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Cheap Gel Packs Can Pull Many Liters of Water From Even Desert Air
More than a third of the world's population lives in drylands, areas that experience significant water shortages. Now scientists have developed a solution that...
7-Year-old With Incurable Condition Amazes Doctors: Now Walking, Talking, And Top of Her Class
A blind girl has amazed doctors after she regained her sight and 'cured herself' of a usually life-long brain condition.
Evie-Mae Geurts was registered blind...
Groundbreaking New Study Finds Possible Explanation for SIDS
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a world-first breakthrough.
Researchers at at The Children's Hospital at...
$35 Thrift Store Purchase Turns Out to be Priceless 2000-Year-old Roman Bust
A chipped marble statue bought for $35 from a thrift store has turned out to be a priceless 2,000 year-old Roman bust.
When Austin, Texas-based...
Texas Scientists Have Created a Protein That Breaks Down Plastic Bottles
A 'Pac-Man' protein that gobbles up plastic and breaks it down could open the door to eliminating billions of tons of landfill waste.
The enzyme...
Hundreds of US Cities Composting Their Food Waste Helps Farmers and Cuts Tons of Emissions
Last week, new water restrictions issued for millions of residents of Southern California highlighted the need to make agriculture more efficient—and a new statewide...
CRISPR Gene-Editing Tool Redesigned to be 4,000 Times Less Likely to Target the Wrong Strand of DNA
One of the grand challenges with using CRISPR-based gene editing on humans is that the molecular machinery sometimes makes changes to the wrong section...
A Hobbit House-Style Visitor Center Has Been Cleverly Built Into a Hill
A Danish visitor center has been cleverly built into a hill.
The Skamlingsbanken in Kolding—which resembles a Hobbit house or even the setting for Teletubbies—is...
Girls’ Soccer Team Goes From Biggest Loser to Top Division – After Dad Starts Coaching
A girls' soccer team has gone from losing 20-0 each week to winning promotion to the top division—after a dad started coaching.
Leek Town Devils...
Pregnant Mom Saves Unborn Baby’s Life By Rushing to Hospital Despite Showing No Warning Signs: ‘It was Instinct’
A mom says her mother's instinct saved her unborn baby's life—after she rushed to hospital convinced something was wrong despite showing no warning signs.
43-year-old...
A Chair Bought for $5 in a Junk Shop Sells at Auction for over $16,000
A rare wooden chair bought in a junk shop in England for £5 has sold at auction for over £16,000.
The checkerboard design turned out...
A New Neighborhood is Being Built in Utah That Looks Like a European ‘One-Car Town’
Car-free zones, bike lanes, pedestrian-friendly urban design; these aren't the features of a typical American suburb. This sounds like something in The Netherlands rather...
Watch Incredible Moment Young Opera Fan Stands Up During Soprano’s Verdi Performance to Sing Tenor Part
When a famous soprano was solo performing a Verdi aria that's normally a duet, she received a helping hand by a fan—who happened to...
Watch Woman Save Bees By Rescuing Hives From Old Buildings With Her Bare Hands
If an overwhelming sound of buzzing is coming from the siding on your house, or from an old trashcan or other enclosed space, you've...
World’s Longest Undersea Cable to Send Clean Energy From Morocco to the UK – Powering 7 Million Homes
A tiny English village is to become the center of a ''revolution'' in the global energy industry and be connected to Morocco—with the world's...
750,000-Panel Solar Farm Will Power Colorado Steel Mill, First of its Kind
The solar energy arm of petro-giant BP has brought together $285 million in private equity to fund a gargantuan solar energy project in Colorado...
New Hydrogel Tablet That Can Purify a Liter of River Water in an Hour
As much as a third of the world's population does not have access to clean drinking water, according to some estimates, and half of...
Making Clean Hydrogen Energy Is Hard, But Researchers Just Solved a Major Hurdle
For decades, researchers around the world have searched for ways to use solar power to generate the key reaction for producing hydrogen as a...
Join a Global Gathering of Researchers on the Importance of Self-Compassion – Free Online
Noted researchers are coming together on September 10 to spread one message: “Self-compassion is critical.”
The Global Compassion Gathering will feature a deep dive into self-compassion...
The Yellow Center of the Deadliest Flower is a Lifeline to Farmers – and the Planet
In Kenya, a drive through the Central Highlands will sometimes reveal a landscape covered in a beautiful white-petaled flower with a lethal secret.
The yellow...