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The Wildest Underwater Music Festival In America
Snorkelers playing saxophones underwater, mermaids strumming instruments, and everyone jams out to Yellow Submarine and Jimmy Buffett hits through underwater speakers – this might sound like a fever dream but it is real and happening every year in Florida. The Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival is where the annual subaquatic
This New Underwater Fossil Discovery is 512 Million Year Old
Paleontologists have unearthed a treasure trove of fossils from 512 million years ago including 90 species previously unknown to science. The discovery comprises 153 different species from 16 major animal groups including sponges, arthropods and bizarre segmented apex predators known as radiodonts that make up a complex food web, dating
What Makes Some Dogs GENIUS Word Learners
Scientists have discovered that some exceptionally skilled dogs called gifted word learners can quickly remember the names of toys, and new research reveals the key factor behind their unusual ability isn’t about curiosity but about their relationship with humans. Animal behaviorist Andrea Sommese of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
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81 Year Old Breaks World Record For Her Husband
At 81 years old Bonnie Sumner stood in her Colorado gym ready to hang from a pull up bar for over three minutes to smash a Guinness World Record. Bonnie who lost her husband Mark of 60 years in December 2023 discovered a remarkable talent for dead hangs when she
Police Officers Used Google Translate To Deliver A Baby
When a panicked man came through the doors of the Woodstown New Jersey police station frantically waving his arms and shouting in a language officers Benjamin Haines and Gabriel Chiarelli could not understand, the two cops had no idea they were about to become emergency midwives in the backseat of
The Smithsonian Is Loaning Masterpieces To Every State In America
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden just announced an incredible plan to share its treasures with every single state in America as part of celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday this year. Director Melissa Chiu explained that they asked themselves how they could do more to make the Hirshhorn the true
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81 Year Old Breaks World Record For Her Husband
At 81 years old Bonnie Sumner stood in her Colorado gym ready to hang from a pull up bar for over three minutes to smash a Guinness World Record. Bonnie who lost her husband Mark of 60 years in December 2023 discovered a remarkable talent for dead hangs when she
How Our Voices Affect Dog Behavior
Hearing a human voice can affect a dog more than previously thought as new research suggests that angry or happy voices are linked to measurable changes in dogs’ balance, with angry voices often causing destabilizing effects that physically sway their bodies. Scientists led by Nadja Affenzeller at the University of
The PFAS Problem Finally Gets A Solution
Researchers at Rice University have developed groundbreaking filtration technology that may absorb PFAS forever chemicals at 100 times the rate previously possible, offering hope to communities across the globe that have struggled with contaminated water supplies for decades. PFAS, short for per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are man made chemicals dating