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Could the Universe's Hidden Shape Solve One of Physics' Biggest Mysteries?

Scientists Found An 'Impossible' Atmosphere on A Tiny World Beyond Neptune

NASA shuts down 49-year-old Voyager 1 instrument to keep it alive

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'Negative Time' Really Does Exist, New Experiments Suggest

Stretching Diamonds Unlocks Powerful New Quantum Sensing Abilities

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MIT scientists finally reveal the hidden structure of a mysterious high-tech material

Scientists turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel using sunlight

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Plant Seeds Do Something Incredible When The Sound of Rain Strikes

Greenland ice melt has surged sixfold and scientists are alarmed

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Beyond Inflammation: Scientists Uncover New Cause of Persistent Rheumatoid Arthritis

A New Atlas Reveals Hidden Details of The Human Body Like Never Before

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Evolution isn't random. Scientists find the same genes used for 120 million years

Malaria may have quietly steered human evolution by forcing our ancestors apart across Africa.

Darwin’s Islands Still Evolving: Giant Daisies Rewrite the Rules of Evolution

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The da Vinci bloodline is unlocking the genius's genetic secrets. Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA may soon be uncovered - unlocking the biology behind history's greatest genius

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First-of-Its-Kind Discovery: Homer’s Iliad Found Embedded in a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

An ancient Egyptian mummy with an excerpt from the classic Greek text the Iliad plastered to its abdomen

Centuries-old Christian Nubian murals inspire gorgeous fashion reconstructions

Sudan: Ancient Document Confirms 'Legendary' African King Actually Existed

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Rewriting Dinosaur Evolution: Scientists Unearth Remarkable 150-Million-Year-Old Stegosaur Skull

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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in critical condition with pneumonia, spokesperson says

The 2026 Met Gala theme is "Costume Art," celebrating the spring 2026 Costume Institute exhibition of the same name. The exhibition focuses on the "centrality of the dressed body," exploring the relationship between fashion and the human form across 5,000 years of art. Co-chairs are Beyonce, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Anna Wintour.

"Costume Art" will highlight the body as a canvas, examining how clothing shapes and interacts with the body, ranging from classical to contemporary forms. Curated by Andrew Bolton, the exhibition will feature around 200 items in the new 12,000-square-foot Conde Nast Galleries, including garments from the 20th century to the present. The exhibition marks the inauguration of the new, larger Costume Institute galleries located near the Met's Great Hall.

Teaching is not an easy job in this timeline even with technology to help along the way. Today's teachers have to recognize students' special needs - intellectual and emotional - in an ever challenging society where education guidelines must parallel changing times. Additional challenges include dealing with budget, parents, and administration. It's never easy. This week we honor your service to the teaching profession in its many forms. Education = Evolution.

Happy National Teacher's Appreciation Day to my fellow teachers through traditional education and metaphysics. We are all students and teachers forever on a quest for answers - from the simple things in our lives to those that challenge humanity. We experience and learn in the hourglass (our class) of Time if not we would not exist at all. To all of my fellow friends and teachers - the career you have chosen is challenging but if you change the lives of your students for the better, then you have made a difference to be proud of.

Mystery airships or phantom airships are a class of unidentified flying objects best known from a series of newspaper reports originating in the western United States and spreading east during late 1896 and early 1897. According to researcher Jerome Clark, airship sightings were reported worldwide during the 1880s and 1890s. Continue reading ...