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Where Did the Snow Go? The Winter Olympics Are Running Out of Places to Call Home
Jessie Diggins knows pain. As an Olympic cross-country skier, she has built a career around pushing her body past its limits, finding comfort in the suffering her sport demands. But something else keeps her up at night, something no amount of endurance training can fix. Her sport is disappearing beneath her feet, and she can…
Polar Vortex in Crisis: Why Arctic Heat Means Extreme Cold
The Arctic, long regarded as a frozen bastion of stability at the top of the world, is now sending shockwaves far beyond its icy borders. Recent studies reveal that a warming Arctic is fundamentally altering the behavior of the polar vortex, a vast circulation of winds that traditionally traps frigid air in the north. This…
A Scientist Says Heaven May Exist Beyond the Edge of the Universe
Is Heaven real, and if so, where is it? This question has echoed through human history, shaping religions, philosophies, and cultures across the globe. For most of that history, Heaven has existed outside the reach of measurement, belonging to theology, myth, and personal belief rather than laboratories or telescopes. In recent years, however, a surprising…
Climate Risk Scores Vanish from America’s Largest Real Estate Platform
Something disappeared from Zillow listings in November, and most homebuyers never noticed. One day, those numerical climate risk scores rating properties for flood, wildfire, wind, heat, and air quality threats were there. By the next, they had vanished without announcement or fanfare. America’s largest real estate marketplace made the change quietly, replacing integrated risk data…
Lucifer Bee Unveiled: The New Species Lighting Up Biodiversity Research
In the heart of Western Australia, deep within a region that most people will never visit, scientists have uncovered a creature that sounds more like something from myth than biology. A newly identified leafcutter bee species, now named Megachile lucifer, has stunned researchers with its tiny, yet unmistakable, devil-like horns. While the discovery may sound…
Government Set to Phase Out Animal Testing and Replace It With Controversial Alternative
Science Minister Lord Vallance stood before cameras with a promise that would reshape British research labs forever. Animals currently used to test everything from life-saving vaccines to household chemicals would soon find themselves replaced by something very different. But as the details of his plan emerged, a question hung in the air: can microscopic chips…
Abandoned Great White Shark Gets Second Life After Viral Video Nearly Destroyed Her
A beam of torchlight cut through the darkness inside a crumbling shed. Green liquid glowed in response. Something massive floated inside a glass tank, its pale silhouette suspended in murky preservative. When urban explorers realized what they were looking at, their footage would ignite a global sensation and nearly destroy the very thing that captivated…
Where Does Oil Actually Come From? The Answer Isn’t Dinosaurs
Picture yourself at a gas station, pumping fuel into your car. You might imagine, somewhere in the back of your mind, that you’re filling your tank with liquefied velociraptor. Maybe a hint of T. rex. Perhaps some stegosaurus for good measure. Sounds absurd when you say it out loud, doesn’t it? Yet millions of people…
A Kansas Family Shared Their Home With 2,055 Venomous Spiders and Never Got Bitten
Most families worry about a spider or two lurking in the basement. One Kansas family shared their 19th-century home with more than 2,000 venomous brown recluse spiders for over five years. What researchers discovered during a six-month investigation challenges everything we think we know about one of America’s most feared arachnids. Between 1996 and 2001,…
What Your Favorite Restaurant Seat Reveals About Your Inner World
Many of us walk into a restaurant believing we are simply choosing a place to sit, yet that small moment often holds more meaning than we give it credit for. The instant our eyes scan the room, we begin responding to the atmosphere in ways that reflect what we seek in our daily lives. Some…