A portable gas-powered generator positioned outside a home with an illustration showing how a lack of a transfer switch leads to dangerous electrical backfeeding into power lines.

He connected his generator incorrectly and left half the neighborhood without power

Adrian Villellas
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February 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Miswired home generators are creating a new danger for crews trying to put Nashville back together after the recent ice storm, as officials warn…..

A pair of Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses featuring a micro-display lens and the accompanying electromyography-based Neural Band wrist wearable.

The cell phone as you know it has come to an end: Mark Zuckerberg presents the device that could replace cell phones forever, and a date has already been set for the start of this technological revolution

Kevin Montien
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February 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM

For more than a decade, the glow of a phone screen has ruled everyday life, from the alarm on the nightstand to the last…..

An older woman smiling while helping her young grandson with a colorful puzzle on a living room floor, illustrating the cognitive engagement of grandparenting.
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jet flying alongside a Canadian CF-18 Hornet during a NORAD patrol exercise over the snow-covered Arctic.
A high-resolution cross-section diagram of a perovskite solar cell showing the added taurine antioxidant layer between the tin dioxide and the perovskite crystal.
A historical illustration of 17th-century sailors hunting reindeer and building a makeshift brick shelter on the icy shores of Spitsbergen.
Jennifer Barton, a victim of a celebrity romance scam, looking distressed while holding her phone in temporary housing.
The exterior of a Subway restaurant with a "Fresh Forward" design, representing the locations involved in the MTF Enterprises bankruptcy.
A medical illustration showing a cross-section of a healthy artery compared to one narrowed by fatty plaque buildup.
Portrait of inventor Thomas Edison, whose 1879 lamp experiments may have produced graphene-like carbon without anyone realizing it.
: A restored Hugger Orange 1969 Chevrolet COPO Camaro with a 427 cubic inch engine on display at a concours muscle car show.

News

A portable gas-powered generator positioned outside a home with an illustration showing how a lack of a transfer switch leads to dangerous electrical backfeeding into power lines.

He connected his generator incorrectly and left half the neighborhood without power

Adrian Villellas
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February 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Miswired home generators are creating a new danger for crews trying to put Nashville back…..

A detailed view of the "Hall of the Bulls" in the Lascaux cave, featuring prehistoric paintings of aurochs, horses, and deer.

In 1940, a teenager was following his dog through the woods… and ended up discovering a secret cave with more than 600 paintings dating back 17,000 years

Adrian Villellas
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February 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM

More than eighty years after a teenager squeezed through a hole in a tree in…..

An aerial view of the vast turquoise evaporation ponds at the Salar de Atacama lithium deposit in northern Chile.

China sets conditions for Chile to approve the lithium agreement and demands total priority over the mineral from the Salar de Atacama, the most coveted on the planet

Kevin Montien
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February 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM

China has just locked in a powerful new safety net for its electric vehicle industry……

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jet flying alongside a Canadian CF-18 Hornet during a NORAD patrol exercise over the snow-covered Arctic.

Diplomatic blackmail in broad daylight: The United States pressures Canada in January 2026: either they buy the F-35s or we redraw the air defense map of the northern hemisphere

Kevin Montien
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February 21, 2026 at 6:30 AM

The fight over which fighter jet Canada buys has suddenly turned into a debate about…..

A historical illustration of 17th-century sailors hunting reindeer and building a makeshift brick shelter on the icy shores of Spitsbergen.

Eight sailors were stranded in the Arctic in 1630… and what they did to survive after being presumed dead will leave you speechless

Adrian Villellas
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February 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM

What does it take to survive an Arctic winter with almost no food, no ship,…..

The exterior of a Subway restaurant with a "Fresh Forward" design, representing the locations involved in the MTF Enterprises bankruptcy.

One of the largest Subway franchises in the United States collapses and files for bankruptcy with 43 locations, leaving the future of thousands of workers up in the air

Adrian Villellas
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February 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A major Subway franchisee has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move that shows how…..

Professor Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai speaking at the 2025 opening ceremony of Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City.

No books or degrees. This Vietnamese teacher inspires an entire generation with a single powerful idea: “Dare to think differently, fail without fear, and start again”

Kevin Montien
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February 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM

At a packed opening ceremony at Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City,Professor Dr Nguyen…..

Aerial view of Rota Naval Base in Spain, showing construction at Piers 2 and 4 to accommodate the new Bonifaz-class F-110 frigates.

Economy

An 87-year-old woman in New Orleans working a part-time job, reflecting the 2.3 million American grandparents responsible for their grandchildren.

She was 68 when she lost her daughter and son-in-law and had to raise her two grandchildren alone while continuing to work. Now, at 87, she dreams of retiring at 90

Kevin Montien
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February 21, 2026 at 6:30 PM

When Rebecca Reed imagined life in her late eighties, she pictured church on Sundays, family dinners, and…..

A stack of official Oakland City Auditor reports and budget documents sitting on a desk, highlighting the $57 million police overtime spending gap.

Meet an Oakland police officer who earned $490,000 in overtime, and the city can’t find records detailing much of what he did

Adrian Villellas
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February 21, 2026 at 10:15 AM

In a year when Oakland is cutting library hours and freezing hires, one police lieutenant collected nearly…..

Science

A full-scale engineering development unit of a NASA nuclear rocket reactor, measuring 44 inches wide, during cold flow testing at Marshall Space Flight Center.

NASA has just tested its first nuclear engine for travel beyond Jupiter, and no one is talking enough about what this means for the future of humanity

Kevin Montien
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February 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM

For the first time in more than half a century, NASA has put a flight-scale…..

A high-resolution cross-section diagram of a perovskite solar cell showing the added taurine antioxidant layer between the tin dioxide and the perovskite crystal.

Korean scientists were studying the deterioration of a key material for future energy and ended up discovering that octopuses had been using the perfect solution for millions of years

Adrian Villellas
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February 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Perovskite solar cells have long been billed as the next big thing in clean energy,…..

Portrait of inventor Thomas Edison, whose 1879 lamp experiments may have produced graphene-like carbon without anyone realizing it.

Thomas Edison may have created graphene by accident in 1879 without knowing it, and science has only realized this almost 150 years later

Kevin Montien
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February 20, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Every time you flip on a light, you are tapping into a technology that goes…..

A microscopic view of the gene-edited Fusarium venenatum (FCPD) strain showing thinner cell walls and a comparison of mycoprotein textured as chicken-like strips.

Goodbye to beef: China presents the future of food with the creation of a meat-flavored mushroom that is grown without animals and requires 70% less land

Kevin Montien
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February 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM

A new gene-edited fungus developed in China is being pitched as a double win for…..

A reddish hand stencil on a limestone cave wall in Sulawesi, Indonesia, showing a stylized "claw-like" finger pattern.

A simple cave painting made almost 68,000 years ago in a cave in Indonesia could forever change what we believed about the origins of human art

Kevin Montien
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February 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Long before people painted bison on French cave walls, someone stood at the back of…..

A high-resolution scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a tardigrade, also known as a water bear, showing its eight legs and segmented body.

Not cockroaches or rats: this would be the last living thing to become extinct on Earth

Kevin Montien
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February 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM

For years people have joked that cockroaches would inherit the planet after humans disappear. Yet…..

A close-up of a human finger moving through a container of sand during a scientific experiment on remote touch.

An experiment has confirmed it: humans have a hidden seventh sense that allows us to “touch” without touching

Adrian Villellas
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February 16, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Have you ever dragged your fingers through sand and felt something was there before you…..

A breathtaking view of the total solar eclipse with the solar corona visible as a glowing halo against a dark sky.

The day night falls: this is what the most anticipated total solar eclipse of the century will be like, and it will NOT happen again until 2114

Adrian Villellas
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February 15, 2026 at 8:45 AM

On August 2, 2027, midday will briefly look like midnight for millions of people from…..