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US - Aug 16, 2026 - Meet Connor Hill, the 17-year-old Pennsylvania student who wrote a computer program to classify noble polyhedra; he proved there are 146 isolated examples and won $250,000 - Connor Hill triumphed in the competition with his exceptional algorithm for classifying noble polyhedra, discovering two infinite families alongside 146 distinct shapes. Edward Kang's AI tool for autism screening claimed the second position, and Iris Shen's innovative blood cancer research involving clams took third place. Additionally, Regeneron expressed their commitment by extending sponsorship for another ten years, ensuring continued support for emerging scientific talent.

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Virginia installed 46 water-control structures across 150 miles of old drainage ditches to re-wet a swamp; restored peat now traps 200,000 metric tons of carbon a year

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At 20, Finnish immigrant Maggie Walz arrived in Michigan with just $7; in 1903 she claimed 160 acres on a Lake Huron island and the colony she founded grew to five settlements with around 1,000 people

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US - Aug 16, 2026 - Manhattan's got a hairy situation! Giant 10-foot hairball 'Tumblehair' takes over the streets of NYC - A giant hairball rolled through Manhattan streets as a marketing stunt. This installation aimed to highlight hair loss and premature aging concerns. Pedestrians reacted with disgust and curiosity to the unusual sight. The campaign sought to break the quiet shame surrounding hair loss issues. It successfully generated conversation about a topic people often avoid.

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In 1905, a 13-year-old crawled through a tiny Tennessee cave passage and found a hidden underground lake

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Hawaii's 34,000 acres of managed eucalyptus plantations could become a local source of lumber for homes and infrastructure

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In 1956, Howard Zahniser began drafting America's wilderness law; after 66 drafts and eight years of campaigning, he died months before it protected 9.1 million acres

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Jack and Laura Dangermond gave $165 million to protect 24,364 acres of California coastline from development

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Mississippi's termite swarms are here, and a single treatment can cost up to $1,750

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India Day Parade: Zohran Mamdani attends as first Indian American mayor of New York

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In 1898, 17 years after surviving the O.K. Corral gunfight, Virgil Earp claimed 160 acres in Arizona; two years later, he earned title to the land

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'Luxury porn' pitch to Epstein: Anthropic CEO's wife Cami Clark's ties surface

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Indiana floods kill at least 6 as severe storms trigger record river levels

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19-year-old held after Virginia State University shooting leaves 5 wounded, found in dorm closet

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Heavy rain, dangerous surf: Why Hurricane Lala is a historic threat to Hawaii's Big Island

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'Unfriendly look, but we get along great': Trump posts old photo with Kim Jong Un

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19th-century ships accidentally brought mice to islands 30 miles off San Francisco; they later reached densities of 1,270 per hectare and began reshaping the seabird ecosystem

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Trump eyes millions from personal political funds for GOP amid midterm pressure: Report

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America's civil war over USS Lincoln: 'Grow a pair' vs 'bring them home'

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Trumpiana: Trumpets, trombones, Turkey trick!

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In 1958, the US moved 25 caribou to an Alaska island as emergency food for military personnel; by 2005, their herd had grown to 2,750

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In 1923, wardens began protecting a 35-acre Texas island where the state's last reddish egrets survived; one family lived there full time in a two-room hut, and today it holds the world's largest nesting colony

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Virginia State University shooting leaves 5 injured, 1 critical; campus lockdown lifted

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Doom! Board lowers the boom on Indian-American CEO who fired 900 employees over Zoom

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US used dioxin-laden oil for dust control in a town with 2,000 residents, years later it spent $33.1 million for their relocation in order to protect their lives

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266 days deployed: USS Abraham Lincoln to return home amid rising scrutiny over sailor welfare

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Father of four Derrick Moore jumped into a Myrtle Beach rip current to save a 10-year-old girl; she survived, but he was swept away

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Spanish explorers brought pigs to America for food in the 1500s; today, millions of feral swine roam at least 35 US states

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In 1925, a California farmer bent trees into strange shapes for his daughter: some are still alive nearly 100 years later

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In the 1970s, a Manhattan church agreed to sell only if it kept its corner, so the 915-foot Citicorp Tower was raised on four giant stilts

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Kentucky woman faces charges after vandalising World War II memorial in Washington DC

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In 1872, the Lac La Belle sank in a Lake Michigan storm, but its wreck stayed hidden until a 60-year search finally paid off

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In the 1970s, New York's Villard Houses were threatened by a 51-story hotel; the landmark mansions survived as its entrance and public spaces

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In 1973, a Wisconsin teenager moved to Alaska; 12 years later, she drove into a storm her rivals avoided and became the first woman to win the Iditarod

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A small Texas reactor reached criticality in under a year, aiming to produce medical isotopes that US hospitals now import

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A Connecticut cemetery leased unused land for 7,000 solar panels, but the ground beneath them could become habitat for bees and pollinators

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Meet Vera Wang, the Hawaii high school senior who built a coconut-based ocean filter as a sophomore; two years later, she found fungi in coconut husks that can biodegrade plastic and sunscreen

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Minnesota teen Evan Morris built a low-cost system that detected seizure-like activity in worms and triggered ultrasound; recurrence fell 70.1% in his model

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US Pacific Northwest leaders join India's 80th Independence Day celebrations in Seattle

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Trump claims 'young, beautiful girls' thank him for making Washington safer

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US Army temporarily halts Apache training missions after two soldiers killed in Texas crash

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Michigan shooting: 5 killed, 1 critically injured, suspected gunman found dead after manhunt

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Two American jets with same flight number avoid mid-air disaster

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'Pretty soon': Trump vows to claim Hormuz as US territory; Iran hits back

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A Cape Cod couple moved into their newly built dream home in March 2025; one month later Massachusetts said it would seize it for a new bridge

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Frederick clears way for Sanjay Govil's Washington Freedom cricket stadium

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'I shot him': Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing United Healthcare CEO, sentencing on Dec 18

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An unthinkable crime shatters an Indian family in US— and raises questions about AI

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An entrepreneur spent $1.4 million buying a 300-acre California ghost town, then moved in and began rebuilding it as a business

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In 1974, Vietnam veteran Kenneth Deardorff moved to Alaska looking for work; 14 years later, he became the last person in US history to receive a homestead title

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In 1870, a former slave and Union soldier staked a homestead in Nebraska; drought and grasshoppers cost him the claim, but he eventually owned more than 2,000 acres

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California has added more than 50,000 tons of gravel to a river below Keswick Dam since 2022 to help endangered salmon lay eggs

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In 1968, a California landowner demanded $100 an acre for land inside Pinnacles that officials valued at $17; a year later the Park Service paid more than $46 an acre and bought the parcel for $7,400

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In 1964, a Utah businessman built a gas station beside Capitol Reef; after years of conflict over his quarry, the government took his property for $400,000 and razed the lodge and station

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Home Depot billionaire Bernie Marcus' foundation donates $28.7 million to stem cell research that could repair hearts damaged by heart attacks

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