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Enormous blobs deep beneath Earth's surface appear to drive giant volcanic eruptions

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/16/2025 11:01 AM

Pillars of hot rock appear to connect continental-size moving blobs at the bottom of Earth's mantle to giant volcanic eruptions at its surface. ... Read full Story

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The Large Hadron Collider Discovers Antimatter Behaving Oddly in New Class of Particles

By Scientific American | | 7/16/2025 11:00 AM

The LHCb experiment has observed a new difference between matter and antimatter in particles called baryons ... Read full Story

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Scientists thought sloths don't fart. Then one was caught tooting on camera.

By LIVE SCIENCE | pandora.dewan@futurenet.com (Pandora Dewan) | 7/16/2025 10:54 AM

For years, it's been assumed that sloths don't fart. But new footage of a baby sloth letting rip in a water bath has shown that, contrary to popular belief, these tree-dwellers are actually incredibly gassy. ... Read full Story

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Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up to 80 million years ago

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/16/2025 10:28 AM

Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study. ... Read full Story

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Lava erupts from gigantic fissure in Iceland following earthquake swarm — and the photos are epic

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/16/2025 9:33 AM

A lava-spewing fissure has opened up along Iceland's Sundhnúkur crater row as the Reykjanes peninsula experiences another volcanic eruption. ... Read full Story

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Why is color blindness so much more common in men than in women?

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/16/2025 9:00 AM

About 1 in 12 men is color-blind. Why doesn't this condition affect women as often? ... Read full Story

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Best trail cameras: Capture wildlife photos and videos the easy way

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/16/2025 8:36 AM

These are the best trail cameras to suit all budgets and requirements for tracking and photographing wildlife. ... Read full Story

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The Link between Weather and Migraines Explained by a Neurologist

By Scientific American | | 7/16/2025 8:00 AM

A neurologist explains why weather changes from heat waves to thunderstorms might bring on painful headaches ... Read full Story

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Meet Skydweller: A solar-powered drone that can fly for 90 days straight — it's wider and 160 times lighter than a Boeing 747

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/16/2025 7:30 AM

Skydweller is a solar-powered drone that can fly for up to three months without landing, with researchers hoping to one day achieve much longer flight times. ... Read full Story

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Universal method unlocks entropy calculation for liquids

By phys.org | | 7/16/2025 7:30 AM

A groundbreaking new method developed at the University of Osaka calculates the entropy of liquids using a non-empirical approach, requiring only the atomic species as input. The paper is published in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. ... Read full Story

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A single MRI can reveal how quickly you're aging, scientists claim

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/16/2025 7:00 AM

A study suggests that a single brain MRI can be used to predict a person's rate of aging across their whole body, which researchers say could change how we predict and prevent chronic disease. ... Read full Story

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China Powers AI Boom with Undersea Data Centers

By Scientific American | | 7/16/2025 6:30 AM

China is pulling ahead of the rest of the world in sinking data centers that power AI into the ocean as an alternate way to keep them cool ... Read full Story

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Diagnostic dilemma: Weird lump in woman's hip was sponge left behind during C-section

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/16/2025 6:00 AM

A woman had a swollen and painful hip for years following an emergency cesarean section. When doctors finally took a look, they found something surprising. ... Read full Story

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Cosmic Explorer, Laser Breakthroughs and the Next Generation of Gravitational-Wave Research

By Scientific American | | 7/16/2025 6:00 AM

After 10 years of gravitational-wave research, the LIGO Lab team at MIT is getting ready for the next generation of detectors. ... Read full Story

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Aging Rates Vary by Country. Politics Might Be Why

By Scientific American | | 7/15/2025 4:30 PM

Social inequality and the decay of democratic institutions are linked to accelerated aging, but education seems to slow the process ... Read full Story

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AI Weather Forecasts Missed the Texas Floods, and Trump NOAA Cuts Will Stymie Research

By Scientific American | | 7/15/2025 2:15 PM

The Trump administration wants to reduce the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget by $2.2 billion, eliminating research that might help advance AI weather models ... Read full Story

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Giant space 'boulders' unleashed by NASA's DART mission aren't behaving as expected, revealing hidden risks of deflecting asteroids

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/15/2025 1:27 PM

Debris released from the asteroid Dimorphos during NASA's DART mission has a higher momentum and less random distribution than expected, which "changes the physics we need to consider when planning these types of missions," researchers say. ... Read full Story

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Monster Black Hole Merger Is Most Massive Ever Seen

By Scientific American | | 7/15/2025 1:00 PM

A U.S. gravitational wave detector spotted a collision between fast-spinning ‘forbidden’ black holes that challenge physics models ... Read full Story

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Pneumonic Plague Infections in Modern Times Show the Black Death Isn’t Dead

By Scientific American | | 7/15/2025 12:45 PM

A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the bacteria that spurred the Black Death centuries ago continues to claim lives ... Read full Story

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'Interstellar visitor' 3I/ATLAS could be the oldest comet ever seen — and could grow a spectacular tail later this year

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 7/15/2025 12:08 PM

New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it could be more than 3 billion years older than the solar system. ... Read full Story

entertainment

Celebrity Facialist Shani Darden Spills the Unique Ways You Can Avoid Sun Damage This Summer

by ET Online | Jul 18 2025

exercise

If You Don’t Walk Backward Every Day, a Sports Medicine Doctor’s List of the Benefits Might Convince You To Start

by thehealthy.com | Jul 11 2025

FFNEWS

Survey: Small businesses would flee Canada Post if mail carriers strike

by FreightWaves | Jul 21 2025

golf

The British Open Is Special to Tom Watson. He’s Won It Five Times.

by NY Times | Jul 16 2025

knowledge

Here’s Why a Dollar Is Nicknamed a “Buck”

by Reader's Digest | Jul 19 2025

lifestyle

Kelly Clarkson's daughter gives Blue Ivy a run for her money with duet with mom

by Hello! Magazine | Jul 21 2025

long_island

From cancer fighter to RN: Sayville’s Matt Zender graduates from Stony Brook

by greaterlongisland.com | Jul 21 2025

mental

Special Olympics Advocates: Don’t Leave This Community Out of Mental Health Discussions

by thehealthy.com | May 28 2025

nation

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Aug. 1 date for EU tariffs is 'hard deadline'

by upi.com | Jul 21 2025

new_jersey

NJ starts issuing latest property-tax relief payments

by NJ Spotlight | Jul 21 2025

nutrition

Carnivore Diet: Expert Clinicians List the Foods, Effects, and Health Risks

by thehealthy.com | Jul 10 2025

science

New York to Los Angeles in 3 hours? Executive order could make it possible by 2027, reopening the door for commercial supersonic flight

by LIVE SCIENCE | Jul 21 2025

technology

Double trouble: ‘World’s first’ laser-armed tank jams and fries drones mid-air

by Interesting Engineering | Jul 21 2025

wellness

Why Do Thousands of Women Feel Pain During a C-section?

by Self.com | Jul 16 2025

world

More than 500 rescued from Indonesia ferry fire that killed at least 3

by Global News | Jul 21 2025

Word of the Day

hubris

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 21, 2025 is:

hubris • \HYOO-bris\ • noun

Hubris is a formal and literary word that refers to a great or foolish amount of pride or confidence.

// The project's failure was predictable, given the inexperience and unbridled hubris of those leading the effort.

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Examples:

"The film was billed to me as an attempt to capture the real power and bumbling hubris of a bunch of arrogant and wealthy men ... who try to rewire the world and find themselves in way over their heads." — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025

Did you know?

English picked up both the concept of hubris and the term for that particular brand of cockiness from the ancient Greeks, who considered hubris a dangerous character flaw capable of provoking the wrath of the gods. In classical Greek tragedy, hubris was often a fatal shortcoming that brought about the fall of the tragic hero. Typically, overconfidence led the hero to attempt to overstep the boundaries of human limitations and assume a godlike status; in response, the gods inevitably humbled the offender with a sharp reminder of human mortality. Take, for example, the story of Phaethon, a mortal son of the sun god Helios. In his hubris, Phaethon drives his father's sun chariot into the heavens but loses control of its horses. The chariot begins to scorch the earth, and Zeus strikes Phaethon down with a thunderbolt.

Enormous blobs deep beneath Earth's surface appear to drive giant volcanic eruptions

The Large Hadron Collider Discovers Antimatter Behaving Oddly in New Class of Particles

Scientists thought sloths don't fart. Then one was caught tooting on camera.

Scientists discover long-lost giant rivers that flowed across Antarctica up to 80 million years ago

Lava erupts from gigantic fissure in Iceland following earthquake swarm — and the photos are epic

Why is color blindness so much more common in men than in women?

Best trail cameras: Capture wildlife photos and videos the easy way

The Link between Weather and Migraines Explained by a Neurologist

Meet Skydweller: A solar-powered drone that can fly for 90 days straight — it's wider and 160 times lighter than a Boeing 747

Universal method unlocks entropy calculation for liquids

A single MRI can reveal how quickly you're aging, scientists claim

China Powers AI Boom with Undersea Data Centers

Diagnostic dilemma: Weird lump in woman's hip was sponge left behind during C-section

Cosmic Explorer, Laser Breakthroughs and the Next Generation of Gravitational-Wave Research

Aging Rates Vary by Country. Politics Might Be Why

AI Weather Forecasts Missed the Texas Floods, and Trump NOAA Cuts Will Stymie Research

Giant space 'boulders' unleashed by NASA's DART mission aren't behaving as expected, revealing hidden risks of deflecting asteroids

Monster Black Hole Merger Is Most Massive Ever Seen

Pneumonic Plague Infections in Modern Times Show the Black Death Isn’t Dead

'Interstellar visitor' 3I/ATLAS could be the oldest comet ever seen — and could grow a spectacular tail later this year

Celebrity Facialist Shani Darden Spills the Unique Ways You Can Avoid Sun Damage This Summer

If You Don’t Walk Backward Every Day, a Sports Medicine Doctor’s List of the Benefits Might Convince You To Start

Survey: Small businesses would flee Canada Post if mail carriers strike

The British Open Is Special to Tom Watson. He’s Won It Five Times.

Here’s Why a Dollar Is Nicknamed a “Buck”

Kelly Clarkson's daughter gives Blue Ivy a run for her money with duet with mom

From cancer fighter to RN: Sayville’s Matt Zender graduates from Stony Brook

Special Olympics Advocates: Don’t Leave This Community Out of Mental Health Discussions

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Aug. 1 date for EU tariffs is 'hard deadline'

NJ starts issuing latest property-tax relief payments

Carnivore Diet: Expert Clinicians List the Foods, Effects, and Health Risks

New York to Los Angeles in 3 hours? Executive order could make it possible by 2027, reopening the door for commercial supersonic flight

Double trouble: ‘World’s first’ laser-armed tank jams and fries drones mid-air

Why Do Thousands of Women Feel Pain During a C-section?

More than 500 rescued from Indonesia ferry fire that killed at least 3

Word of the Day

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