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CERN, where scientists smash particles at nearly the speed of light, has a 2-metre Shiva Nataraja statue outside; why India gifted the cosmic dancer to the physics lab in 2004

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

Lord Shiva Statue Unveiled (CERN official) For those who don’t know, CERN is Conseil Européen pour la...

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China Orbital Rocket Recovery: China becomes first to recover orbital rockets using two methods: How Zhuque-3 works

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

The milestone was achieved on Wednesday by the Chinese private space company LandSpace China has successfully recovered...

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A Spanish woman turned 18 rescued donkeys into a wildfire-fighting team, with the animals grazing for up to 7 hours a day; her unusual conservation idea is helping prevent fires before they start

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

In the sun-drenched hills of Andalusia, Spain, an unlikely team of firefighters is making headlines. They don’t...

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Between 1969 and 1972, the US released a European weevil to fight invasive musk thistle; it later attacked at least 25 native thistles, including rare and endangered species

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

Rhinocyllus conicus (Image Credit: Canva) A biological control programme launched in the United States more than five...

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In 2011, a tiny turtle disappeared into the Massachusetts wild. 15 years later, her daughters were released into the wild |

Aj Mix Editor August 19, 2026

In 2011, Ivy was released into a Massachusetts marsh as a tiny seven-gram Blanding’s turtle after spending...

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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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