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A sick, abandoned cat found at a struggling Japanese railway station has been promoted to stationmaster, complete with a cap and medallion. The furry hire follows a proven formula that once saved a station from closure and brought $10 million to a local economy.
After months of speaking up, Austria's women's hockey team secured real changes from their federation. Their victory over unheated locker rooms and hand-me-down gear comes just in time for their historic first World Championship.
The University of Florida built an AI curriculum for every student before ChatGPT existed, and now hundreds of schools worldwide are learning from their blueprint. Thanks to a $95 million investment and partnership with Nvidia, they're proving AI education belongs beyond computer science departments.
After devastating flash floods swept through Nepal's Nuwakot district, Save the Children is thinking beyond emergency relief to rebuilding entire communities. While other groups will leave when headlines fade, they're planning for jobs, schools, and healing that will take years.
Uttar Pradesh and Germany are launching a structured 12-month program to help Indian small businesses break into European markets. The initiative offers selected companies everything from regulatory guidance to on-ground support in Germany.
A diabetes drug already transforming weight loss may offer unexpected hope for millions living with bipolar disorder. Swedish research reveals people taking semaglutide faced significantly fewer psychiatric crises.
Rutgers researchers have identified 36 genes that significantly raise the risk for OCD and chronic tic disorders, opening doors to dozens of new treatment possibilities. The breakthrough came from analyzing DNA of nearly 4,000 people and could transform how millions worldwide manage these conditions.
Indonesia just kicked off an ambitious plan to more than double its entire power capacity with solar energy by 2029. The $62 billion program starts in Bali and could create 5.5 million jobs while slashing energy costs.
Two Washington counties just saw their unemployment rates drop significantly in a single month. Grays Harbor and Pacific counties are creating more opportunities for workers as the region's job market strengthens.
Hundreds of Greenwich residents will gather September 19 to remove trash from their shoreline, joining a global movement to protect our oceans. Their efforts will contribute to worldwide pollution data that helps scientists solve ocean health challenges.
A groundbreaking clean energy project in West Virginia is combining solar power with two types of batteries to deliver electricity around the clock. Google is partnering with energy companies to deploy the first utility-scale zinc-hybrid batteries ever used on the power grid.
In 2007, microscopic water bears spent 10 days exposed to the vacuum of space without protection and survived. Scientists just used their superpower protein to protect healthy tissue during cancer treatment.
Two astronauts completed a challenging repair mission outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, replacing critical equipment even after one spacesuit developed a mechanical problem. Jessica Meir and Sophie Adenot accomplished their main goals during the nearly seven-hour spacewalk, the sixth all-female EVA in history.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched successfully in August and is now heading to its permanent home a million miles from Earth. This remarkable telescope arrived under budget and ahead of schedule, and could help answer humanity's biggest questions about the universe.
Amazon just armed its customers with a powerful new weapon against scammers: an AI assistant that can verify if that suspicious message is real or fake. The feature comes as 360,000 people annually reach out to Amazon wondering if they've been targeted.
A cave biologist literally fell face-first into a pool and discovered an entirely new species of eyeless fish that had been hiding in an Alabama cave system since the early 1990s. The creature is so unusual it needed its own genus and earned a Stranger Things-inspired name.
A groundbreaking study shows that semaglutide, the medication in Wegovy and Ozempic, extended the lifespan of older mice by 12 percent while boosting memory and physical health. Scientists believe they may have found a drug that delivers the longevity benefits of calorie restriction without the hunger.
MIT researchers created technology that lets people understand why autonomous vehicles make decisions, helping passengers predict and prevent accidents. Real-world tests show it works.