A bear might have thought this hammock behind a mountain home would be a good place to take a nap—but he’d have to mount it first. Courtney Vucekovich was in her kitchen when she noticed the “massive” animal lumbering into her backyard. The determined bear spent about five minutes trying to…
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Happy 94th Birthday to Walter Sonny Rollins was born. Widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians, Rollins’ seven-decade career has seen 60 records released with him as band leader. A number of his compositions, including St. Thomas, Oleo, Doxy, and Airegin have become jazz standards. Rollins…
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Sometimes, certain aspects of an animal’s biology can seem completely redundant, such as the tiny arms of a T. rex, or wings on a flightless bird. But thanks to a recent study of fossilized penguin wings, researchers were able to pinpoint when these birds had turned their seemingly pointless wings into powerful…
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From Fox News Digital comes the incredible story of a Canadian family that stopped at nothing to find a cure for their newborn son’s rare disease. Putting their life savings on a wing and a prayer, the determination to see their boy grow up turned to compassion after they decided that…
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29 years ago today, Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig’s baseball record when he played in his 2,131st consecutive game. Once considered a near-impossible feat, “the streak,” which continued for 2,632 games, earned Cal the nickname, Iron Man. The televised game, between the Orioles and the California Angels, still ranks as…
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There’s no question that when most people think of robotics, they imagine a field of metal, mechanisms, and wires. Yet today, in the growing field of biohybrid robotics, one can watch as a traditional robot is animated to mechanical life at the command of a mushroom. A mushroom’s fungal filaments, known…
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An animal rescue charity has successfully evacuated two lionesses from a war-affected part of Ukraine, and one has just been filmed taking her first steps into a new, calmer world. Yuna the lioness had never even felt grass beneath her paws—having been raised in captivity in a small concrete enclosure. She…
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