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The pottery town of Ráquira built a 30-ton, 9-meter-tall clay piggy bank that beat Germany's record — and turned local artisans into world champions.
A wildlife camera caught three mule deer using a $20 million overpass on State Route 97 — before construction had even finished, marking a milestone for California's wildlife corridors.
ETH Zurich scientists turned dairy and tofu by-products into porous protein beads that captured 97 mg of CO2 per gram in lab tests, outperforming many existing systems.
Researchers at Aarhus University identified hydrogen radicals as the key force that can break PFAS apart using only intense UV light — no added chemicals required.
A first-grader from Monroeville, Pennsylvania pulled on 50 sweaters at his local library — beating the Guinness record by four and turning the children's room into a cheering section.
Scientists aboard the RV Investigator catalogued sea stars, worms, sea cucumbers and one fish at nearly 5,000 metres deep — all new to science.
Scientists have mapped a layered crystal that bends light more strongly than any material before measured, opening a path to genuinely slim AR glasses and smart contact lenses.
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