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Why do puffins have striped beaks and how does Velcro stick? The kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

The Guardian - UK

‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin Comes Down to Earth With Epic Olympic Collapse

The 21-year-old phenom was the heavy favorite to win individual gold in Milan. What followed left the figure skating world in complete shock.

Sports Illustrated

‘Quad God’ falls to earth as Mikhail Shaidorov wins gold in figure skating drama

All-conquering Ilia Malinin headed into the free skate with a five-point lead over his rivals but plummeted out of medal contention to finish eighth.

The Independent UK

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Why does Greenland appear bigger on maps than Africa, even though it is not

Maps sit quietly in classrooms, on news websites and inside phone screens. They look settled and precise, but the world they show is always slightly bent out of shape. Because the Earth is round, any flat world map must stretch or compress something. Over time, certain projections have become familiar,…

The Times of India

Early Mars was warm and wet not icy, suggests latest research

A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy. The result has implications for the idea that life could have developed on the planet at this time.

The Conversation

Newly visible, city-size 'green comet' will soon be ejected into interstellar space — just like 3I/ATLAS

Comet Wierzchoś, also known as C/2024 E1, is rapidly brightening as it approaches its closest point to Earth next week. But experts predict it will eventually be thrown out of the solar system forever, just like the "alien" comet 3I/ATLAS.

LiveScience

Why solar and lunar eclipses come in pairs — and what an eclipse season really is

Eclipses don't happen at random — they arrive in pairs, on schedule, and 2026 brings two spectacular seasons to prove it.

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I matched Google's Nano Banana Pro AI image-maker against ByteDance's new Seedream 5.0 model and the real winner surprised me

Comparing images from Nano Banana Pro to Seedream 5.0

TechRadar

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward; Pagans by James Alistair Henry; Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo; Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman; A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang

The Guardian - UK

Sensors placed under city to measure geothermal heating potential

Geothermal heating uses the Earth’s natural underground heat, akin to a natural radiator.

Evening Standard

SpaceX launches Crew-12 astronauts to short-staffed International Space Station. 'We have left the Earth, but the Earth has not left us.'

SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-12 mission with a quartet of astronauts aboard Crew Dragon Freedom today (Feb. 13), bound for an eight-month stint on the International Space Station.

Space

France's Adenot and international crew take off for space station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission launched to the International Space Station on Friday, sending four astronauts, including France’s Sophie Adenot, to replace a crew evacuated early because of a medical issue.

Radio France Internationale

Satellite megaconstellations continue to grow. Could their debris fall on us?

As more satellite megaconstellations continue to be launched, researchers are exploring the odds people could be struck by falling debris from reentering spacecraft.

Space

Record-breaking gravitational wave puts Einstein's relativity to its toughest test yet — and proves him right again

A record-breaking gravitational wave signal let scientists "listen" to a distant black hole merger and put Einstein's gravity to its toughest test yet.

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7 Stories from the Puranas That Can Change Your Mindset

“श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानम्” He who has faith gains wisdom. India’s ancient Puranas are not just collections of mythological tales. They are psychological blueprints. Compiled over centuries and rooted in texts like the Shiva Purana, Vishnu Purana, Bhagavata Purana and Markandeya Purana, these narratives were designed to shape character, decision making,…

Euronews

From Baikonur to Beijing: How Kazakhstan is carving out new space horizons

Kazakhstan is emerging as a regional hub for space, sharing technology, expertise, and talent, launching the Di’er-5 nanosatellite with China, and preparing to launch the Soyuz-5/Sunkar rocket.

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Why Triyuginarayan Temple Is More Than Just Shiva and Parvati’s Wedding Site

Most devotees know Triyuginarayan Temple as the sacred wedding site of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. But that is only part of its spiritual legacy. Located in the hills of Uttarakhand, this ancient Vishnu dedicated temple is linked through scripture and regional tradition to Lord Vishnu’s Vamana incarnation, as mentioned…

The Conversation

‘A lingering in stillness’: philosopher Byung-Chul Han on the radical power of gardening

Cicero, the Roman Stoic, once wrote to his friend Varro, pending a visit to his home: “If you have a garden in your library, we shall have all we want.” This same desire for good books and natural beauty is at the heart of Byung-Chul Han’s In Praise of the…

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The Independent UK

Trump rolls back the clock again and returns car and power pollution to American skies

ANALYSIS: Rescinding the 2009 rule will leave Americans to pay a high price — up to nearly $4 trillion by 2055, and a health risk to tens of millions, writes Julia Musto

LiveScience

NASA telescope spots the building blocks for life spewing out of comet 3I/ATLAS

NASA's SPHEREx space telescope detected organic molecules coming off comet 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar visitor made its closest approach to Earth in December.

LiveScience

Subterranean tunnel, possibly used for medieval cult rituals, discovered in Stone Age tomb in Germany

A tunnel system discovered in a Stone Age tomb in Germany suggests medieval people created hiding places for their cultic rituals.

Space

Deja vu: Vulcan Centaur rocket powers through 'significant performance anomaly' on satellite launch

A Vulcan Centaur rocket successfully launched two U.S. spy satellites on Feb. 12 despite suffering an anomaly with one of its solid rocket boosters, echoing the result of an October 2024 mission.

Euronews

Europe's flagship Ariane 6 rocket launches with 32 satellites for Amazon Leo network

The Ariane 6 programme is backed by 13 nations, all members of the European Space Agency and building the rocket requires the expertise of around 600 subcontractors led by ArianeGroup.

The Conversation

Snowball Earth wasn’t fully frozen: ice-free oases sheltered early life

To an astronaut today, the Earth looks like a vibrant blue marble from space. But 700 million years ago, it would have looked like a blinding white snowball. This seems an unlikely cradle for life, yet new evidence suggests the frozen ocean featured restricted ice-free oases that provided a lifeline…

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“I’ll Never Be Able To Unsee This”: 71 Funny And Silly Memes About All Things Geography

Geography is the study of Earth’s landscapes and how people relate to their surroundings—a wholesome idea that should unite everyone in awe of the planet. And yet it sparks some of humanity’s fiercest debates, from tipsy arguments over whether Eurasia is one continent or two to serious international conflict over…

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