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"It took 10 people over a week just to find this one tiny 10-millimeter adult," said Luisa "Fernanda" Vasquez-Valverde M.S.

From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026

Assistant boss Dean Gorre, who played for Huddersfield, Barnsley and Blackpool, took charge for that one.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Researchers say they have encountered cases of people who created deepfakes from photos they took of their neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Instead of traveling to tropical habitats to record wild parrots, as researchers have done in previous studies, Lauryn Benedict, a biology professor at the University of Northern Colorado, took a different approach.

From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026

Four hard days, three fitful nights, we took care of Caesar.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes