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August 10, 2026

In 1986, Lake Nyos released a deadly carbon dioxide cloud that killed 1,746 people, but the gas was still building up 30 years later

August 10, 2026

Hoover Dam’s construction submerged a US town in 1935: 90 years later, Lake Mead’s falling water levels are helping it reemerge

August 10, 2026

German scientists made a sponge-like material that pulls drinking water from air as dry as 18% humidity, producing up to 1.8 litres per kg each day

August 10, 2026

Two people bitten by beavers in less than two weeks at Maryland park force partial closure after both animals test positive for rabies

August 10, 2026

3,500-year-old residential complex discovered in Egypt with connections dating back to the bible era

August 10, 2026

In 2012, Singapore replaced a 2.7 km concrete drainage channel with a 3 km winding river; biodiversity in the park increased by 30%

August 10, 2026

Scientists discovered China’s first freshwater cave snail in a dark mountain cave, but only three living adults have been found

August 10, 2026

Scientists trained honeybees to recognise human faces, showing how tiny brains can distinguish faces by the arrangement of their features

August 10, 2026

A half-mile solar strip floats above an irrigation canal in Gujarat, generating 1.6 million kilowatt-hours of power while saving 2.38 million gallons of water from evaporation

August 10, 2026

In the 1990s, Boston sent nearly a quarter of the Big Dig’s 16 million cubic yards of soil to a burning former dump island and helped turn it into a park