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Brazilian Guarani armored vehicle crossing water with soldiers during an amphibious operation.

At about 39,700 pounds with six wheels, a V-shaped hull, and amphibious capability, Brazil’s Guaraní armored vehicle carries 11 troops across water and rough terrain, and its design shows how mobility is being modernized

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June 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Fisherman catching eels at night using nets in a river or estuary in Spain.

Fishers in Galicia and Asturias push back against an eel-fishing proposal, and the clash blends tradition, science, and a species on the edge

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June 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Excavator dumping a large pile of recycled oyster shells used for coastal restoration projects.

A marine scientist in Southern California has turned restaurant waste into coastal restoration by collecting more than 24,000 pounds of discarded oyster shells, curing them in the sun, and using them to rebuild reefs that protect shorelines and filter water

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June 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Aerial view of a large crack in Antarctic sea ice exposing dark ocean water between ice sheets.

Warm water in the Amundsen Sea is eroding the base of key West Antarctic glaciers, and Thwaites and Pine Island are becoming the ice’s most unsettling thermometer

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June 1, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Cranes lifting prefabricated apartment modules into place during construction of a modular building in China.

A crew of around 100 workers and two cranes turned what looked like oversized shipping containers into a 26-story tower in five days. The real takeaway is that the slowest parts of construction – wiring, ductwork, and finishes – were done before anything arrived on site

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June 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Archaeologist inspects entrance of a rock-cut underground tunnel discovered near Ramat Rachel in Jerusalem.

Archaeologists find a 164-foot underground tunnel in Jerusalem, and the massive build has no clear answer, putting the city under its own history once again

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May 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Hydrogen-powered turboprop aircraft taxiing on runway during AEP100 test in China.

While the world fights over oil, China just flew a 7.5-ton unmanned cargo plane powered by a megawatt-class hydrogen turboprop, climbing to 984 feet, covering 22.4 miles at 137 mph, and landing 16 minutes later with the engine running smoothly the whole way

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May 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
California farmers preparing to remove clingstone peach trees following the permanent closure of the Del Monte cannery in Modesto.

Del Monte’s bankruptcy leaves California peach farmers removing orchards, with $9 million in USDA aid

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May 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Industrial pyrolysis unit used by Petgas to convert plastic waste into fuel products in Boca del Río, Mexico.

Plastic headed for landfills is being turned into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel in Mexico, and Petgas is sparking an uncomfortable debate about what “recycling” really means

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May 31, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Raw sheep wool spread as protective mulch around the base of a young olive tree to retain soil moisture.

Farmers find an unexpected ally: sheep wool improves olive grove soils and could help them withstand drought without chemicals or major construction

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May 31, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A pressure cooker on a stovetop with steam escaping from the pressure valve during a cooking experiment.

Inside a pressure cooker, a simple experiment shows how steam raises temperature and speeds up beans, and it also explains why that whistle is pure physics

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May 31, 2026 at 6:30 AM
The expansive oval-shaped roof and architectural interior of the massive Xiong’an Railway Station in China.

China built Asia’s largest rail station in just two years, with about 5.1 million square feet, solar power, and welding robots, and the scale shows who’s setting the infrastructure pace

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May 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The Petralona cranium, an ancient hominin skull discovered in northern Greece, featuring a distinct, primitive morphology.

A 286,000-year-old hominin skull found in Petralona Cave in Greece still has no clear identity, and the gap reopens the puzzle of who lived in Europe before Neanderthals

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May 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Weathered decontamination canisters found abandoned in a remote, rocky ravine near Dixon, New Mexico.

A 70-year-old hiker says someone chose a spot “real hard to get to” near Rinconada and Dixon to dump decontamination canisters from the 1980s, and the state still cannot say what risks, if any, are sitting in that remote ravine

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May 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A massive center cutterhead section for a tunnel boring machine being transported on a 152-wheel specialized trailer through city streets.

It took a truck with 152 wheels to move a 302,000-pound tunnel-boring cutterhead, and the transport logistics look like an engineering project inside another engineering project

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May 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Large mesh fog harvesting nets mounted on a mountain ridge in Morocco's Anti-Atlas region to collect water from atmospheric mist.

For generations women in southwest Morocco spent up to 4 hours a day hauling five-gallon barrels that weighed nearly 50 pounds, and now giant polymer fog nets mounted above 4,000 feet pull Atlantic mist out of the air and send drinking water to taps about 6.2 miles away

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May 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM
A well-preserved heavy iron anchor recovered from the seabed during construction of the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.

Buried under North Sea sand for nearly 2,000 years, a Roman iron-and-wood anchor more than 6.6 feet long and weighing about 220 pounds was lifted off the Suffolk coast so intact it looks impossible, and archaeologists say it may have held a merchant ship of 500 to 600 tons in place

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May 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Historical illustration of the 1883 Krakatoa eruption showing massive ash plumes and atmospheric shock waves radiating outward.

Nuclear blasts can go unnoticed from 1,000 km away, but the loudest sound ever recorded was heard 4,800 km away and circled the planet four times, a physics oddity that still stuns

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May 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Archaeologists working at the Molkenmarkt excavation site in Berlin to recover medieval artifacts before urban redevelopment.

Berlin opens a 269,000-square-foot pit in the city center and exposes its medieval roots, with archaeologists racing construction crews to save coins, walls, and clues before it is covered again

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May 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Aurora, a rescued bald eagle, playing with colorful floating rings and toys in a shallow water pool.

A 12-year-old bald eagle named Aurora is splashing in a kiddie pool with a pile of toys at a licensed wildlife rehab in Connecticut, and the twist is she is non-releasable after a truck strike and a partial wing amputation in 2024

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May 29, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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