August 28, 2026

World

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In 2020, Albany brought 1,500 feet of Patroon Creek back above ground after decades in a pipe; three of the next five years saw peak flows exceed the old pipe’s capacity

Aj Mix Editor August 27, 2026
In 2002, city engineers in Albany moved a 1,500-foot section of Patroon Creek into a large underground...
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Meet Scott Merrow, the 14-year-old New Hampshire gamer who built a 3D-printed adaptive VR controller after he found he could not grip the standard left-hand controller

Aj Mix Editor August 27, 2026
Scott began the project as a school assignment and asked his uncle, Brandyn Lewis, a mechanical engineer,...
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More than 100 years ago, red mangroves were introduced to Hawaii; now crews are trying to eradicate them from nearly 2 miles of waterways to restore wetlands and protect endangered birds

Aj Mix Editor August 27, 2026
Environmental crews and volunteers physically clear thickets of invasive red mangrove trees and tangled stilt roots from...
Read More Read more about More than 100 years ago, red mangroves were introduced to Hawaii; now crews are trying to eradicate them from nearly 2 miles of waterways to restore wetlands and protect endangered birds
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From today, households across Great Britain can plug solar panels into a standard socket; 800W kits could supply up to 20% of home electricity use and save £110 a year

Aj Mix Editor August 27, 2026
Households across Great Britain can now generate their own solar power using a standard three-pin wall socket,...
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In 1904, a 1,227-foot Cincinnati railroad warehouse was among the world’s longest buildings; 122 years later, 210 feet were removed for a new bridge and its old bricks are being reused

Aj Mix Editor August 27, 2026
Historic photo of the completed B&O freight warehouse, now Longworth Hall Longworth Hall, a historic railroad freight...
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Tourists carved names into around 350 bamboo stalks in Kyoto’s Arashiyama grove; the damage cannot be repaired, so officials began cutting bamboo and moving the grove beyond visitors’ reach

Aj Mix Editor August 27, 2026
In Kyoto’s Arashiyama area, bamboo groves are frequently damaged by graffiti. Kyoto’s famous Arashiyama Bamboo Grove is...
Read More Read more about Tourists carved names into around 350 bamboo stalks in Kyoto’s Arashiyama grove; the damage cannot be repaired, so officials began cutting bamboo and moving the grove beyond visitors’ reach
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Massachusetts police officer resigns hours before termination hearing after allegedly using Flock and police databases to track former partner; town removed its last Flock camera

Aj Mix Editor August 27, 2026
A police officer in the small Massachusetts town of Stow has resigned just hours before a scheduled...
Read More Read more about Massachusetts police officer resigns hours before termination hearing after allegedly using Flock and police databases to track former partner; town removed its last Flock camera