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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

February 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A mouse pulls at the tongue of an unresponsive cage mate during a lab-recorded rescue-like behavior.

Never-before-documented behavior: mice attempt to rescue their companions with actions similar to CPR

February 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Astronomers look back 11.1 billion years and see something that doesn't fit: a twin of the Milky Way ten times more massive and out of control

Astronomers look back 11.1 billion years and see something that doesn’t fit: a twin of the Milky Way ten times more massive and out of control

February 17, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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

February 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet runs its engine at night with a bright exhaust plume during an afterburner ground test in Palmdale.

The photos that confirm it: NASA’s X-59 fires up its afterburner and takes a key step toward breaking the sound barrier without breaking our ears

February 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
MM120 oral LSD formulation tested in phase 2b clinical trial for generalized anxiety disorder.

The pill of the century: a single trip with LSD reduced anxiety for three months, according to a clinical study

February 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Virginia class nuclear submarine as Australia faces uncertainty over AUKUS delivery under new US congressional report

Goodbye to nuclear submarines: Australia signed a $368 billion deal with the United States to receive them, but a new congressional report makes it clear that they may never arrive

February 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Aerial view of the proposed Sites Reservoir location in Colusa County, Northern California, showing dry rolling hills, ranchland, and roads.

California’s largest reservoir in half a century has been given the green light: it will cost nearly $7 billion, affect 24 million people, and could change the future of water in the state

February 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Artist illustration of AT2025ulz, a possible superkilonova where a star explodes and neutron stars collide

A star exploded, split in two, and then collided again within hours, leaving a double signature that has astronomers puzzled

February 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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

February 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
High power microwave pulsed energy system developed in China for potential satellite disruption

China surprises the world with a microwave weapon that fires 20 gigawatts for a full minute and could blind Elon Musk’s satellites without firing a single missile

February 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
SpaceX Starship stands behind a glowing “Gateway to Mars” sign at Starbase in South Texas at night.

Elon Musk reveals his most ambitious (and detailed) plan for Mars: 1,000 spacecraft, 20 years of launches, and a self-sustaining city of one million inhabitants on Mars by 2050

February 13, 2026 at 6:30 AM
People line up inside an IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center, waiting for in-person help with tax and filing questions.

Millions of people could face fines of up to $680 for failing to meet the most important tax deadline of the year, which expired on January 31

February 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Reconstruction of a 508-million-year-old Cambrian sea worm with long spines and tentacles, after the head mix-up was corrected.

A 508-million-year-old worm from the primordial ocean, invisible teeth, and an embarrassing mistake: in 1977, they believed it walked on spikes… in 2015, they discovered that it wasn’t even its head

February 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Perfectly preserved 18th century explorer ship discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Australia

An exploration ship lost 250 years ago has just been found perfectly preserved off the coast of Australia, like a time capsule from the past

February 12, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Donald Trump pictured in front of offshore wind turbines, illustrating Europe’s North Sea wind expansion after the Hamburg Declaration.

Trump lashed out at European wind turbines. Now Denmark and other countries want more wind energy

February 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Copper Age shell beads recovered from a 5,000 year old female burial at the Montelirio tholos in Spain

270,000 seashells found in a 5,000-year-old female grave reveal what female power was like in the Copper Age, leaving scientists speechless

February 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Kaiser Permanente marketing text settlement approved in Miami-Dade County court, shown with gavel and Eleventh Judicial Circuit seal.

If you have received this message, you may be entitled to receive up to $75 for each text message, and the deadline to file a claim is February 12, 2026

February 11, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Hyper-realistic facial reconstruction of an Ice Age hunter-gatherer beside a frontal view of an ancient human skull.

A group of researchers compared the DNA of Italian centenarians with prehistoric genomes… and what they discovered left them stunned: the secret to living to 100 could lie in genes from 14,000 years ago

February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Fernandina Island giant tortoise rediscovered alive in the Galápagos after being declared extinct

A giant tortoise, extinct for over a century, has reappeared alive after several failed expeditions, reviving a historic plan to save the species, a symbol of evolution

February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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