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January 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM

A black bear emerges from the crawl space beneath a home in Altadena after wildlife volunteers carried out a humane eviction.

He lived for over a month with a 250-kilogram bear under his house, and what happened next highlights a problem that goes far beyond a viral anecdote

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January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Capybara resting among yacare caimans on a Brazilian riverbank, showing an unusual calm between predator and prey.

The strangest “truce.” A capybara was filmed sleeping next to a massive caiman, and the explanation is not friendship. It is pure survival

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January 25, 2026 at 3:38 PM

NATO and Arctic waters as melting sea ice exposes new routes and raises military tensions in the rapidly warming northern region.

NATO issues a warning about the Arctic: what they have found under the melting ice changes everything you thought you knew about the north

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January 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Solar panels covering an alpine desert on the Tibetan Plateau where vegetation and soil moisture are increasing beneath the array.

On the Tibetan plateau, China has installed a 16-17 GW mega solar plant that is turning an alpine desert into a “micro-oasis”: more moisture, more grass, and soils with more carbon under 64 km² of panels

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January 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Jinxiuite discovery site rock sample from the Longhua nickel-cobalt deposit in Guangxi, China, shown with a centimeter scale.

Geologists confirm the existence of a mineral never before seen in one of the richest deposits on the planet

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January 25, 2026 at 10:45 AM

Royal Marines training in Arctic conditions in northern Norway under the UK Norway Lunna House defense agreement.

United Kingdom and Norway sign the “Lunna House” agreement and send Royal Marines to train year-round in the Arctic, just as the region is warming three times faster than the rest of the planet

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January 25, 2026 at 8:15 AM

Person holding a U.S. Treasury Social Security check as new reports warn of a possible 23% automatic benefit cut

Social Security is on track for an automatic cut that could affect your check by 23%: the new official report confirms it

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January 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM

A dark circular patch marks the Taam Ja blue hole in Chetumal Bay, Mexico, seen from above with a small boat nearby.

Some fishermen mentioned a strangely calm patch of water, so scientists lowered their instruments and discovered a drop that seems to have no end

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January 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Rare night parrot in Australia detected by acoustic recorders in desert habitat during conservation fieldwork.

Australia’s “ghost bird” has reappeared. For decades it was almost a myth, and now there is acoustic evidence to prove it

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January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Older man sits alone on a bench in a cemetery, head bowed, reflecting on loss, identity, and the emotional shock that can follow retirement.

Goodbye to routine, goodbye to identity: the moment when the question “What do you do for a living?” becomes impossible to answer and a risk begins that is rarely talked about

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January 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Exterior of Olde Tyme Grocery near the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where a parking lot swap is tied to corridor redevelopment plans.

What seemed like an insignificant exchange between Lafayette University and a local restaurant could become the first step in transforming a key campus corridor.

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January 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Great spotted kiwi roroa chick held gently in hands as conservation groups brace for a beech mast that could boost rats and stoats.

Alert in New Zealand: a “mega harvest” of beech trees (the largest in seven years) will cover the forests with billions of seeds… and volunteers fear a population explosion of rats and stoats that will wipe out the kiwi roroa

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January 24, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Close-up of solar panel cells on a rooftop array, illustrating research that shows panels can keep strong performance beyond 25 years.

Goodbye to the idea that solar panels “die” after 25 years. A new study says the warranty does not mark the end, and real-world performance can last for decades

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January 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Snow-covered Antarctic ice sheet under a clear blue sky, as scientists report the ozone hole closed unusually early in 2025.

The ozone hole over Antarctica closed unusually early in 2025, and scientists believe there is a reason that almost no one is looking at

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January 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM

$Deep-sea “yellow brick road” pattern of fractured volcanic rock on the seafloor, with small sea life visible around the cracked slabs.$

A camera more than a kilometer below the Pacific Ocean found a “yellow brick road” and leaves an uncomfortable question about our seas

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January 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Mechanic Richard Finley accused of selling classic cars entrusted for restoration in Texas fraud case.

A man took his classic car to a repair shop in Texas to have it restored, but five years later he discovered that the mechanic had sold it and disappeared with half a million dollars worth of vintage cars

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January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Laurent Simons stands in a physics lab at the University of Antwerp, the teen researcher now pursuing AI-driven medical science to study aging.

It sounds like something out of a science fiction series, but it’s real: at just 15 years old, Laurent Simons has already completed a PhD and is now researching how to defeat aging with artificial intelligence

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January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM

European wildcat moving through woodland vegetation, as conservation groups explore bringing the species back to England.

England could once again have its wild cat, a species that has been absent for more than a century