A Runner Broke The Two-Hour Barrier For The First Time Ever
Something happened today at the TCS London Marathon that the running world has been chasing for decades. Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe crossed the finish line in 1:59:30 — making him the first person in history to run a marathon in under two hours under official, record-eligible conditions. That is not a typo. One hour, fifty-nine […]
6500 Volunteers Just Built 10000 Beds In A Day For Kids Who Have Never Had One
More than 140,000 children across the United States do not have a bed to sleep in, and this week a group of 6,500 volunteers decided to make a serious dent in that number, gathering at the Charlotte Convention Center in North Carolina and building over 10,000 beds in just 24 hours. The event was organized […]
The FDA Just Approved The First Gene Therapy For Inherited Deafness And The Company Is Making It Free
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ever gene therapy for inherited hearing loss, a one-time treatment developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals that has proven life-changing for children born deaf due to a mutation in a gene called OTOF, which the ear needs to transmit sound signals to the brain. In a clinical trial […]
AI Just Discovered New Laws Of Physics That Human Researchers Had Never Found
Physicists at Emory University have done something that scientists have been working toward for years: they used artificial intelligence not just to analyze data, but to discover entirely new laws of physics that human researchers had not previously seen. The team focused on dusty plasma, a strange substance sometimes called the fourth state of matter […]
Coachella 2026, Here Are The Moments Everyone Is Still Talking About
The tents are down, the desert dust has settled, and the internet is still replaying the clips. Coachella 2026 ran April 10 through 19 in Indio, California, and delivered one of the most viral, surprise-packed editions in recent memory. Headliners Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G each brought something spectacular, but it was the […]
UCLA Scientists Just Found A Way To Reverse Fatty Liver Disease Without Changing Diet
Scientists at UCLA have discovered that a specific group of dysfunctional immune cells quietly accumulates in the liver as people age and in people with fatty liver disease, and that eliminating these cells in mice reversed the liver damage entirely, even when the animals kept eating an unhealthy diet throughout. The cells, which researchers describe […]
Los Angeles Just Became The First Major US School District To Limit Classroom Screen Time
The Los Angeles Unified School District, which serves roughly half a million students, has become the first major school system in the United States to formally limit classroom screen time, passing a resolution that bans first graders and younger children from using devices entirely and requires age-appropriate screen time policies to be developed and implemented […]
The Worlds Oldest Living Rabbit Is 15 Years Old With The Biggest Personality
A lionhead rabbit named Herbie, who lives with his owners Richard and Melissa Dunham in Surrey, England, has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living rabbit in the world, having reached an age that nearly doubles the typical lifespan of his breed. Herbie is now 15 years and 246 days old, […]
America Just Got Its First-Ever National Strike Fund And Workers Are Fired Up About It
For the first time in American history, workers across the country will have a centralized national fund to support them when they organize and strike. Union Now, a new nonprofit launched by Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Sara Nelson, held its official kickoff rally in Manhattan on April 12 to enthusiastic crowds — and began […]
Jeopardy Contestant Is On A Historic Winning Streak
A 33-year-old law student and former bureaucrat from New Jersey named Jamie Ding has become one of the most exciting things happening on American television right now, racking up 28 consecutive wins on Jeopardy and earning over $730,000 in the process while steadily climbing toward one of the most storied records in game show history. […]