A close-up of a ripe orange cloudberry in a Norwegian bog, illustrating the species used for the Earth BioGenome Project.

The fruit eaten by the Vikings and brought to the Arctic by Nansen hides a genetic secret: Norwegian researchers have discovered that the “molte” has eight chromosomes and is a mixture of extinct ancestral species

Kevin Montien
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February 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM

What really hides inside that spoonful of golden cloudberry sauce on a Christmas dessert? According to a new genomic study, quite a lot. Researchers…..

A standard Tennessee license plate on the back of a vehicle, representing the current registration system under debate.

The end of the unlicensed license plate trick is on the table, and Tennessee could become the example for other states to follow

Adrian Villellas
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February 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM

For years, Tennessee residents have been able to register a car and get a license plate without holding a valid driver’s license. Now Republican…..

View of the damaged Poole Bay Cliffs in Canford Cliffs, showing the site of unauthorized excavation for a luxury garden room.
Unrestored 1965 Chevrolet Impala station wagon with a rare 409 cubic inch engine found in a Moscow, Pennsylvania barn.
A map of Yellowstone National Park highlighting the Norris Uplift Anomaly bullseye pattern detected by satellite radar.
A close-up of an official IRS Notice of Intent to Levy letter placed next to a bank statement, illustrating the start of the 21-day freeze period.
An elderly driver in Virginia preparing for an in-person DMV vision screening for a five-year license renewal.
A global heat map from the University of Oklahoma study showing high-risk bat clades overlapping with human anthropogenic footprints.
Nine 6th-century gold bracteates and beads found on Rennesøy island, Norway, showcasing intricate Migration Period craftsmanship.
Five pieces of 7th-century Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet jewelry found on a hillside in Donington-on-Bain, Lincolnshire.
A fleet of yellow autonomous haul trucks navigating a dusty open-pit coal mine in the Zhundong region of Xinjiang, China.

News

An aerial view of the Canford Cliffs area in Poole Bay, showing the steep, sandy coastal slopes where illegal excavation took place.

What began as a project “to protect lizards” ended in a national scandal: a British millionaire was fined £20,000 for destroying a protected cliff in Poole Bay

Kevin Montien
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January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM

A millionaire property developer in southern England has been ordered to pay £20,000 after cutting…..

A large U.S. Navy warship under construction in a crowded shipyard with industrial cranes.

The U.S. Navy is attempting to rebuild its fleet by 2026 and is discovering that its shipyards have become a major problem

Kevin Montien
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January 28, 2026 at 8:45 AM

The U.S. Navy is trying to rebuild its fleet in the middle of a deep…..

Amazon will pay $1.5 billion to Prime customers: who is entitled to an automatic refund?

Amazon will pay $1.5 billion to Prime customers: who is entitled to an automatic refund?

Adrian Villellas
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM

An unexpected email from Amazon promising money usually feels like the start of a scam……

Noisy weekends are numbered: this city will ban gasoline-powered leaf blowers and impose fines of up to $200

Noisy weekends are numbered: this city will ban gasoline-powered leaf blowers and impose fines of up to $200

Adrian Villellas
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November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM

If your fall weekends revolve around chasing leaves with a noisy blower, Arlington, Massachusetts is…..

Economy

A USPS mail carrier shoveling heavy snow around a buried delivery truck in Fairfield, Ohio, during Winter Storm Fern.

A mail carrier in Ohio who was trapped between buried trucks and icy roads was suspended after posting a video denouncing the brutal conditions he had to endure during a historic snowstorm: “We had to dig with shovels to get the trucks out”

Kevin Montien
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February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM

While officials urged millions of Americans to stay home during a severe January blizzard, mail carrier Jason…..

A graph from the Social Security Trustees report showing the OASI trust fund reserves hitting zero by 2033 and the subsequent benefit cliff.

Social Security issues its most serious warning in decades: the fund could run out, leading to historic cuts of up to $460 per month for millions of retirees

Adrian Villellas
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February 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Millions of seniors who depend on Social Security are being warned about a possible $460 cut to…..

Science

A close-up of a ripe orange cloudberry in a Norwegian bog, illustrating the species used for the Earth BioGenome Project.

The fruit eaten by the Vikings and brought to the Arctic by Nansen hides a genetic secret: Norwegian researchers have discovered that the “molte” has eight chromosomes and is a mixture of extinct ancestral species

Kevin Montien
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February 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM

What really hides inside that spoonful of golden cloudberry sauce on a Christmas dessert? According…..

Scientists from UNAM collecting soil samples in the Mixteca Alta UNESCO Global Geopark to study native bacterial communities.
A cluster of concrete Reef Cubes placed on the seabed at the base of an offshore wind turbine to promote marine growth.
A wild beaver caught on a night-vision trail camera swimming in the Little Ouse River between Suffolk and Norfolk.

A beaver appears in England for the first time in 400 years and camera traps capture it in action: the exciting return of an extinct species that no one expected to see in Suffolk

Kevin Montien
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February 2, 2026 at 8:45 AM

A quiet stretch of river in eastern England has suddenly become the center of attention……

A map of Yellowstone National Park highlighting the Norris Uplift Anomaly bullseye pattern detected by satellite radar.

Yellowstone inflates again: an “underground bulge” the size of Chicago surprises scientists

Kevin Montien
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February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Along the north rim of Yellowstone’s vast caldera, the ground has quietly lifted by about…..

Five pieces of 7th-century Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet jewelry found on a hillside in Donington-on-Bain, Lincolnshire.

Archaeologists unearth an Anglo-Saxon treasure trove of 7th-century gold jewelry that was found without a grave or a body

Adrian Villellas
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February 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM

The Donington-on-Bain jewelry assemblage includes five Anglo-Saxon, seventh-century gold-and-garnet pieces found on a Lincolnshire hillside…..

A visualization of two massive black holes of 137 and 103 solar masses spiraling toward a collision, emitting gravitational waves.

The largest black hole collision ever recorded has been detected, forcing a rethink of how they form

Adrian Villellas
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January 31, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Scientists detected the largest black hole collision yet, producing a new black hole about 225…..

A high-resolution satellite visualization showing a massive storm swell and 35-meter wave peaks in the North Pacific Ocean.

Satellites spot 35-meter monster waves in the North Pacific, equivalent to an 11-story building, and for the first time they were “signed” from space

Kevin Montien
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January 30, 2026 at 10:05 AM

Technology in orbit has just confirmed something sailors have whispered about for generations. In December…..