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Illustration of Earth's molten outer core with ESA Swarm satellites monitoring changes in the planet's magnetic field.

Around 2010, iron-rich liquid beneath the Pacific switched direction inside Earth’s outer core, a reversal that peaked then weakened again by 2020

August 8, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Researchers operating a neutron scattering instrument used to detect deep quantum entanglement inside a strange metal crystal.

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

August 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Bridgestone AirFree airless tires powering an autonomous electric shuttle during commercial service in Higashiomi, Japan.

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

August 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
north-american-beaver-cutting-tree-tierra-del-fuego

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

August 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Orange peels covering a barren pasture in Costa Rica during the 1998 forest restoration experiment

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

August 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
An African spurred tortoise stands beside the entrance to its burrow in Senegal's Sahel region.

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

August 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Traveler caring for a rescued pig at a Hawaii animal sanctuary offering free housing to volunteers

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

August 7, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Discarded tires lie scattered across the seabed at Florida's failed Osborne Tire Reef project.

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

August 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Make Sunsets team prepares a weather balloon for a solar geoengineering experiment using sulfur dioxide.

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

August 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Battery pack from a Kia e-Niro electric vehicle, the model that recorded the highest battery health in a study of nearly 10,000 used EV battery tests.

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

August 7, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Permeable sponge pavement installed in Marrakech as part of urban climate resilience efforts to improve drainage and reduce heat.

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

August 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Tornyol Systems co-founder Alex Toussaint demonstrates the autonomous mosquito-hunting drone during a live technology presentation.

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.

August 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Concept image of the Earendil-1 satellite carrying a reflective film for orbital sunlight tests.

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

August 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Byron Kominek drives a tractor beneath elevated solar panels at Jack's Solar Garden in Longmont, Colorado

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

August 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM
DC converter and bidirectional inverter equipment inside Purdue University’s solar nanogrid test home

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

August 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Close-up of the Polly Cooper statue honoring the Oneida woman who helped feed George Washington's starving army at Valley Forge.

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

August 5, 2026 at 5:13 AM
A Florida homeowner covers a dry front lawn with overlapping cardboard sheets before adding mulch and native pollinator plants.

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

August 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Three generations posing beside a restored 1953 Allis-Chalmers WD tractor on a family farm

His grandfather paid $2,200 for this new tractor in 1953, and 62 years later, his grandson did everything he could to recover it before it disappeared forever from the family’s history

August 4, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Fragmented stone stele linked to Assyrian King Ashurbanipal during excavation at the Shamash Gate in ancient Nineveh, Iraq.

A carved monument tied to Assyrian King Ashurbanipal has been recovered at Bab Shamash, with royal images and cuneiform writing preserved on the stone stele

August 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Underwater remains of the Gran Carro Iron Age settlement in Lake Bolsena where archaeologists uncovered the first textile fragment in more than 60 years.

Archaeologists recovered a piece of ancient fabric from Gran Carro, an underwater settlement in Italy, among the remains of a domestic loom submerged for thousands of years

August 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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