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For years, one Honda engineer has stood out in a workplace where technical expertise usually gets more attention than appearance. Odate’s stiff, naturally curly hair falls across his face in a style that has prompted comparisons with famous anime characters, yet the look was never designed to attract attention. He adopted it largely to avoid…

A routine day at a construction site in Barberton, Ohio, turned into an unexpected animal rescue when workers discovered a tiny kitten trapped inside an excavator. The crew at River Reach Construction heard persistent meowing coming from a Komatsu machine and soon realised that the cries were coming from somewhere inside the heavy equipment. Supervisor…

Savannah arrests are part of a growing list of alleged misuse cases involving automated license plate readers in Georgia. (Representational photo) Four former Savannah Police Department employees were arrested on Friday after an investigation into the alleged misuse of the Flock Safety license plate reader system.The former employees have been booked into the Chatham County…

Porous polymer coating reflects sunlight and releases heat, keeping surfaces cooler than the air As temperatures rise during hot weather, keeping buildings and other structures cool can require large amounts of energy. Air conditioners are a common way to deal with the heat, but they consume electricity and need access to cooling systems and, in…

When archeologists found the tooth it was already damaged, measuring only 23 millimeters. Its crown had been split by agricultural activity into two parts. (Image Courtesy: N. Marković) It sat on a museum shelf for nearly twenty years, unseen, mistaken for something far more common. But now a closer look at a tiny, worn tooth…

Nimaya Williams, the North Carolina junior (Image Credit: Cumberland County Schools) For many high-school students, preparing for life after graduation can feel overwhelming. College applications, career choices, financial planning, and scholarship searches can all seem like separate challenges, especially for students who are still figuring out what they want their future to look like. For…

A 47-year-old California pastor has returned to college football nearly three decades after an injury ended his playing career, after his son showed him a video of a 60-year-old man playing the sport. Justin Buzzard, a pastor, husband and father of three, has made the San José City College Jaguars roster as a defensive end…

Gao was arrested while visiting family in China in August 2024, after travelling back from the US, where he and his family had immigrated. He has remained in custody for about two years since then. A family visit to China back in August 2024 ended with a three-year prison sentence for a US-based Chinese artist….

The Ross Fire burns in Palo Pinto County, Texas. (Photo: AP) A fast-moving wildfire in north-central Texas has destroyed a family home and business property, burned buildings at a youth camp and forced evacuations across sparsely populated ranch country west of Fort Worth, while local ranchers opened barns for animals needing evacuation.The Ross Fire began…

Representative Image of the Grand Canyon revealing two billion years of geological history and missing rock layers (AI-generated image) The Grand Canyon exposes roughly 2 billion years of Earth’s geological history, but more than half of that record is missing. Geologists call the enormous gap the Great Unconformity, a boundary where rocks representing more than…