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Most wooden furniture is made in factories. Trees are cut into boards, which are shaped and assembled into chairs, tables, and other pieces. But in Derbyshire, England, Gavin and Alice Munro are taking a completely different approach. The owners of Full Grown use a method called “tree shaping” to grow furniture from living trees....

It was a typical Tuesday at NOAA’s Panama City Laboratory in Florida. Biologists were analyzing shark data and studying fish populations when they heard a strange tapping sound. Looking outside, they were surprised to find a wild brown pelican repeatedly pecking at the glass door with its beak....

Our Moon just got a massive new crater! However, unlike most lunar craters, this one was not caused by an asteroid or meteorite slamming into its surface. Instead, it was created when an 8,800-pound (3,991 kg) piece of space junk crashed into the Moon at 5,400 mph (8,690 kph) on August 5, 2026....

For decades, people in The Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa have reported seeing tiny shellear fish climb the steep walls of Luvilombo Falls. In 2009, a local scientist even captured the fish on video, but the recordings were later lost. Now, 17 years later, a new study published in Scientific Reports on April 2, 2026, finally provides evidence of the remarkable feat....