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Clever kid builds phone charger powered by pet hamster
8 May 2026 @ 6:49 pm
The YouTuber turned a rodent's exercise wheel into a tiny turbine.
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Robot probes 16th century Italian shipwreck 1.5 miles below the Mediterranean
8 May 2026 @ 5:21 pm
The mysterious ship sank off the coast of France full of valuable cargo.
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‘Mars’ is 2025’s most popular planet baby name
8 May 2026 @ 4:29 pm
Thankfully, no one named their kid Uranus.
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Cybertruck recall warns that its wheels may fly off
8 May 2026 @ 3:17 pm
Barely 3,500 of the EVs have sold this year so far.
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One-in-a-million white bison calf born in Iowa
8 May 2026 @ 1:52 pm
White bison calves are considered sacred for many Native American nations.
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The first playgrounds were for adults, not kids
8 May 2026 @ 1:01 pm
Early playgrounds were more about fitness than fun—and children didn't enter the equation for decades.
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Vet constructs ingenious contraption to help a tortoise hit by a car
8 May 2026 @ 12:03 pm
The African spurred tortoise’s recovery deserves a shell-ebration.
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Glowing algae could power the lamps of the future
7 May 2026 @ 8:01 pm
The bioluminescent plants are a potential alternative to electrical light and batteries.
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Hiker stumbles on 6th century gold sword scabbard under fallen tree
7 May 2026 @ 5:43 pm
‘The odds of finding something like this are minimal.’
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For 6 days, NASA’s Mars rover battled a rock
7 May 2026 @ 3:27 pm
Curiosity appears unscathed. The giant stone? Not so much.
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