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NASA Is Helping Bring Giant Tortoises Back to the Galápagos For the first time in over 150 years, giant tortoises are roaming wild on Floreana Island in the Galápagos archipelago, thanks to a groundbreaking collaboration guided by NASA satellite data[1][2]. On February 20, conservation teams […]

Giant Tortoises Return to Galápagos Island After Nearly 200 Years Floreana Island in the Galápagos Archipelago welcomed 158 young giant tortoises on February 20, 2026, marking their first return in 180 years. This historic release revives a lineage declared extinct over a century ago, thanks […]

Donald Trump threatened that there would be “consequences” for Netflix if it didn’t fire board member Susan Rice. Rice served in both the Obama and Biden administrations, and recently appeared on Preet Bharara’s podcast, where she said corporations that “take a knee to Trump” are […]

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Tetris has been immortalized in a playable McDonald’s plastic chicken nugget, a playable fake 7-Eleven Slurpee cup, and a playable wristwatch. But the most intriguing way to play Tetris yet is encased in paper. Last year the Tetris Company partnered with Red Bull for a […]