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Around 2010, iron-rich liquid beneath the Pacific switched direction inside Earth’s outer core, a reversal that peaked then weakened again by 2020
Nine quantum components act together in a strange metal sample, showing how a solid you could hold reveals the hidden teamwork of the quantum world
Bridgestone has put its airless AirFree tire to work for the first time, powering slow 12-mph autonomous shuttles for elderly residents in Higashiomi, Japan
In 1946, Argentina released just 20 beavers in Tierra del Fuego to start a fur trade, and the failed experiment now costs the country $66.6 million a year
In 1998, about 1,000 truckloads of orange peels were dumped on a barren pasture used for grazing livestock in Costa Rica, and what scientists discovered 15 years later was so unexpected that they had trouble recognizing the place
A viral story claims 500 tortoises turned Sahara sand green in five years, but no scientist, agency, or satellite image can verify that the experiment ever happened
A Hawaii animal sanctuary is offering free housing to travelers, but in return they must spend 30 hours a week feeding, cleaning and caring for rescued farm animals
In the early 1970s, Florida dumped between 1 million and 2 million tires into the Atlantic to build an artificial reef, and the plan turned into an ecological disaster
In 2022, a California startup released sulfur dioxide balloons over Mexico to test ‘cooling credits,’ and the backlash pushed Mexico to move to block solar geoengineering experiments
A study of nearly 10,000 battery tests found used EV batteries hold up far better than feared, with the Kia e-Niro still at 97% capacity after 62,000 miles
Morocco is testing a porous ‘sponge’ pavement to replace scorching black asphalt in Marrakech and Agadir, and pilot data show it can run up to 16°F cooler
A Paris startup backed by Y Combinator says its bug-hunting drone completed its first autonomous kill, but the insect it caught was a moth, not a mosquito.
A California startup won approval to launch a 59-foot mirror into orbit that beams sunlight to a chosen spot on Earth, helping crews work after dark
A Colorado farm now grows berries and herbs beneath 3,276 solar panels, and four years of data show the shade actually helped crops survive drought
Scientists directly connected the solar panels, battery, and heat pump of a 208-square-meter home and discovered that the usual path of the electricity was causing a daily waste of energy
On April 25, 1778, a young Indigenous woman set out on a journey of more than 299 kilometers through the snow and cold to save George Washington’s starving army, and nearly 250 years later, the United States has finally given her the place she never had in the history books
It all started when a Florida homeowner had some old cardboard boxes he was going to throw away and ended up transforming a withered lawn into a garden full of butterflies, bees, birds, and edible plants that requires almost no maintenance








