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🎓 An 18-year-old high school senior from the Bronx is also running an international nonprofit that helps children in Ghana go to school. Here's what happened 👇
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Max Owobu started the Yenko Foundation at 15 after seeing kids working instead of studying. It now sponsors 10 children’s K-5 education in Ghana; $1,000 covers a year of tuition, meals, uniforms, transport, and supplies. #GoodNews Source: Good News Network
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🤖 Boston Dynamics’ Atlas is moving from backflips to the factory floor — and Hyundai wants 25,000 of them across Hyundai and Kia plants in the coming years. Here’s what happened 👇
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Atlas is now being tested at Hyundai’s Georgia Metaplant for parts sorting, logistics and assembly sequencing. It can lift 50 kg peak, run ~4 hours, swap batteries autonomously, and work from -20°C to 40°C. #Robotics Source: Interesting Engineering
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🦋 Huge swarms of endangered bogong moths have surprised people across New South Wales — and scientists are thrilled. In September alone, reports have already topped all of last year. Here’s what happened 👇
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These moths migrate up to 1,000 km to cool caves in the Australian Alps, pollinate plants, and feed the critically endangered mountain pygmy possum. They’re also the only known invertebrate to navigate by the stars. #Nature Source: The Guardian
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🪨 A cruise-liner-sized asteroid will pass just 32,000km above Earth’s surface on Friday April 13th, 2029—and ESA and JAXA just powered on a spacecraft being built to watch it. Here’s what happened 👇
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The Ramses mission only got its full construction contract on February 10th, yet it must be built, tested and launched by spring 2028 on a Japanese H-3 rocket. Its core computer has now switched on successfully. #Space Source: Universe Today
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🦖 Scientists in China have identified a giant dinosaur so odd they called it “anatomically bizarre” — even for its already weird family. Think 3-foot claws and lots of teeth. Here’s what happened 👇
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The new species, Kayrasaurus changliensis, belongs to Therizinosauria: theropod dinosaurs famous for huge claws but a mostly plant-based diet. The study was published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. #Dinosaurs Source: Interesting Engineering
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🛏️ An Instagram user shared a moment that hit people hard: he said he was sleeping on a bed for the first time in his life after buying one with his own money. Here's what happened 👇
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In the video, Vishal Swami shows the bed, sits down, and soaks it in. He captioned it, “I can’t explain this feeling,” and viewers flooded the comments with congratulations and wishes for his future success. #GoodNews Source: Hindustan Times
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🍤 A Bengaluru man who once hid from friends while delivering Swiggy orders now runs two businesses of his own. Source: Hindustan Times
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👻 Tiny “ghost particles” may help decide whether a dying star explodes as a supernova or quietly collapses into a black hole. New simulations suggest they matter far more than scientists thought. Here’s what happened 👇
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In 195 simulated stars, adding neutrino “flavor switching” raised failed explosions from 25.6% to 50.8%—and up to 96.4% in the deepest case. It could help explain missing supernovae and lighter neutron stars. #Space Source: Earth․com
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🌋 A nearly 2,000-year-old eyewitness account of Pompeii just helped scientists make volcano dating more precise. A Roman letter may now sharpen one of geology’s key tools. Here's what happened 👇
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Researchers say argon-argon dating became significantly more precise after being calibrated against the inferred date of Vesuvius’ eruption: Aug. 24, 79 CE, recorded by Pliny the Younger. #Science Source: Interesting Engineering
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🪵 Australia’s giant stick insects were hiding in plain sight: what scientists thought were 2 species are actually 5. Source: Earth․com
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🪐 A small world beyond Saturn has rings—and they may be changing fast. JWST found Chariklo’s inner ring got more than 50% more opaque, while its outer ring became about 60% less opaque than in 2017. #Space Source: Universe Today
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🧊 Scientists made a new “super ice” that’s about 10x stronger than normal ice, rivals concrete in strength, and can absorb 70x more energy before breaking. Source: Interesting Engineering
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