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In 1926, a 10-foot rocket rose just 41 feet from a Massachusetts farm; 35 years later, NASA put its creator’s name in space |

Aj Mix Editor August 26, 2026

A replica of the world’s first liquid propellant rocket, PC: Wikimedia Commons On March 16, 1926, on...

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Meet Jeremiah Bents, the Minnesota student who recreated Mars soil in a lab to test whether future astronauts could clean contaminated water |

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

Mars may be millions of kilometres from Minnesota, but for Cloquet student Jeremiah Bents, one small part...

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Since the 1980s, Florida’s biggest threat has been Burmese pythons; but this snake-like fish may be even worse for the Everglades ecosystem |

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

In Florida’s canals and wetlands, some of the most consequential changes are difficult to see. An Asian...

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Reusable Rockets: Why everyone wants a rocket that comes back

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

India also wants to build a new reusable rocket (representative image) For decades, launching a rocket into...

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In 1929, Benjamin and Estella Loomis gave Lassen Volcanic National Park 40 acres, a museum and a seismograph building; they kept only a tiny lifetime lease, while their museum became the first privately built one donated to a US national park

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

In 1929, local homesteader and photographer Benjamin Loomis and his wife, Estella, formally gave 40 acres of...

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In 1965, a mountaineer found a dead seabird high in New Zealand’s mountains. Then, spent next 50 years to save its species from extinction |

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

PC: New Zealand’s Forest and Bird In 1965, Geoff Harrow walked into the Kaikōura mountains following a...

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In 2015, this ordinary coffee cup hid seeds inside its paper; after the last sip, you could plant it instead of throwing it away |

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

A disposable coffee cup normally has a very short life. It holds a hot drink, travels with...

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In 2024, fishers accidentally caught a 2.5-metre goblin shark alive off the Canary Islands, marking the first recorded live sighting of the species there |

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

Goblin shark, PC: University of La Laguna In May 2024, a group of recreational fishers off the...

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We are talking less to people than we used to; A 15-year study by psychologists reveals our social skills are failing

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

AI representation/ChatGPT There was a time when going out to buy bread, collect a prescription or pay...

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In 1867, New Zealand introduced brown trout for sport fishing; more than 60 million were released by 1921, and the invader later caused local extinctions and fragmented native fish populations

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

New Zealand introduced brown trout for sport fishing When British settlers packed thousands of brown trout ova...

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