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In June 2026, Charlie Verco rescued a woman from a great white shark; weeks later, he broke a world paddleboarding record
Australian standup paddleboarder Charlie Verco For most athletes, preparing for the world championship means just training, endurance and competition. But…
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A San Francisco resident kept hearing strange noises behind the wall, days later a racoon broke into the bedroom with her newborn babies
A mother raccoon broke through an apartment wall in San Francisco (Representational photo-AP) For nearly two months, two roommates living…
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James Bond Mansion Villa Skyfall: Inside ‘Villa Skyfall’: James Bond-inspired $85M Florida mansion built to ‘make a billionaire’s jaw drop’, with hidden rooms and an Amazon rainforest-style spa
Pic courtesy: Robb Report/ Daniel Petroni Pic courtesy: Robb Report/ Daniel Petroni Pic courtesy: Robb Report/ Daniel Petroni Pic courtesy:…
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Angola: Workers building a dam uncovered stone structures in Angola; archaeologists cleared landmines and raced to excavate 15th-century burials before the site vanished
Tumuli illustration and photographs. Credit: D’Olivera et al. A hydroelectric dam under construction in Angola has led archaeologists to one…
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German scientists discovered naturally occurring microbes that removed 95% of dissolved uranium from contaminated water |
A team of scientists has uncovered a naturally occurring microbial process that could change how uranium-contaminated water is cleaned up.…
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Meet Baba Lena: At 83, this Siberian grandmother finally chased her lifelong dream, travelling to around 20 countries after waiting a lifetime for the right moment | World News
Dreams often fade with age, but Elena Erkhova, better known as Baba Lena, refused to let hers disappear. At 83,…
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After World War II, a few snakes reached Guam; they now number up to 30,000 per square mile, and scientists found 19,000 hidden genetic changes
Brown tree snake (Photo: Canva) After World War II, a small number of brown tree snakes somehow made it to…
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More than 4,000 Kenyan students came together to plant mangroves in a bid to set a Guinness World Record | World News
Thousands of students and scouts from Kenya’s coastal region took part in an ambitious attempt to set a new Guinness…
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A couple gave up on a failing 3,500-acre Sussex farm. Nearly 25 years later, it became Britain’s most famous rewilding success | World News
In the early 2000s, Charlie Burrell and his wife Isabella Tree faced a difficult choice. After seventeen years of trying…
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A 400-year-old Native American pot lay buried beneath a Spanish mission in Florida until archaeologists found it completely intact | World News
University of Florida students have unearthed a nearly 400-year-old clay pot at the site of a 17th-century Spanish mission in…
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