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A rotating ‘garbage island’ spreads over 1.6 million sq km in the Pacific: Plastic averages 50 kilograms per square kilometre, and 75 to 86% of the debris comes from fishing gear

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

A floating and rotating ‘garbage island’ of an estimated area of 1.6 million square kilometres lies between...

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Meet Tina Jin, the 15-year-old Massachusetts student who turned animal bones into a new material for cleaning polluted water |

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

A 15-year-old Massachusetts student is exploring an unusual way to make polluted water cleaner: using discarded animal...

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Since Webb discovered mysterious “little red dots” in 2022, astronomers have struggled to explain them; a galaxy seen 3.3 billion years after the Big Bang may finally reveal their hidden evolution

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

Photo credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Pierluigi Rinaldi (Steward Observatory); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Since NASA’s...

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Meet Zainab Nathani, the Illinois student who designed a material that can pull water from humid air using sunlight |

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

Zainab Nathani, a high school junior from Niles, Illinois, has designed a material that can pull drinkable...

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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 |

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

Representative Image of a tensegrity robot navigating obstacles during a search-and-rescue mission (AI-generated image) Ankan Das is...

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California scientists poisoned invasive Argentine ant colonies with two common baits; one sent workers roaming before death, the other made them stop searching for food and cluster near water

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

Argentine ants are invasive ants commonly found in homes and gardens in Southern California Seeing more Argentine...

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African honeyguide birds recognise local calls from honey hunters to help find hidden bee nests |

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

Deep in the forests of Mozambique, finding a wild bee nest can begin with a sound. Yao...

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Coffee beans found in Civet poop used to make one of the world’s most expensive Kopi Luwak coffee which costs thousands of dollars per kilogram |

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

Asian palm civet. Image Credit: Bernard DUPONT/Wikipedia Kopi luwak is one of the world’s most unusual coffees...

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

Aj Mix Editor August 18, 2026

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

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Meet Arya Gurumukhi, the Texas student developing a ‘Bionic Leaf’ that uses sunlight, water and bacteria to make fuel |

Aj Mix Editor August 18, 2026

A power cut in Texas left Arya Gurumukhi and her family without heat for days during the...

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