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A vast underground tunnel system stretching 22.5 kilometres still lies hidden beneath the fields of Texas, marking the unfinished remains of the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), one of the most ambitious science projects ever attempted in the United States. Designed to become the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the collider was expected to transform the…

Between crowded roads and layers of concrete in São Paulo, a long strip of greenery now breaks up the city’s urban landscape. The area was not always a place where people came to walk beneath trees or watch birds. For years, it was an abandoned stretch of land known for neglect and insecurity. According to…

Ryder Williams saving a boy from drowing (screenshot from the video) A 16-year-old California State Parks lifeguard is being praised nationwide after a dramatic ocean rescue in Santa Cruz. Ryder Williams, who was on his first season on the job, pulled a 10-year-old boy from powerful surf at Seabright Beach and later helped save two…

Image credit: A Current Affair Residents of a Sydney suburb are trying to solve an unusual mystery after an unidentified man allegedly spent the past two years scattering birdseed on local streets in the middle of the night, attracting large flocks of native birds and leaving neighbours to deal with noise, bird droppings and property…

A lone hiker suffering from heat exhaustion on a steep forest trail in the Adirondack Mountains. New York Forest Rangers responded to a string of emergencies across the Adirondack backcountry in June. Most of these rescues were cases of dehydrated hikers during the hot weather.The rescues took place in Essex, Hamilton and Washington counties between…

Image Credit: Getty Images Lithium is of utmost importance for modern technology. It is powering the smartphones and the huge fleet of electric vehicles. As the world is shifting towards clean energy, the demand for lithium is also increasing quickly, which is placing a huge pressure on land-based mining. However, researchers at Texas A&M University…

Coal mine blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan (AP photo) At least 34 miners in Pakistan were killed and 10 other remained trapped after a methane gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in Balochistan province on Thursday, as officials told news agency AP.While rescuers continued a race against time to reach those still underground.The explosion took…

Communities dig water-harvesting pits to restore degraded land and improve soil moisture in the Sahel. For decades, the Sahel has symbolised environmental decline. Stretching nearly 5,900 kilometres across Africa from Senegal on the Atlantic coast to Sudan on the Red Sea, this semi-arid belt has endured recurring droughts, advancing desertification and repeated crop failures since…

Left/Southern Ocean/Right/Southern Ocean on map/Image: AI Generated As the world searches for ways to remove carbon dioxide already accumulating in the atmosphere, ocean iron fertilisation (OIF) has emerged as one of the most debated climate intervention strategies. The idea is deceptively simple: adding tiny amounts of iron to iron-poor parts of the ocean stimulates the…

German proverb of the day (AI-generated image) Some proverbs make their point in a single line. Others need a moment of thought before the meaning actually lands. This old German saying belongs firmly in the second group. On first hearing, it sounds almost like a strange bit of arithmetic involving fences, dogs, horses and people,…