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Ellie's Archives: 2000-2026

September 27 - MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs)

OCTOBER 2026
October 8 - World Sight Day
October 10 - New Moon 17° Libra
October 10 - World Mental Health Day
October 12 - Columbus Day
October 12 - Indigenous Peoples' Day
October 12 - Thanksgiving Day in Canada
October 17 - 21 - Durga Puja
October 24 - November 13 - Mercury Retrograde
October 23 - Sun in Scorpio
October 26 - Full Hunter Moon 2° Taurus
October 31 - Halloween, Magic Day, Samhain

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Crystalinks Turns 31

Friday September 25, 2026 7:00 PM ET

Ellie's World Blog Today
Full Harvest/Corn Moon 3° Aries - Stormy Weather
81st United Nations General Assembly
Sukkot, Feast of Booths and Tabernacles
Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Ellie Visits the 100th Feast of San Gennaro
National Daughter's Day
Alaska - Fat Bear Week

Sunspot 40 Times Wider Than Earth Shows Our Sun Is Capable of

Moon Cities Could Face a Surprisingly Serious Water Problem

The Solar System's First Worlds Were Built From Fire, Not Ice

Ancient meteorite grains reveal that powerful magnetism may have helped shape the solar system from its very beginning.

We found something never seen before - A dead star is producing a shock wave that shouldn't exist

An overlooked era of cosmology is stealing the show in the quest to understand the cosmos

Great news from Saturn's moon Enceladus in the search for life in space

Private spacecraft falls back to Earth after failing to rescue aging NASA telescope

CERN has started replacing some of the Large Hadron Collider's most important magnets as part of its High-Luminosity upgrade

Scientists Hunt for Tiny Black Holes Hidden in LHC Collisions

A Particle Accelerator Could Create Dark Matter From Empty Space

By shaping and shrinking light, engineers alter a material's magnetic properties

Earth is tearing apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Scientists have caught a massive Cascadia subduction zone slowly tearing itself apart, revealing how tectonic plates may die one piece at a time According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), there is a 10% to 15% chance of a massive magnitude 9.0 "Megathrust" earthquake striking the region within the next 50 years.

Scientists Find Hidden Information in The Shape of Neurons' Electrical Signals

Misophonia Runs in Families, And Experts Are Starting to Understand Why

Human Sperm Is Rewriting DNA Earlier Than We Realized

Water-Loving Capybaras Lived in The Atacama Desert 8.8 Million Years Ago

Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes

September 22-29, 2026

Alaska - Fat Bear Week - In the News

Bears: Facts, Symbolism, Mythology, Shamanism, Medicine, Constellation

September 25 - October 2, 2026

Sukkot, Feast of Booths and Tabernacles

September 25, 2026

Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

One of the most important holidays in Chinese culture on par with the Chinese New Year. Lanterns of all size and shapes, are carried and displayed - symbolic beacons that light people's path to prosperity and good fortune. Mooncakes, a rich pastry typically filled with sweet-bean, egg yolk, meat or lotus-seed paste, are traditionally eaten during this festival.

September 25, 2026

National Daughter's Day

Ellie with her three daughters Zsia, Nikki, and Tracy (1995)

2026 in Westport, Connecticut

Tracy, Nikki, and Zsia

September 25, 1944

Michael Douglas - Videos - Filmography

When you're making films out of heartfelt passion,
it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.

September 25, 1969

Catherine Zeta-Jones - Videos - Filmography

When life seems out of control and you can't make a decision,
get professional help. It turned my life around.

September 25, 1983

Donald Glover - Videos - Discography - Filmography

Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are.

September 25, 1977

Joel Moore - Videos - Filmography

Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose.

September 25, 1951

Mark Hamill - Videos - Filmography

So much of life is what you roll and where you land.

September 25, 1957

Michael Madsen - Videos - Filmography

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.

Thursday September 24, 2026 7:00 PM ET

Jupiter Handles the Solar Wind in a Way Scientists Didn't Expect

NASA to study human health and performance during Crew-13 mission

Engineers just designed a better 'shock absorber' for spacecraft

Is the universe twisted? A new check on a possible twist in the universe's oldest light

Supernova or black hole: Neutrino 'flavor' may determine the fate of dying stars

Physicists have discovered that separate time crystals can synchronize across surprisingly large distances inside a semiconductor.

Physicists Detect a 300 TeV Photon That Should Never Have Reached Earth

If The Dark Dimension Is Real, The Geometry of Primordial Black Holes Could Reach a Place We Cannot Go

Engineers connect health wearables and implants using the body as the network

Meta bets big on wearable AI, new AI agent as Zuckerberg pushes back against AI doom

East Coast eyes strengthening nor'easter already battering Mid-Atlantic shores

'It has become very dire in a lot of places': New map reveals exactly where humans are adding and removing precious fresh water on Earth

The big one might not come alone: Two major West Coast faults may strike back to back

He Was Looking for a Campsite. He Found a Massive Impact Crater

Anak Krakatau Just Blasted Ash 50,000 Feet Into the Sky

Healthy Eating May Slow Biological Aging but There Isn't a Single Best Diet

New findings explain how cells assemble machinery to repair damaged DNA

Teen Discovered With a Memory More Powerful Than 99.9% of The Population

ADHD and autism diagnoses have surged. A massive study may help explain why

The brain may have a built-in way to quickly settle disagreements between regions processing the same scene. This consensus building mechanism could help explain how the brain turns many specialized inputs into one unified view of the world.

Scientists Say This Simple Habit Could Help Protect Your Brain for Life

Vesuvius Scrolls - Scientists Burned Their Own ScrollsThen The Hidden Writing Lit Up.

Archaeologists excavating in the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha have uncovered a fragment of the world's oldest peace treaty, signed around 1269 B.C.

Missing Celtic fort annihilated by Julius Caesar in 52 B.C. finally found under Paris hospital

Monumental baths reveal where pilgrims may have purified themselves before entering Jerusalem's Temple

A broken rib from the world's largest T. rex hid a 66-million-year-old secret

Netanyahu defends Israel's actions in Gaza war as he brings feud with NYC Mayor Mamdani to UN

Iran's president laid out Tehran's demands to the world, from a podium in New York pushing back against threats from Trump declaring that Iran will never "bend the knee" or surrender to a "bullying mentality". He balanced his defiance by signaling that Iran remains open to dialogue and diplomatic negotiations, provided they are conducted without the threat of force.

Judge orders Trump administration to immediately reinstate White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico

Trump greets Xi with lavish fanfare, but expectations for the summit remain low

Prince Harry returns to the US to cozy up to the Clintons and warn of AI. Just as he was taking shots at Big Tech and warning of the dangers of technology, Harry's speech was abruptly interrupted by a technical failure.

Harry and Meghan are staying in a friend's spare house while they house-hunt with what insiders call a gargantuan budget. Friends insist they're not selling their Montecito home, meaning the Sussexes could soon be juggling three properties - the California mansion, an $8.5 million vacation home in Portugal and whatever nine-bedroom trophy house they land in the historic Cotswolds.

Istanbul's Yedikule Hisari or "Fortress of the Seven Towers" - It's been a prison, a fortress, an imperial treasury, and a desolate ruin. Over hundreds of years, Istanbul's dark citadel has survived empires and neglect alike - and now, as it undergoes a major rebirth, its deepest secrets are coming to light.

An Indigenous group - the Guna people in northern Panama - has mostly avoided outsiders for 500 years. Now many members are backing a major road through their territory. Why?

In the Private Jet Age, the Quiet Allure of Private Rail Private train cars may seem like a relic of the past, but for some rail fans, nothing beats having - or renting - your own sleeper car.

Lian Yunzhi a 6-Year-Old Girl in China Sets a Rubik's Cube Record of 4.27 seconds, setting a women's world record.

Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes

September 24, 1979

Justin Bruening - Videos - Filmography

When you lose trust in someone it's hard to get it back.

September 24, 1987

Spencer Treat Clark - Videos - Filmography

It's important to reflect on personal decisions to understand how reality actually works. Dignitaries meeting at the UN this week get to make some of the most important decisions that shape the lives of the world. It's always felt like a contradiction to me that a handful of leaders hold all the leverage to dictate global policies, leaving the rest of the world to live with the consequences.

September 24, 1961

John Logan Producer, Writer - Videos - Filmography

Film and theater each have their own
beauty, expression and challenges.

September 24, 1958

Kevin Sorbo - Videos - Filmography

Anything can happen - everybody has a story.

Wednesday September 23, 2026 7:00 PM ET

Astronomers Just Caught a Giant Planet in the Act of Forming

The far side of the moon provides clues to a past magnetic field

3I/ATLAS has an extreme taste for heavy water

Scientists have observed sound making quantum jumps for the first time, opening a new window into quantum computing and ultra precise sensing

When AI disagrees, people change how they perceive the technology not their original view

For the first time, microrobots coordinate to change their environment

We've Lost 12 Trillion Tons of Ice From Earth's Major Ice Sheets in Just 47 Years, Satellites Reveal

US heading for unprecedented El Nino winter: Here's what to expect

The Arctic sea ice melt season grew longer for decades, but something strange happened around 2010

Scientists say a critical Atlantic Ocean current is weakening and the effects could be global

Lake Powell one of America's largest reservoirs just hit a record low

An amateur astronomer searching satellite maps for a Quebec camping spot accidentally discovered a massive ancient impact crater.

The end of humanity? What would happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted now

El Nino heat could cause 451,000 additional deaths worldwide by February 2027 as Pacific temperatures reach record levels

California declares statewide emergency as very strong El Nino develops ahead of 2026-27 winter

Flood watches cover much of New Mexico as multi-day heavy rainfall event begins

A Common Virus Shows Signs of Reactivating Up to 3 Months Before a Multiple Sclerosis Attack

Breakthrough drug reverses skin aging and dramatically speeds healing

Scientists Discover an Unexpected Connection Between Stem Cells and Childhood Brain Tumors

Rope, twine and thread: Invisible technologies of the Stone Age

Trump's approval plunges into the 20s, and Republicans give up

Trump's midterm woes deepen amid worsened economic backdrop: CNN poll

Iran's president strikes a defiant tone at U.N. after Trump threats. Masoud Pezeshkian's appearance at the General Assembly on Wednesday was the first time that the leader of a country at war with the U.S. has addressed the world body

Media outlets and Trump administration face off in court over White House ban

Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes

September 23, 1959

Jason Alexander - Videos - Filmography

I'm more motivated by the pain of a funny
character than by what makes him funny.

September 23, 1949

Bruce Springsteen - Discography - Videos

The best music is essentially there to provide you
with something to help you face the world.

September 23, 1943

Julio Iglesias - Discography - Videos

We struggle in difficult times with hopes of a better future.

Tuesday September 22, 2026 7:00 PM ET

Astronomers Detect Radio Signals Coming Directly From an Exoplanet For The First Time

Biggest Supernova Dataset Yet Challenges Dark Energy Theory

X-ray method predicts anion behavior, opening path to longer-lasting batteries and AI-assisted chemistry

1,000x Speedup: Scientists Just Broke Through a Major Quantum Computing Bottleneck

Einstein Called It Spooky. CERN Just Found It at Extreme Energies at the Large Hadron Collider

Scientists develop real-time AI monitoring for an advanced nuclear reactor component

New LightTok chip converts light directly into 'tokens' for AI - slashing energy use in drones and other autonomous machines

Scientists made a paper battery you can swallow to power internal medical devices

A Pompeii-Like Volcanic Disaster Preserved a 22-Million-Year-Old Landscape

150,000 Tons of Radioactive Waste Were Dumped in The Atlantic. Decades Later, It's Visibly Oozing.

Giant Trenches Reveal Caves Up to 150 Meters Deep Beneath Australia's Nullarbor Plain

Giant caves beneath sinkhole reveal origin of mystery trenches that score Australia's Nullarbor Plain

https://scitechdaily.com/four-million-ancient-coins-reveal-what-really-held-the-roman-empire-together/

240-Million-Year-Old Fossil Discovery Challenges the Story of the First Dinosaurs

Up to 3 Months Before an MS Attack, Scientists Detect a Viral Signal in The Blood

One Critical Factor Predicts Longevity Better Than Diet or Exercise, Study Reveals - Sleep

Alzheimer's Is No Longer an Untreatable Disease, Major Report Concludes. Here's Why.

Stress Hormone Cortisol Rewires the Brain to Strengthen Emotional Memories

Scientists Develop a Vaccine That Could Help Turn the Tide on America's Opioid Epidemic

Huge Haul of Ice Age Mammoth Bones Unearthed Beneath Czech

Nearly 2,400-year-old school where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great discovered in Greece

A Woman May Have Ruled Ancient Egypt as King 5,000 Years Ago

14th-century woman in China lost her nose to amputation - likely as punishment for stealing or adultery

A tiny chariot fitting reveals Egyptian glass reached Iron Age Britain

Rope, twine and thread: Invisible technologies of the Stone Age

One of Earth's Oldest Animal Fossils Found in a Norwegian Sheep Field

Ancient DNA Rewrites the Story of the American Cheetah

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he believes the Democratic Party has lost sight of what's important to voters and is hopeful that candidates focusing on affordability will get elected

Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes

September 22, 2026

81st United Nations General Assembly Meeting ~ Wikipedia

CNN: Highlights of Trump Speech Today

Peace and Balance

Happy Birthday to the Crystalinks readers born in Libra.

September 22, 2026

Autumn Equinox - Libra - Creating Balance

Happy Birthday to the Crystalinks readers born in Libra.

Libra is a cardinal air sign ruled by Venus.

September 22, 1958

Andrea Bocelli Blind Italian opera tenor - Discography - Video

Autumn embraces change while heightening your senses.
A walk in nature can show you a new path to your destiny.

September 22, 1948

Jim Byrnes - Discography - Filmography - Videos

The blues is an alchemy of rhythm and emotions, where every line tells a story.

September 22, 1987

Tom Felton Harry Potter films - Videos - Filmography

The universal design is a mixture of magic and alchemy.

September 22, 1961

Scott Baio - Filmography - Videos

I am not a spiritual guy, but all of a sudden
I felt the need to really feel things.

September 22, 1975

Mireille Enos - Filmography - Videos

Life has become a cliffhanger.

September 22, 1964

Bonnie Hunt - Filmography - Video

Stand for something or you'll fall for anything.

September 22, 1984

Laura Vandervoort - Filmography - Videos

Hollywood is something imagined ... acting is something crafted.

Sept. 22, 1791 - August 25, 1867

Michael Faraday - Video - Faraday Cage

Alchemist, naturalist, contributed to electromagnetism and electrochemistry

Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it
be consistent with the laws of nature.

Monday September 21, 2026 8:00 PM ET

Astronomers Expected More Tiny Worlds Beyond Neptune - Webb Found Something Else

A Single Ball on a Billiard Table Can Theoretically Perform Any Computation

Scientists Rewrite the Atomic Structure of Glass While It Melts

Strong M6.4 earthquake hits Papua New Guinea

Scientists Discover Trees Have a Hidden Muscle That Helps Them Straighten Themselves

African smoke brightens clouds, but weather patterns offset its cooling effect

How to tackle persistent drought: Lessons from British Columbia

Sacred springs of South Africa pure waters were found tiny bits of plastic

Australia's vast Nullarbor Plain hides deep caves that can teach us about alien worlds

The Human Brain Isn't Meant to Be Awake Past Midnight, Scientists Warn

The Vivid Dreams Stage of REM Sleep Is Linked With a Lower Risk of 83 Diseases

Scientists Discover a Brain Signal Linked to Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effects

Scientists have created a flexible, needle-thin brain implant that can record signals, deliver drugs, and stimulate multiple brain regions at once.

Chronic stress may be quietly reshaping your heart

'Rusty Treasure' in Austria Revealed as Europe's Largest Cache of Iron Age Iron Bars

Mount Vesuvius Buried These Scrolls for 2,000 Years - Now Scientists May Read Them

Scientists may have solved a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls mystery

Presley Gerber, son of Cindy Crawford, dies at 27 at a rehab facility. He struggled with depression and addiction

Trump's approval and economic ratings point to a gloomy environment for the GOP, but the race for Congress is closer than in his first midterm, with the Democratic Party still unpopular.

State attorneys general agree to settle Paramount merger lawsuit

Technical Problems Ground Flights at Major East Coast Airports

Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes

September 21, 1950

Bill Murray - Video - Filmography

The goal of world peace never seemed so distant yet so essential.

September 21, 1980

Autumn Reeser - Videos - Filmography

Explore themes of self-discovery, authenticity, and finding your true purpose.

September 21, 1983

Maggie Grace - Video - Filmography

I believe love at first sight is possible.

September 21, 1981

Nicole Richie - Videos - Filmography

Life is about doing the things that make you happy,
not the things that please other people

September 21, 1967

Faith Hill Country Singer - Videos - Discography - Married to Tim McGraw

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at
life in the best way you can, even when there are problems,
it can make you beautiful on the outside.

September 21, 1965