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Families are sharing heartbreaking messages from sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln after more than 250 days at sea

US Navy

Nine months at sea tests US Navy crew to the limit

Andy Hall
Goodbye to wasps: the best trick to keep them away - naturally and surprisingly well

Society

The simple trick to keep wasps away

Laura Martin Sanjuan
Images from space reveal a previously unknown structure stretching almost 5,000 miles in the Atlantic Ocean

Enviroment

Space images reveal an unknown structure

Laura Martin SanjuanGreg Heilman
Thousands of invasive zebra mussels were detected in the Ebro River in 2001: 25 years later, they are collapsing structures and pipes throughout Spain

World news

Thousands of invasive zebra mussels were detected in the Ebro River in 2001: 25 years later, they are collapsing structures and pipes throughout Spain

Gonzalo Solera
These are the three types of Social Security cards: What they have in common and how they are different

Social Security

The three types of Social Security cards

Greg Heilman
They released 96 million black spheres into a U.S. reservoir in 2016: 10 years later, the water 'double problem' has been solved

Science

Black to the future: what became of LA’s 96 million reservoir balls?

Rafael EscobarCalum Roche
Not for heat or comfort: Air conditioning was invented in 1902 to solve a printing problem at a New York magazine

Inventions

The invention of A/C had nothing to do with keeping people cool

Calum Roche
A landfill fire started in 1962 and was never put out. After 64 years, it’s still burning underground

History

A landfill fire started in 1962 and was never put out

William Allen
In 1948, a corporation built a town for 4,000 miners in California: 80 years later, it’s a ghost town in the middle of the desert

Society

Eagle Mountain: the United States' most fascinating ghost town

Roddy Cons
This is the richest family in the world: a fortune of $260 billion, seven sports teams and a major supermarket chain

Society

The richest family in the world: a fortune of $260 billion

Mario Espinosa de los MonterosAS USA
Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 and wiped out everything in its path: Decades later, nature is rebuilding the entire ecosystem

Nature

Mother Nature returns from the ashes at Mount St. Helens

Calum Roche
Neither California nor Florida: the largest U.S. ZIP code covers over 30,000 sq mi, and barely 1,200 people live there

Society

The U.S. ZIP code covering over 30,000 sq mi, with barely 1,200 people

Calum Roche
Psychologists agree: if you raise your voice, it’s not tension or anger; it can also be due to your upbringing and the environment you grew up in

Science

Why some people always talk loudly

Lucía Martín Payo
Missing your Social Security check? Here is how to report it and get your money

Social Security

How to claim missing Social Security payment

Corina GonzálezCalum Roche
Volunteers planted 100 saplings and cleared sheep from a Scottish valley in 2000: 26 years later, it’s a 750,000-tree forest

Nature

The great Scottish comeback, 26 years in the making

Rafael EscobarCalum Roche
A German fisherman released thousands of baby catfish into a river in 1974: 50 years later, they rule the waters

Nature

The 'Freshwater Titan' taking over Spain's rivers

Adrián LevyDavid Nelson
500 tortoises were released to halt the Sahara’s advance in 2021: five years later, images from space show green patches

Science

They released 500 tortoises to halt the Sahara’s advance in 2021: here's what happened

AS USA
Bad news for retirees: What Social Security’s massive staffing cuts could mean for you

Social Security

Social Security revamp causing chaos for claimants

Andy Hall
The legendary Yellowstone spot where you can travel to the mythical Greek ‘underworld’

Nature

Yellowstone and its mythical Greek ‘underworld’

Calum Roche
A Hollywood stuntman lost his $3,100 Rolex Submariner in a lake in 1996: 30 years later, he launched an expedition to find it

Society

The Rolex that has kept a Hollywood stuntman diving for decades

Miguel VarelaCalum Roche
Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio partner to pour $200 million into saving 100 endangered species

Environment

DiCaprio and Bezos bet $200 million on bringing species back from the brink

Pablo Lorente ÁlvarezCalum Roche
Jacques Cousteau, French explorer: “The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.”

Philosophy

How we can learn from “the happiness of the bee and the dolphin"

Mario Espinosa de los MonterosCalum Roche
Social Security is facing growing financial challenges, and a new report explains why

Money

Social Security faces growing financial challenges

Joe Brennan
What is the Social Security compassionate allowances program? Fourteen conditions were added to the list in August

Social Security

Social Security fast‑tracks disability benefit applications

Corina González
A man loses his Social Security pension after 18 years of contributions for having left work voluntarily

Society

A man loses his Social Security pension after 18 years of contributions for having left work voluntarily

Álvaro ValladaresAS USA
The U.S. introduced a Japanese bird to fight pests in 1929: Nearly 100 years later, it’s creating an environmental crisis in Hawaii

Science

A 1929 pest-control experiment is taking over Hawaii’s ecosystem

Alberto Zaragoza LermaJavier Gálvez
Engineers are building a 90-mile ‘concrete river’ with a single purpose: end drought for millions of people

South America

Engineers are building a 90-mile ‘concrete river’ with a single purpose

Álvaro Valladares
A farmer bought a tractor for $2,000 in 1953: 62 years later, his grandson bought it back to bring it back to life

Society

Tracking down the family tractor

Marta García Aguado
Mexico protected more than 1 million monarch butterflies in 1980. Decades later, they’ve created a one-of-a-kind ecosystem

Nature

The incredible ecosystem created by millions of monarch butterflies

Marta García AguadoDavid Nelson
How retirees can get an interest-free loan: The Social Security “do-over” rule

Social Security

The “do-over” rule: an interest-free loan for retirees

Andy Hall
London’s River Thames was declared biologically dead in 1957. Decades later, sharks and seals are making a comeback

Pollution

'Biologically dead’ in 1957 to a place for seals and sharks in 2026

Calum Roche
The day in 1982 a NASA engineer made a mistake and accidentally invented the Super Soaker: “That would make a great squirt gun”

Inventions

The accidental Super Soaker invention from NASA

Calum Roche
Fernando Samper, psychologist: “The question isn’t whether we drink on vacation, but what role alcohol plays in how we enjoy ourselves”

Psychology

Sun, patios and how vacations can engage drinking mode

Marta Rodríguez PeleteiroCalum Roche
90 floating islands were dropped from a helicopter in 2023 to save a U.S. ecosystem. Three years later, the mission is a huge success

Ecology

Tulalip Tribes use 90 floating islands to restore Washington wetland

Lucía Martín PayoCalum Roche
A woman cleans her house and finds an unopened 1991 chocolate bar: “It was almost as big as my hand”

Society

1991 Mars bar goes viral over shrinkflation comparison

Marta García AguadoCalum Roche