An intriguing new image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope shows a quasar sparkling in the cosmos. Quasars are the blazing centers of active galaxies, and are powered by supermassive black holes feeding on titanic quantities of gas. Astronomers were able to observe the quasar, known as RX J1131-1231, thanks…
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A woman who nearly died after a deadly bacteria ate away the tip of her nose credits baking soda with saving her life. Beatrice Johnson came close to death after falling ill with sickness and an upset stomach six months ago. Doctors at Tunbridge Wells Hospital in Kent, England, discovered the…
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Two of the world’s most endangered parrots have been united as part of a breeding program to help save the beautiful species from extinction. The pair of red-fronted macaws have arrived at Twycross Zoo in Leicester, England, with the hope they will “fall in love” and breed—adding to the total number…
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On this day 231 years ago, John Clare, the “peasant poet” was born. Living his whole life in the countryside of Northamptonshire, he was a poet of natural England, the son of a farmer, and the husband to a milkmaid. He started composing poetry after reading James Thomsen’s The Seasons, and sold…
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Paleontologists recently identified a dinosaur that is believed to have lived at least partially underground—demonstrating that dinosaurs successfully exploited every kind of habitat available to them. Fona herzogae lived 99 million years ago and possesses a skeleton that bears many hallmarks of animals that burrow. Discovered in Utah by paleontologists from North…
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Mr. Panikos Panayiotou is attracting diners from all over the world after the restaurant he built in his backyard became a local hotspot. Forking out tens of thousands to bring a slice of the Mediterranean to the industrial heartlands of Walsall, England, all the net proceeds from his delicious Greek menu…
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In what seems to be a never-before-seen phenomenon among the species, a white-tailed eagle couple has skipped this year’s breeding season in order to care for a juvenile who broke a wing. Hatching in April, unseasonably wild weather blew an eaglet from its nest on the Isle of Mull during the…
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