustrating China’s reported discovery of a massive underground gold deposit in Hunan Province

More than 1,000 metric tons of gold have been found underground in China, and the astonishing figure is its price: around $85.9 billion, in a discovery that could redefine the global map of this precious metal

Adrian Villellas
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March 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Chinese geologists say they have uncovered more than 1,000 metric tons of gold beneath the…..

Protest sign reading “SNAP feeds families” with a blurred American flag in the background

Millions of people could lose SNAP without realizing it, and the real change isn’t in soda or candy, but in a new rule that severely affects adults between the ages of 55 and 64

Sonia Ramírez
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March 11, 2026 at 6:11 AM

Most readers hear about soda and candy first when SNAP comes up. But for many…..

SpaceX Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, near the Lower Rio Grande Valley wildlife corridor along the US Mexico border.

Elon Musk admits in February 2026 that convincing married engineers to relocate to Starbase, 40 minutes from Brownsville and near the Mexican border, has become his biggest silent problem

Adrian Villellas
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March 10, 2026 at 8:15 AM

During a recent interview, Elon Musk described SpaceX’s Starbase launch site complex in South Texas…..

Mining operations in Victoria, Australia, where antimony and critical minerals are emerging as key resources for clean energy technologies.

From the gold that sparked the rush of the 1850s to antimony, which now accounts for 5% of the world’s supply: Victoria’s surprising new mining revolution

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March 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Gold put Victoria on the mining map. But the minerals driving today’s clean tech boom…..

SSI payment schedule 2026 showing why no separate Supplemental Security Income payment arrives in March

Goodbye to the “normal” SSI payment in March: that’s why millions of beneficiaries believe their money has suddenly disappeared

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March 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM

Did your SSI payment seem to vanish this March? For nearly 7.5 million people who…..

Environment

Satellite map showing sulfur dioxide emissions from Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano spreading across the Arabian Sea

After 12,000 years of silence, a volcano in Ethiopia has erupted again, reminding us that an inactive volcano is never truly extinct

Sonia Ramírez
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March 22, 2026 at 9:17 AM

How do you describe a volcano that looked asleep for thousands of years? Carefully. Ethiopia’s…..

Map of the northeastern United States Atlantic coast showing offshore areas where a freshwater aquifer was discovered beneath the seabed

Beneath the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New York, there is a freshwater “bank” that could supply the city for 800 years. This has been confirmed by drilling 400 meters below the seabed

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March 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A vast reservoir off freshened water has been confirmed beneath the Atlantic seafloor off the…..

Artist’s reconstruction of Tanyka amnicola, a 275-million-year-old herbivore from Brazil with an unusual jaw and sideways teeth

A 275-million-year-old herbivore with a crooked jaw and “sideways” teeth has been found in Brazil and dubbed a living fossil

Sonia Ramírez
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March 21, 2026 at 7:09 AM

What can a handful of fossil jaws really tell us? In this case, quite a…..

Aerial view of cracked dry ground beside dense green vegetation near China’s Taklamakan Desert restoration zone

China planted more than 66 billion trees to combat desertification, and now the success of its megaproject in the Taklamakan Desert is creating an unexpected problem

Adrian Villellas
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March 21, 2026 at 4:51 AM

Can a place once written off as a “biological void” start cleaning the air? New…..

Red boat moving through icy Greenland waters near large ice formations, illustrating the coastal regions affected by ice loss and sea-level change.
Satellite view of storm system over Spain showing heavy rainfall and flooding across the Iberian Peninsula

ESA analyzes the storm system battering Spain from space and reveals an atmospheric pattern that could recur more frequently

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March 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM

In just a few weeks, three winter storms named Kristin, Leonardo and Marta have soaked…..

Construction crews in hard hats stand inside a large, concrete lined tunnel, a visual of Europe’s hidden underground routes.

Switzerland has excavated a “second country” beneath the Alps: more than 1,400 tunnels and about 1,243 miles beneath the rock to change the climate… without almost anyone noticing when traveling

Adrian Villellas
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March 19, 2026 at 7:26 AM

If you ride a train through Switzerland, there is a moment when daylight disappears, your…..

Green plastic rock formations spread across a rocky shoreline, showing fused plastic and sediment on a polluted beach

It is no longer floating trash: “rocks” made of plastic have been discovered that could remain on Earth as fossils of the future

Sonia Ramírez
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March 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM

On a tiny volcanic outcrop in the South Atlantic, green turtles are quietly turning human…..