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Meet Finnegan McGill, the 18-year-old Arizona student who spent four years building an AI device that can identify birds from their calls and pinpoint where they are |

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Finnegan McGill. Image Credit: Chris Ayers/Society for Science Finnegan McGill has spent more than four years turning a concern about declining bird populations into a working piece of technology. This 18-year-old student from Tucson, Arizona, developed a device known as ‘A-BiRD’ (Automated Bird Recognition Device) which could help in identifying birds by their calls and…

Meet Ankan Das, the 15-year-old Florida student who built a shape-shifting robot that crawls on Moon soil and squeezes through tight spaces |

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Representative Image of a tensegrity robot navigating obstacles during a search-and-rescue mission (AI-generated image) Ankan Das is a 15-year-old sophomore at Oviedo High School in Florida, but his latest science-fair project looks more like something from a robotics laboratory than a school classroom. For his Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair project, Das built a…

In the 1990s, a predatory flatworm was released in Samoa to control giant African snails; it later became linked to the decline and extinction of native island snails

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In the 1990s, a predatory flatworm was released in Samoa to control giant African snails An aggressive predatory flatworm introduced to Pacific islands during the 1990s to control agricultural pests has pushed native land snail species toward extinction, turning a planned biological control program into an ecological disaster. The New Guinea flatworm (Platydemus manokwari) was…

In 1937, Australian scientists released infected rabbits on an island to test a virus that would later transform rabbit control across the continent |

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A European rabbit in Tasmania. Image Credit: JJ Harrison/Wikipedia In 1937, Australian scientists took an unusual step in the fight against one of the country’s most destructive pests known as ‘rabbits.’ They released rabbits carrying ‘myxoma virus’ on Wardang Island, off South Australia, to see whether the disease could spread naturally. The experiment was part…

In 1986, a 29-year-old teacher spent 55 days crossing the Arctic and became the first woman to reach the North Pole |

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PC: Guinness World Records In 1986, Ann Bancroft set out across the Arctic as a 29-year-old elementary school teacher with a love of the outdoors and a place on an eight-member expedition. Fifty-five days later, she stood at the North Pole, becoming the first woman to reach it. The journey involved dog sleds, tonnes of…

Meet Ella Lu, the 17-year-old North Carolina student who taught AI to recognise how Impressionist painters arranged objects in their paintings |

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Ella Lu. Image Credit: Chris Ayers/Society for Science Ella Lu, a 17-year-old student from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has found a way to bring two different interests of ‘art’ and ‘computer science’ together. As a senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics(NCSSM), Lu developed a system that can study how objects are…

In 1885, New Zealand released European hedgehogs as garden pest killers; 140 years later, DOC calls them a major threat to native wildlife and one can empty an endangered tern colony of nesting birds

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European hedgehog (Image Credit: Canva) What was once seen as a useful garden helper in New Zealand has become an unexpected threat to some of the country’s most vulnerable wildlife. European hedgehogs were deliberately introduced to New Zealand in the 19th century, with acclimatisation societies releasing them in the hope that they would help control…

Dutch plant turns 420,000 tonnes of poultry manure into renewable electricity for 45,000 households while recycling the leftover ash into fertiliser |

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A Dutch plant is turning a huge agricultural waste stream into renewable electricity and fertiliser. BMC Moerdijk in the Netherlands processes around 420,000 tonnes of poultry manure each year, using thermal conversion to generate electricity for the farms supplying the manure and enough additional power for around 45,000 households. The process does not end after…

Quote of the day by Pythagoras: “Of all the rest of mankind, make him your friend who distinguishes himself by his virtue” |

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Pythagoras is best known today for the mathematical theorem that bears his name, but the ancient Greek thinker was also associated with a broader philosophical tradition that explored morality, discipline, friendship and the pursuit of a virtuous life. One saying attributed to him offers a timeless reflection on the people we choose to keep close:…

Quote of the day by Florence Nightingale: “So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small” |

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Florence Nightingale, widely remembered as the “Lady with the Lamp”, became one of the most influential figures in the history of nursing and healthcare. Born in 1820, she challenged the expectations placed on women of her time and devoted her life to improving the treatment of sick and injured people. Her work during the Crimean…

Scientists found fire salamanders glow blue-green under ultraviolet light, with their skin glands producing fluorescent secretions |

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At first glance, the fire salamander appears much as it always has: black skin broken by irregular yellow markings, a pattern long associated with the species’ chemical defences. But under ultraviolet light, that familiar appearance changes. According to the 2026 study published in the Royal Society, titled ‘Glandular biofluorescence in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra): first…

Antarctica holds more than 60% of the world’s meteorites, but warming could make thousands disappear into the ice |

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Antarctica holds more than 60% of the world’s meteorites, but warming could make thousands disappear into the ice (PC: AI Generated) More than 60% of all meteorites ever found on Earth have been recovered from Antarctica, where dark rocks can remain exposed on bright blue-ice fields for thousands of years. Now, climate warming is putting…

‘What more do you want?’: BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia’s blunt message on Rohit Sharma amid 2027 World Cup speculation | Cricket News

Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman: ‘Diversity is true beauty of society’: Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman extends Janmashtami greetings

In 1953, a US Navy serviceman met his first love in Japan, but had to leave because war orders sent him home; nearly 70 years later, at 91, he finally found her again

Ankur Bhattacharjee: His family chose table tennis because cricket seemed too expensive; Years later, Ankur Bhattacharjee plays with a Rs 48,500 paddle and has won his first WTT singles title

‘Kim Jong-un Era 2.0.’: North Korea drops reunification goal from party charter

In 1999, scientists dropped 45 tons of wollastonite over a 29-acre New Hampshire watershed to replace calcium lost to acid rain; by 2013, it was exporting 30 times more inorganic nitrogen than nearby watersheds

Meet Gage Klein, the 16-year-old Pennsylvania student who has already opened his second restaurant while still in high school

‘India lost to Ireland. Has cricket ended?’: Mohsin Naqvi hits back at critics, defends Pakistan cricket shake-up | Cricket News

Judi Dench Garden Memorial: Judi Dench’s garden is actually a memorial: The actress planted trees for people she lost, turning her Surrey garden into a living memory book

‘It’s only a frikkin game’: Wasim Akram recalls helping Irfan Pathan before his anti-Pakistan posts | Cricket News

Meet Finnegan McGill, the 18-year-old Arizona student who spent four years building an AI device that can identify birds from their calls and pinpoint where they are |

Meet Ankan Das, the 15-year-old Florida student who built a shape-shifting robot that crawls on Moon soil and squeezes through tight spaces |

In the 1990s, a predatory flatworm was released in Samoa to control giant African snails; it later became linked to the decline and extinction of native island snails

In 1937, Australian scientists released infected rabbits on an island to test a virus that would later transform rabbit control across the continent |

In 1986, a 29-year-old teacher spent 55 days crossing the Arctic and became the first woman to reach the North Pole |

Meet Ella Lu, the 17-year-old North Carolina student who taught AI to recognise how Impressionist painters arranged objects in their paintings |

In 1885, New Zealand released European hedgehogs as garden pest killers; 140 years later, DOC calls them a major threat to native wildlife and one can empty an endangered tern colony of nesting birds

Dutch plant turns 420,000 tonnes of poultry manure into renewable electricity for 45,000 households while recycling the leftover ash into fertiliser |

Quote of the day by Pythagoras: “Of all the rest of mankind, make him your friend who distinguishes himself by his virtue” |

Quote of the day by Florence Nightingale: “So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small” |

Scientists found fire salamanders glow blue-green under ultraviolet light, with their skin glands producing fluorescent secretions |

Antarctica holds more than 60% of the world’s meteorites, but warming could make thousands disappear into the ice |