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  • After Brad Pitt Online Scam, Ex-Scammer Turns the Tables
    A jaw-dropping Brad Pitt romance scam that drained a French woman of about $850,000 didn't unravel because of police—it was cracked by a former-scammer-turned-digital-bloodhound on the Champs-Élysées. In Air Mail , Mark Seal details how 29-year-old Marwan Ouarab and his tiny firm, Findmyscammer.com, traced an elaborate "sentimental scam"...... Read more »
  • Iran Issues US New List of Demands for Opening Strait
    Iran issued a broad, new set of demands to the US on Saturday for the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, a senior security official, laid out the conditions including an end to the US naval blockade and sanctions, withdrawal of American forces around Iran, payment...... Read more »
  • Surveillance Footage Shows Attack on Idaho In-N-Out
    Security footage from an In-N-Out in Idaho shows a routine drive-thru line turn into a deadly attack in seconds. Twin Falls police on Friday released video that clarified details of the shootings last Saturday. It showed 24-year-old Chad Williams opening fire from his car through the payment window, striking employee...... Read more »
  • Famous Classic Rock Station Goes 'Human-Less'
    A famous Southern California rock station is keeping the music and losing the people. KCAL-FM 96.7, based in Redlands has laid off its entire on-air staff as it shifts to an all-music, largely automated classic rock format covering the Inland Empire, KTLA reports. The July 31 move swept out...... Read more »
  • Pentagon Says Ex-Secretary Leaked Information to Times
    The Pentagon revoked former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's "eligibility" to access classified information and barred him from holding "any sensitive position," claiming Friday that he disclosed sensitive information about Air Force One's capabilities to the media. Reporting last month, including from the New York Times , revealed security concerns... Read more »
  • ICE Has Been Scouring Social Media for Critics
    Federal immigration authorities aren't just watching the border—they're watching your posts, too. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has built out a 24/7 social media surveillance operation that scours platforms like Reddit, X, Instagram, and Facebook for anything it deems a potential threat, according to federal records, contractors, and former agents...... Read more »
  • Helicopter Battling Wildfire Crashes, Ignites New Fire
    A heavy-lift helicopter with two people on board battling a large Utah wildfire crashed on Friday and response teams were unable to reach the site. The downed helicopter was one of seven working a fire in central Utah. It crashed near Richfield, which is about 160 miles south of Salt...... Read more »
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  • Bride Calls for Metal Detector Mid-Wedding After Losing Ring Swatting a Bee on the Beach
    A bride and groom were forced to find someone with a metal detector during their own wedding—after the engagement ring flew off her finger mid-ceremony. Abi and Tony Clark were tying the knot on the beach at St. Brelade’s Bay in the Channel Islands near the coast of France, when... Read more »
  • Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny
    Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia... Read more »
  • Good News in History, August 8
    450 years ago today, the keystone of Europe’s first modern astronomical observatory—the Uraniborg designed by Tycho Brahe, was laid. It was also the last to be built without a telescope as its primary instrument. It was the first scientific complex to be funded entirely by a state for the purpose... Read more »
  • The Tiger Returns to Kazakhstan in First-in-the-World Rewilding Project a Decade in the Making
    Kazakhstan has taken a massive step towards its long-held goal of re-establishing the tiger in the country by releasing a female Amur tiger into the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve. Established in 2018 for this exact purpose, what followed was a truly generational effort of reforestation and replenishing prey species of deer... Read more »
  • ‘Like a Moody Punk Rocker,’ the Red Handfish is National Geographic’s 18,000th Species Photographed
    National Geographic calls it the ocean dweller who struts about more like a rock &roll frontman than a fish.​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍‍‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍​‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍‍​‌‍‍‌‌‍​​‍‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌​‌‌‍​‍​‌​‌‍​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍‌​‌‌‍​‍​‍​‌‍​‍​‍‌​‌​​​‌​‌‍​‍‌​‍‌‌‍​‌​‌‌‍​​‌‌​‍‌​​​‌‍​‍‌‌‍​‍​​‍​‌‌‍‌​​​​​‍‌​​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍​​‌‍‌‍​‌​‌‌‍​​​​‍​​‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‍​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‌​‌‍‌‌​‍​‌‍​‍​‌‍​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍​​‌‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌‍‍‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‌‍​‌‌‍​‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍​‌‌​​‌‍‍​‌‍‍‌‌‍​​‍‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌​‌‌‍​‍​‌​‌‍​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍‌​‌‌‍​‍​‍​‌‍​‍​‍‌​‌​​​‌​‌‍​‍‌​‍‌‌‍​‌​‌‌‍​​‌‌​‍‌​​​‌‍​‍‌‌‍​‍​​‍​‌‌‍‌​​​​​‍‌​​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​‍‌‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‍‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‌‌‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍​​‌‍‌‍​‌​‌‌‍​​​​‍​​‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌​​‌​‌‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‍​‌‍‍​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‌‍‌​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​‌​​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‌​‌‍‌‌​‍​‌‍​‍​‌‍​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​‌​‍‌‌​​‍​​‍​‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌​‌​​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‍​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍​‍‌‌ No bigger than a human thumb and sporting a red-lipped frown like a moody punk rocker, the Critically-Endangered red handfish is also the extraordinary 18,000th species in the National Geographic “Photo... Read more »
  • Highest Resolution View of the Sun Reveals Breaking Waves and Magnetic Mysteries
    Scientists using Earth’s most powerful solar telescope have snapped a picture of the Sun’s surface that helped explain—for the first time—foundational physics about our dear star. Situated atop the summit of Haleakalā, a volcano on the island of Maui, the Daniel Inouye Solar Telescope peered down onto the surface of... Read more »
  • SeaWorld Completes Largest Captive Whale Transportation Operation in Nation’s History
    SeaWorld San Antonio recently welcomed 7 rescued beluga whales, following a nearly 2,000 mile journey, as part of an urgent, unprecedented international effort to relocate 30 belugas from a closed marine park in Canada that can no longer support their care. They join 2 rescued male belugas who arrived on... Read more »
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  • Millions of new solar system objects to be found and 'filmed in technicolor' -- studies predict
    Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.... Read more »
  • First direct observation of the trapped waves that shook the world in 2023
    A new study has finally confirmed the theory that the cause of extraordinary global tremors in September -- October 2023 was indeed two mega tsunamis in Greenland that became trapped standing waves. Using a brand-new type of satellite altimetry, the researchers provide the first observations to confirm the existence of... Read more »
  • Black holes could act as natural supercolliders -- and help uncover dark matter
    Supermassive black holes might naturally replicate the colossal energies of man-made particle colliders possibly even revealing dark matter offering a cosmic shortcut to discoveries that would otherwise take decades and billions to pursue.... Read more »
  • Webb reveals the origin of the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-121b
    Tracing the origin of an ultra-hot exoplanet: The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zone of its natal disc, comparable to the region of gas and ice giants in our Solar System. Methane indicates unexpected atmospheric dynamics: Despite extreme heat, methane was detected on the... Read more »
  • Dancing brainwaves: How sound reshapes your brain networks in real time
    What happens inside your brain when you hear a steady rhythm or musical tone? According to a new study, your brain doesn't just hear it -- it reorganizes itself in real time.... Read more »
  • Researchers recreate ancient Egyptian blues
    Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.... Read more »
  • New laser smaller than a penny can measure objects at ultrafast rates
    Researchers have engineered a laser device smaller than a penny that they say could power everything from the LiDAR systems used in self-driving vehicles to gravitational wave detection, one of the most delicate experiments in existence to observe and understand our universe.... Read more »