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Namibia Locks In $63M for Africa's Largest Community Conservation Deal
A new agreement called Namibia for Life secures $63 million to protect 100 community conservancies and 280,000 people, the first Project Finance for Permanence deal in Africa.
Technology
OpenAI Model Cracks 80-Year-Old Erdős Math Problem
An OpenAI reasoning model disproved a long-standing conjecture by mathematician Paul Erdős, finding new dot arrangements that beat what humans believed was the best possible.
Science
Asthma Drug Montelukast May Fight Aggressive Cancers, Study Finds
Northwestern researchers found that a common asthma medication can switch off the molecule tumors use to evade the immune system, restoring response to immunotherapy in tough cancers.
Human Achievements
Dallas 12-Year-Old Builds Working Nuclear Fusion Device at Home
After four years of self-study and seven failed prototypes, seventh-grader Aiden McMillan detected real neutrons from a fusor he built in a spare room — putting him in line for a Guinness World Record.
Technology
China's New Iron Battery Lasts 6,000 Cycles With No Capacity Loss
Researchers at the Institute of Metal Research built an all-iron flow battery that ran for 6,000 charge cycles — about 16 years of daily use — without measurable capacity decay, using cheap, abundant materials and a water-based electrolyte that cannot explode.
Science
Solar Cells Just Hit 130% Efficiency — Breaking a Long-Standing Limit
Scientists in Japan and Germany used a molybdenum "spin-flip" emitter to harvest extra energy from sunlight through singlet fission, reaching a quantum yield of about 130% — past the long-standing Shockley-Queisser ceiling.
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11-Year-Old Sets World Record for 47 Splits in One Minute
South African schoolboy Chaz Wildon trained for eight months, then nailed 47 splits in 60 seconds in front of his classmates to claim the Guinness World Record — beating the previous male mark by one.
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Sri Lanka Builds the World's Longest Sensory Board — 60 Meters of Inclusion
Merak 2026, a 60-meter tactile artwork made from recycled ocean plastic, zips, and sequins, is now the world's longest sensory board — and a record-setting moment for autism awareness.
Human Achievements
Ohio Family Sends a Slinky Down 53 Stairs for a New World Record
Joe and Christelle Luchsinger and their 5-year-old son Axel are now in the Guinness World Records book for sending a Slinky down 53 stairs at an Ohio college stadium.
Technology
Google Launches Co-Scientist, an AI Research Partner for Real Labs
At I/O 2026, Google unveiled Gemini for Science and Co-Scientist — multi-agent AI tools built to help working researchers generate hypotheses, plan experiments, and accelerate breakthroughs.
Science
Humpback Whale Travels 15,100 km — A New Migration World Record
A single whale, photographed 22 years apart in Brazil and Australia, has set the longest documented humpback journey in history — a 15,100 km swim across two oceans.
Human Achievements
Melanie Doggett, 14, Smashes 200m Age-Group World Record
The Georgia freshman clocked 22.71 seconds at the state championships, making her the equal-ninth-fastest under-18 sprinter in history.
Technology
NASA's New Space Chip Is 500× Faster Than Today's
The palm-sized HPSC processor could let future spacecraft think for themselves during deep-space missions to the Moon and Mars.
Science
26 Chicks Hatch From the World's First Artificial Eggs
Colossal Biosciences hatched live chickens inside 3D-printed titanium shells — a breakthrough that could help bring back the giant moa.
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Vietnam's Rarest Monkey Triples Its Numbers in Two Decades
A new census reveals 160 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys now live in Vietnam's Khau Ca forest — more than three times the number counted in 2002.
Technology
Penn Built a Light-Matter Particle That Could Make AI Chips 1,000x More Efficient
University of Pennsylvania physicists demonstrated all-light switching using only 4 femtojoules of energy — a step toward photonic AI chips that skip electrons entirely.
Human Achievements
UK Bricklayer Charlie Collison Sets Guinness Record: 1,065 Bricks in One Hour
At a college show near Leamington, the trade's self-styled "fastest in the UK" made it official — 1,065 bricks laid in 60 minutes, smashing the previous Guinness mark.
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Vermont State Parks to Stay Free for Low-Income Families After 30,000-Visit Pilot
A first-in-the-nation, privately funded program logged 30,000 free state park visits in 2025 — and 99% of participants said they'll be back this summer.
Science
Plant Last Seen in 1967 Rediscovered in Australian Outback by Chance Photo
Bird bander Aaron Bean uploaded a shrub photo to iNaturalist — and a botanist instantly recognized Ptilotus senarius, missing for nearly six decades.
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California Gray Wolves Hit Modern Record: 55 Wolves, 9 Packs Across the State
A century after the last wild wolf was killed in California, state biologists confirmed 55 wolves and nine packs roaming the state — the highest count in modern history.
Human Achievements
Cambridge Student Spins Fidget Toy on One Finger for 30 Minutes, Sets World Record
Engineering student James Goh used aerodynamics and tribology to build a custom "pulsar fidget spinner" and held it on his finger for 30:34.54 — beating the previous Guinness record by nearly five minutes.
Technology
Shanghai Robot Lifts 5,000 kg, Doubles the Guinness Load Record
Shanghai Chaifu's CR5000-3700 industrial robot hoisted over 5,000 kilograms in Jinshan district, setting a new Guinness World Record and more than doubling the 2016 mark.
Science
Platinum-Free Catalyst Makes Clean Hydrogen Cheaper and More Durable
Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis built a hydrogen catalyst that ditches expensive platinum and ran for over 1,000 hours at industrial current densities.