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Scientists turned plastic bottles and corn waste into protein-rich cookies; the food could help tackle hunger problem and also feed space crews

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

The technology could also potentially be used in places such as submarines and future human settlements on...

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Meet Leon Wang, the 17-year-old Connecticut student who found 2 FDA-approved drugs that reduced Alzheimer’s-linked damage in lab-grown brain cells

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

Leon Wang, the 17-year-old Connecticut student (Image Credit: Society For Science) Alzheimer’s disease remains one of the...

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In 2019, a 165-tonne underwater art structure was submerged beneath the Great Barrier Reef; today, coral and marine creatures are slowly transforming the structure |

Aj Mix Editor August 25, 2026

Beneath the surface of the Great Barrier Reef, a 165-tonne building is being slowly reshaped by the...

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After years of invasive rats threatening island wildlife, Tuvalu removed them from six islets; residents are now seeing birds and coconut crabs return |

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

On small islands scattered across the Pacific, changes in wildlife can be surprisingly easy to notice. A...

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Why August can become a hungry month for honeybees, despite summer still being in full swing

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

August may look like a busy month in a garden, meadow or city park, but for honeybees,...

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Nasa’s 2028 Mars mission will send a spacecraft with a nuclear reactor toward Mars and release three small helicopters to explore the planet |

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

In late 2028, Nasa plans to send something unusual towards Mars, a spacecraft carrying a working nuclear...

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Brazil’s giant orange juice plant will turn citrus wastewater into biogas to power industrial operations |

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

A major orange juice processing project in Brazil is taking an unusual approach to one of the...

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Cashew shells once treated as waste are entering the shipping industry, with their residue-based energy tested aboard a commercial vessel |

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

A pile of discarded cashew shells would normally have little to do with international shipping. In Maharashtra...

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Nasa maps Moon’s south pole regions where Earth bacteria and fungi could survive for more than a day |

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

The Moon’s south pole may contain small pockets where some Earth microbes could remain alive after being...

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Some stars repeatedly skim past supermassive black holes, lose material and survive; scientists now think their unusually rapid spin explains why each returning flare becomes progressively dimmer

Aj Mix Editor August 24, 2026

Representative Image (Canva) Some stars can make repeated close passes around supermassive black holes, losing part of...

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