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How pigeons find their way home: the answer is a magnetic compass in the liver
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For decades, researchers looked for the seat of magnetoreception in all the obvious places: the eyes, t…
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France finally votes to strike the Code Noir from its books, its last slavery law
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There is something disquieting about the idea that a law governing slavery could still exist on the boo…
NASA Breaking News
Tyndall’s Trail of Bergs
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Tyndall’s Trail of Bergs Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics …
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Flight Dynamics Research Facility Characteristics
1 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) HomeCharacteristics The Flight Dynamics Research Facility (FD…
NASA Breaking News
Artemis III Crew Announced
NASA/Robert Markowitz NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik …
NASA Breaking News
La NASA avanza hacia la misión Artemis III en 2027 y anuncia a su tripulación
La tripulación de Artemis III posa para una foto oficial en sus trajes espaciales naranjas (de izquierda a derecha: Andre Douglas, Luca Parm…
NASA Breaking News
NASA Marches Toward Artemis III Mission in 2027, Names Crew Members
The Artemis III crew poses for an official portrait (from left: Andre Douglas, Luca Parmitano, Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio).Credit: NASA/Bill…
NASA Breaking News
June 2026 Satellite Puzzler
Earth Observatory Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Huma…
NASA Breaking News
NASA Knows: What Is Mass Distribution?
4 Min Read NASA Knows: What Is Mass Distribution? This article is for students grades 5-8. Mass distribution affects everything from galaxy …
BBC News World
Nasa names next astronauts for Artemis Moon programme
Nasa names its next Artemis crew, though they will not be walking on the Moon or even going anywhere near it.
BBC News Science
Nasa has named the Artemis III crew - what is their mission?
Artemis III will help test crucial systems needed for the planned Artemis V Moon landing in 2028.
BBC News Science
UK's first Mars landing honoured with 13 plaques
Beagle 2 reached the surface in 2003, but it was not known until 2015, a professor says.
ScienceDaily Top News
Scientists think they solved the mystery of the Amaterasu particle
The mysterious Amaterasu particle may not be a proton at all. New research suggests that some of the most extreme cosmic rays could be ultra…
ScienceDaily Top News
Stonehenge's most mysterious stone traveled 700 kilometers across Britain
Scientists have uncovered new evidence that Stonehenge’s six-ton Altar Stone was deliberately transported hundreds of kilometers from Scotla…
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Physicists harness potential of quantum phase transitions
Researchers at University College Dublin and international collaborators have just published a detailed and accessible guide that aims to tr…
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Neutron-rich nuclei yield beta-decay clues that could refine heavy-element origin models
How are heavy elements formed in the universe? Extremely neutron-rich atomic nuclei and their beta-decay rates play an important role in thi…
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NASA unveils Artemis III astronauts to test technology for a future moon landing
NASA on Tuesday revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in the space agency's plan to eventually land astronauts on the…
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Physicists observe synchronized quantum dance of excitons and phonons
An international team of researchers has reported a major advance in understanding quantum dynamics in semiconductor materials. They directl…
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Chloroplast map reveals 'missing link' in plant growth and solar energy
For decades, science has understood the basics of photosynthesis, the process by which plants turn sunlight into food. However, photosynthes…
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Hardy ice plant's optical innovation inspires reflective design possibilities
Nature is filled with remarkable visual phenomena created by microscopic surface structures that interact with light in fascinating ways. Th…
Google News: breakthrough
Lenacapavir: the HIV Breakthrough Proving Why NIH Funding Matters - Think Global Health
Lenacapavir: the HIV Breakthrough Proving Why NIH Funding Matters Think Global Health
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Unprecedented Discovery: Scientists Finally Complete Schrödinger’s Color Theory After More Than 100 Years - El Cronista
Unprecedented Discovery: Scientists Finally Complete Schrödinger’s Color Theory After More Than 100 Years El Cronista
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The genius breakthrough against the flesh-eating screwworm - Inside the U.S. Agriculture Research Service’s st - Diario AS
The genius breakthrough against the flesh-eating screwworm - Inside the U.S. Agriculture Research Service’s st Diario AS
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Breakthrough in Pancreas Stratification Boosts Cancer Fight - Mirage News
Breakthrough in Pancreas Stratification Boosts Cancer Fight Mirage News
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Indian Scientists Create Novel Nanomedicine To Target Breast Cancer Cells - NDTV
Indian Scientists Create Novel Nanomedicine To Target Breast Cancer Cells NDTV
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South Dakota scientists advance vaccine to fight poultry outbreaks - The Dakota Scout
South Dakota scientists advance vaccine to fight poultry outbreaks The Dakota Scout
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Historic Brain Gene Therapy Performed in Israel - The Jewish Independent
Historic Brain Gene Therapy Performed in Israel The Jewish Independent
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In 1928, archaeologists at Ur uncovered a royal cemetery of gold and lyres and transformed views of early - The Times of India
In 1928, archaeologists at Ur uncovered a royal cemetery of gold and lyres and transformed views of early The Times of India
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Over two dozen new marine species confirmed off Brazil - MSN
Over two dozen new marine species confirmed off Brazil MSN
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Ötzi the 5,300-year-old iceman helped scientists bake sourdough (with his guts) - MSN
Ötzi the 5,300-year-old iceman helped scientists bake sourdough (with his guts) MSN
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Scientists Grow Human Eggs to Maturity in Lab for First Time Ever! - Glass Almanac
Scientists Grow Human Eggs to Maturity in Lab for First Time Ever! Glass Almanac
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Scientists discover 'shy plant' that can count without even having a brain - MSN
Scientists discover 'shy plant' that can count without even having a brain MSN
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Revolutionary Cancer Vaccine by British Scientists - RaillyNews
Revolutionary Cancer Vaccine by British Scientists RaillyNews
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China Achieves First Triple Pig Organ Transplant - ibtimes.sg
China Achieves First Triple Pig Organ Transplant ibtimes.sg
ZME Science
Leonardo da Vinci’s Scattered Notebooks Have Been Reunited After 400 Years
New digital archive restores links between Leonardo’s art, science and restless imagination.
ZME Science
Physicists have measured ‘negative time’ in the lab and it’s as weird as it sounds
Quantum particles are sometimes truly stunning.
ZME Science
Orange Cats Are Genetically Unlike Any Other Mammal and Now We Know Why
The iconic coats are due to a mutation not seen in other animals.
ZME Science
Archaeologists Find Mysterious Stone Slab With 255 Runes in Canada. But It Was Not Made by Vikings
A 200-year-old runic Lord’s Prayer found in Ontario defies easy explanation.
Ars Technica Science
Gold isn’t inert, it just has bodyguards protecting it
Gold is weird. It's one of the few metals that doesn’t really oxidize. Even silver and copper-from the same column of the periodic table-for…
Health
BBC News Health
Advanced radiotherapy for prostate cancer to cut sessions from 20 to five
Some men in England with the disease will now be offered an advanced form of treatment on the NHS.
Google News: breakthrough
Western Cape rolls out new long-acting HIV prevention drug - novanews.co.za
Western Cape rolls out new long-acting HIV prevention drug novanews.co.za
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World's first WWOX gene therapy performed on infant in Israel - The Jerusalem Post
World's first WWOX gene therapy performed on infant in Israel The Jerusalem Post
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Western Cape rolls out Lenacapavir at 22 facilities to combat HIV - Cape Times
Western Cape rolls out Lenacapavir at 22 facilities to combat HIV Cape Times
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1-time gene therapy can cut bad cholesterol by up to 62%: Study - MSN
1-time gene therapy can cut bad cholesterol by up to 62%: Study MSN
Environment & Climate
Kindness & Community
Good News Network
First Live White Abalone Found in 5 Years During Channel Islands Survey Sparks Hope for Recovery
This rather charismatic mollusk is the white abalone, a Critically-Endangered species of sea snail that’s Wanted: Alive in the state of Cali…
Good News Network
Community Spares No Effort to Reunite Lost Dog with Owner After Their Car Was Rolled in a Crash
After a serious crash on a rural, British Columbia highway, a woman and her husband had to search for days to find their missing dog Daisy. …
Good News Network
Staggering Results Show HIV-Transmission Reduced 100% with Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir Injection
A 2-stage trial testing a new and acclaimed HIV-prevention drug has shown almost unthinkable results of no new infections among a sample siz…
Good News Network
Dutch Ocean Cleanup Folks Are Clearing LA’s Rivers of Trash in Time for 2028 Olympics
Seeking to preen and pamper its beaches ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics, authorities in 2 Los Angeles districts needed to figure out how t…
Good News Network
Good News in History, June 9
On this day 111 years ago, the musician and innovator Les Paul was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. A natural engineer and phenomenal musician, …
Positive News
The island festival putting nature before acts
Nice News
We Designed the Turf for Soccer’s Biggest World Cup Ever - Here’s How We Created the Same Playing Experience Across 3 Countries
This article was written by John N. Trey Rogers, a professor of turfgrass research at Michigan State University; Jackie Lyn A. Guevara, an a…
Nice News
Experience the “Magical Effect” of a Moon Garden With These 7 Flowers That Bloom at Night
Everything feels a little enchanted under the moonlight, and planting your own moon garden full of night-blooming flowers is a wonderful way…
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This simple trick creates an instant, magical bond with your cat - Futura, le média qui explore le monde
This simple trick creates an instant, magical bond with your cat Futura, le média qui explore le monde
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Art and Kathy Whitman awarded 2026 Ordinary Hero Award - Bennington Banner
Art and Kathy Whitman awarded 2026 Ordinary Hero Award Bennington Banner
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R62,000 Raised for Petrol Attendant Who Helped Deliver Baby - Good Things Guy
R62,000 Raised for Petrol Attendant Who Helped Deliver Baby Good Things Guy
Underdog Wins
BBC News World
Williams rolls back the years on return at Queen's
Serena Williams rolls back the years at Queen's with a winning performance on her comeback to tennis after 1,375 days away from the sport.
Google News: breakthrough
An unexpected breakthrough: a high school student’s AI uncovers 1.5 million previously invisible cosmic phenomena - Futura, le média qui explore le monde
An unexpected breakthrough: a high school student’s AI uncovers 1.5 million previously invisible cosmic phenomena Futura, le média qui explo…
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Goodwill Manasota Employee Becomes First in Family to Graduate College Through SCF partnership - SRQ Magazine
Goodwill Manasota Employee Becomes First in Family to Graduate College Through SCF partnership SRQ Magazine
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Underdog flips script, shocks top seed to win first N.J. boys lacrosse sectional title - NJ.com
Underdog flips script, shocks top seed to win first N.J. boys lacrosse sectional title NJ.com
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‘Giant Slayers’: Fatheree guides underdog Panthers to first state title - Wise County Messenger
‘Giant Slayers’: Fatheree guides underdog Panthers to first state title Wise County Messenger
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Red Lake County baseball no longer the underdog as chance to repeat begins - Grand Forks Herald
Red Lake County baseball no longer the underdog as chance to repeat begins Grand Forks Herald
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Massive underdog one win away from Open Era history at French Open - AOL.com
Massive underdog one win away from Open Era history at French Open AOL.com
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Unknown player becomes FIFA World Cup sensation - Kids News
Unknown player becomes FIFA World Cup sensation Kids News
Tech for Good
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Satellite data reveal hidden labor trafficking in Brazil
A Stanford team used geospatial data and detection algorithms to achieve a tenfold increase in rescues from modern slavery in the Brazilian …
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Q&A: Combating antibiotic resistance with nanotechnology, robotics and AI
Aeron Tynes Hammack, a physicist by training and currently interim facility director of the Nanofabrication Facility at the Molecular Foundr…
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New warning system forecasts wildlife heat risk up to nine months ahead
An international group of scientists led by Josep M. Serra-Diaz, researcher at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-MCNB), has de…
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Real-time data assimilation system outperforms flood early warning system
Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS), have developed a real-time data assimilation syste…
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zSpace Technology Powers Breakthrough 3D Thyroid Reconstruction Research in Italy - The Manila Times
zSpace Technology Powers Breakthrough 3D Thyroid Reconstruction Research in Italy The Manila Times
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Indian Researchers Discover Groundbreaking Sound Wave Method For Energy-Efficient Future Computing - Swarajyamag
Indian Researchers Discover Groundbreaking Sound Wave Method For Energy-Efficient Future Computing Swarajyamag
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Scientists Develop Stretchable Neuromorphic Chips Enabled to Process Information Like Human Brain - ShiaWaves
Scientists Develop Stretchable Neuromorphic Chips Enabled to Process Information Like Human Brain ShiaWaves
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New solar breakthroughs: the unexpected places scientists are finding revolutionary materials - Futura, le média qui explore le monde
New solar breakthroughs: the unexpected places scientists are finding revolutionary materials Futura, le média qui explore le monde
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Italian team turns 2D thyroid ultrasounds into 3D scans using zSpace VR - Stock Titan
Italian team turns 2D thyroid ultrasounds into 3D scans using zSpace VR Stock Titan
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Spain’s breakthrough in energy storage for year-round green steel production - The Global Energy Association
Spain’s breakthrough in energy storage for year-round green steel production The Global Energy Association
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The magnetic wall that could replace drilling: A 29-year-old's breakthrough invention - MSN
The magnetic wall that could replace drilling: A 29-year-old's breakthrough invention MSN
ZME Science
Prada Helped Design the Cooling Layer NASA Astronauts Would Wear on the Moon
The new undergarment is built to keep astronauts cool, breathing and moving.
ZME Science
Brain-stimulating contact lenses could open a strange new path for treating depression
A wearable lens used the retina to reach mood circuits deep in the brain and reverse depression-like changes in mice.
ZME Science
NYC Is Using Machine Vision To Find Dangerous Streets Before Crashes Happen
New York expands street sensors to map crossings, near-misses and traffic patterns.
Wired Science
GM Wants Your Electric Car to Power Your House-and Your Neighborhood
The automaker today is turning on vehicle-to-grid charging for its GM Energy customers. Will people actually use it?
Wired Science
Longevity Startup Doses First Human in Bid to Reverse Age-Related Sight Loss
The FDA recently approved the cellular rejuvenation therapy ER-100 for human clinical trials. While vision is the first target, it could hav…
Animals
BBC News Science
Simple tips to help the UK's butterflies
Simple tips to help the UK's butterflies
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Adélie penguins use colony cues to switch foraging sites if their previous trip was unsuccessful
Many animals live in groups. Among seabirds in particular, most species form colonies during the breeding season. Although coloniality entai…
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Wabasha eagle day ties America's 250th to bald eagle's comeback - KIMT
Wabasha eagle day ties America's 250th to bald eagle's comeback KIMT
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Critically Endangered Dwarf Fox Photographed For First Time On Mexican Island - StudyFinds
Critically Endangered Dwarf Fox Photographed For First Time On Mexican Island StudyFinds
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Protected species reaches highest population level in decades - MSN
Protected species reaches highest population level in decades MSN
World
BBC News Science
Hundreds of twitchers flock to see African bird in UK for first time
It is the first time the African bird has been recorded in the UK.
Reuters Oddly Enough
NASA taps US astronauts, Italian for Artemis mission with SpaceX, Blue Origin mooncraft - Reuters
NASA taps US astronauts, Italian for Artemis mission with SpaceX, Blue Origin mooncraft Reuters
NPR Goats and Soda
NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission
The crew of four - NASA astronaut and commander Randy Bresnik, European Space Agency pilot Luca Parmitano, NASA mission specialists Frank Ru…
Google News: breakthrough
Landmark feat: ‘Breakthrough’ in Zojila tunnel achieved - ThePrint
Landmark feat: ‘Breakthrough’ in Zojila tunnel achieved ThePrint
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Against All Odds: Archaic Greek Dialect Survives in Modern Turkey - Greek City Times
Against All Odds: Archaic Greek Dialect Survives in Modern Turkey Greek City Times