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Radar view of Venus showing rugged volcanic terrain near Nyx Mons, the region linked to a newly studied underground void.

What appeared to be an old, forgotten file from the Magellan probe, launched in 1990, has turned out to reveal one of the strangest discoveries about Venus: an empty underground tunnel approximately 1 kilometer wide

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April 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Still image of a sleeper shark swimming in deep Antarctic waters near the South Shetland Islands, captured by a baited seafloor camera.

For the first time in history, a shark has been filmed in Antarctic waters, and the scene raises a disturbing question about what is changing at the southernmost tip of the planet

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April 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Man demonstrating magnetic cement wall holding tools and objects using magnets without drilling

Ironplac, the magnetic cement by Argentine inventor Marco Agustín Secchi that lets walls hold objects without nails

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April 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM
View from the International Space Station showing the Milky Way above Earth’s glowing green and purple aurora along the horizon.

A NASA astronaut points his camera from the Space Station and turns in-orbit experiments into images so strange they look like art from another world

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April 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Floating Sargassum seaweed in the Sargasso Sea, surrounded by calm Atlantic waters shaped by ocean currents

There is a single sea on Earth that has no shores, and its strange boundary is not defined by land, but by the currents of the Atlantic

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April 16, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Open-pit mining site in Sichuan, China, linked to a major rare earth discovery with environmental implications

China’s Ministry of Natural Resources has announced an additional 10.7 million metric tons of rare earth oxides, reigniting the “neodymium rush” that will determine how many electric cars and drones the world will be able to produce over the next 20 years

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April 16, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Giant tortoise on Floreana Island in the Galápagos during a conservation effort to restore the native ecosystem.

Extinct for more than 150 years, 158 giant tortoises are returning to Floreana, and their return could revitalize an ecosystem that has been quietly deteriorating for generations

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April 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Side-by-side view of WOH G64 showing a blurred central star and a larger illustration of the massive star surrounded by a thick cocoon of gas and dust.

WOH G64, one of the largest known stars, may be turning into a yellow hypergiant, astronomers say

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April 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A colorful digital rendering of a human brain with glowing lines highlighting neural connections.

A comprehensive study identifies four ages at which the brain changes course, and one of them is much more surprising than expected

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April 15, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Red highway section in India with bright thermoplastic surface designed to slow drivers in a wildlife corridor with fencing and underpasses.

India paints a stretch of National Highway 45 red to slow drivers in a wildlife corridor

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April 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Older woman looking out a window and close-up of an older man, illustrating emotional distance, loneliness, and friendship struggles in adulthood

Psychology tells us that adults who DON’T have close friends aren’t necessarily introverted or cold; many simply learned long ago that letting others get too close was the quickest way to get hurt

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April 14, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Electric vehicle on a final inspection line inside a modern car factory with bright overhead lighting and workers checking the vehicle.

Perhaps the biggest problem with electric cars isn’t the battery, but a magnet that fails in the heat

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April 14, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Aerial view of Greenland’s icy mountains and ice sheet near Camp Century, the Cold War base detected by NASA radar

“We were looking for rocks, but instead we found an abandoned nuclear bunker,” admits Alex Gardner: that day, 240 km off the coast of Greenland, when a research aircraft discovered tunnels laid out in a checkerboard pattern and secrets from 1959 that are now coming to light

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April 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Aerial view of a dark blackwater river or lake winding through dense forest in the Congo Basin

One of Earth’s major carbon sinks may be beginning to release carbon that has been stored for thousands of years, and signs of this are already appearing in two dark lakes in the Congo

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April 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
USS George H W Bush aircraft carrier returning to Naval Station Norfolk after Atlantic training exercise.

A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after George H. W. Bush returns from the Atlantic after completing key maneuvers, and the maneuver once again puts the spotlight on a decisive phase before deployment

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April 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Older adult sitting alone reflecting on fading friendships and one-sided relationships.

Psychology tells us that the loneliest part of growing old isn’t being alone, but realizing that some friendships disappear as soon as you stop nurturing them, and understanding that they were never based on mutual care, but on your willingness to do all the emotional work

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April 13, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Simulation of AI models GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash escalating a fictional nuclear crisis.

A researcher pits GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash against each other in a fictional nuclear war, and what unfolds over 329 turns suggests that machines might be more ruthless than humans

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April 13, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Ground robot maps soil moisture in a California citrus orchard to guide precision irrigation tree by tree

UC Riverside robot maps soil moisture tree by tree to stop overwatering in orchards

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April 13, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Researchers excavate two 10-million-year-old whale fossils exposed by winter storms on a beach in Portugal

A storm uncovers two 10-million-year-old whales, and the discovery surprises Europe

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April 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Beijing skyline showing clear air versus heavy smog as PM2.5 pollution hit a record low in 2025

Beijing records its cleanest air ever in 2025, with an average PM2.5 of 27 µg/m³

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April 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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