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Meet 15-year-old Rodion Zaichikov, the Luxembourg student who built an arc-jet wind tunnel to test a scramjet above 3,000°C and won the Ellison Scholars Prize at Europe’s young-scientist contest

Rodion Zaichikov (Image Credit: FJSL Linkedin page) The story of the falling apple is perhaps the most famous account of how Isaac Newton’s curiosity led to a scientific discovery that would go on to shape our understanding of the world and influence everyday life for centuries. From the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell to…

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In 2015, an Arkansas couple began buying 111 acres on instalments, later handing over a truck and cows to catch up; when the seller resisted closing, an appeals court upheld their right to complete the sale

Representative Image (AI-generated) A land purchase can stretch across years, with missed payments, revised agreements and disputes over who has the right to sell the property. In Arkansas, a couple who began paying for 111 acres in 2015 faced a legal battle after the seller refused to provide the signed paperwork needed to complete the…

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Scientists discovered hundreds of sensory hair cells across the entire surface of squid bodies, not just their heads and arms; the finding may offer a new way to study how human hearing cells fail

(Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons) The evolution of life on Earth is largely interconnected with living organisms sharing characteristic features among themselves. These connections often help scientists to deduce indirect conclusions about various living beings by observing patterns across species. Recently, the discovery of previously unknown sensory hair cells on the body of squids has offered…

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‘That stops when I’m governor’: Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa warns Elon Musk, Big Tech over data centres

Texas Governor-elect Democrat Gina Hinojosa says she is not opposed to data centers but under her watch Big Tech can’t just do anything they want. Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa has warned major technology companies, including Elon Musk’s businesses, that they will no longer be allowed to operate in the state without safeguards for local communities,…

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Who is UFC boss Dana White who gets surprising offer from Donald Trump to be White House press secretary?

President Donald Trump announced that he asked Dana White to become his press secretary. US President Donald Trump has offered Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief executive Dana White the job of White House press secretary, urging his longtime friend and political ally to accept the position. The offer comes after the departure of Karoline Leavitt…

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10 years of the Paris Agreement, who are the top 10 carbon emitters of the world and where does India stand

Natural disasters, including the recent floods in Nepal and wildfires in Europe, have raised awareness about the impacts of climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), “human activities, principally through emissions of greenhouse gases, have unequivocally caused global warming”, which is increasing the risks of extreme weather events. The Paris Agreement,…

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Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne has donated more than 1.2 million books to children in underserved US schools through her Gift of Books programme | World News

PC: Mary Pope Osborne Classroom Adventures Program For many children, a book can be their first opportunity to explore places, people and experiences beyond their immediate surroundings. But access to reading material is not the same for every family, and schools serving low-income communities often have to work with limited resources. Mary Pope Osborne, the…

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She became Uganda’s first wildlife veterinarian and dedicated her career to saving mountain gorillas; Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka built a model that protects wildlife while supporting local communities

Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a mountain gorilla lurks behind her. (Image Credit: Jo Anne McArthur/ via National Geographic) Conservation of nature has become the responsibility of humans. While some are more enthusiastic about it, like Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka; others are more passive about it. But Dr. Gladys’s story becomes an inspiration…

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Sofía Vergara returns for the October 2026 launch of the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign, having supported it for 15 years; the hospital says its research has helped increase the US childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80%

Few holiday campaigns keep the same faces on screen for long, and Sofía Vergara is one of the exceptions. It has been 15 years since she joined the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign, which is now in its 23rd year. She returns alongside Drew Barrymore, Luis Fonsi, Jon Hamm and Michael Strahan, all longtime…

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