UP CM Yogi pays tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, recalls his ‘Nation First’ politics Uttar Pradesh…
Day: August 17, 2026
Virginia installed 46 water-control structures across 150 miles of old drainage ditches to re-wet a swamp; restored peat now traps 200,000 metric tons of carbon a year
The Fish and Wildlife Service restored peat wetlands at Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge North…
From streaming to landing one of Marvel’s biggest roles: Inde Navarrette’s journey from Twitch to Marvel’s Rogue
From streaming games online to stepping into one of Marvel’s most recognizable mutant roles, Inde Navarrette’s…
Meet Connor Hill, the 17-year-old Pennsylvania student who wrote a computer program to classify noble polyhedra; he proved there are 146 isolated examples and won $250,000
Connor Hill (Delta High School, State College, PA) By writing a custom computer algorithm that mapped…
San Diego’s Leanne Fan, 18, built a device to simulate microgravity and tested red light on injured flatworms; tissue regeneration sped up by 95.2%, helping her win $80,000
Fan built her own $200 device instead of using NASA’s $50,000 clinostat. (Society for science photo)…
South Africa is mining lithium for the green-energy transition; prospecting rights now cover 73,000 hectares, 117 farms and land supporting 30,000 jobs
Mining lithium for batteries is a growing part of South Africa’s plan to use the global…
New York City has a ‘grave of secrets’ where thousands of people come to share their innermost emotions and why
(Pic courtesy: Leandro Justen) We all have skeletons in our closet. Most of us do, if…
A Maine oyster farm is testing a solar-powered floating conveyor that moves oyster baskets through water and air; one raft is designed for 125,000 oysters a year
3-Dimensional Cultivation of Oysters Automated with Solar Tumbling Engineers and aquaculture experts in mid-coast Maine are…
Four Renaissance masterpieces stolen from Sicily museum in art heist
Four Antonello da Messina works stolen in Renaissance painter’s hometown Four works attributed to celebrated Sicilian…
8-year-old boy catches a piranha while fishing with dad at Pennsylvania lake
An 8-year-old boy’s unexpected catch during a fishing trip at a lake near Philadelphia has raised…