World News

August 11, 2026

In Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay, discarded salon hair is being transformed into an oil-absorbing barrier that protects mangroves from oil spills

August 11, 2026

California built Shasta Dam in the 1940s, but the project flooded Kennett, a copper-mining town that now lies beneath Lake Shasta

August 11, 2026

Reviving a dead lake: Marker Wadden project creates new ecosystems; wildlife rapidly returns to transformed habitats

August 11, 2026

Texas avoided a huge electricity crisis and blackout risk, thanks to the massive 20,000-megawatt solar buffer

August 11, 2026

2,300-year-old beer, well preserved inside an ancient bronze bottle containing nearly a gallon of liquid with more than 2,400 chemical compounds, was discovered by archaeologists

August 11, 2026

In 1965, a couple began counting pigeons in Queensland. Three years later, numbers fell from 4,692 to 1,451, beginning a 60-year conservation story

August 11, 2026

Nasa’s New Horizons reached Arrokoth in 2019, revealing a frozen world that preserves clues to the early solar system

August 11, 2026

Bull sharks in Fiji repeatedly meet at the same reef, and scientists found they slightly prefer spending time with relatives

August 11, 2026

Australia census asks about sexual orientation, gender for first time

August 11, 2026

North Carolina dam tested three water flows for 20 years, and scientists found the level that protects river wildlife while keeping more water for power