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The European Research Council announced the eight winners of its 2026 Public Engagement with Research Awards on 17 September. The prizes, in their fou...
Former NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams turns 61 on 19 September 2026. She was born in Euclid, Ohio, grew up in Needham, Massachusetts, graduated...
On 19 September 1991, German hikers Helmut and Erika Simon saw, near the Tisenjoch pass in the Ötztal Alps, the upper part of a body protruding from t...
Edwin Mattison McMillan was born in Redondo Beach, California, on 18 September 1907. At 119 years from his birth, his recognition remains tied to tran...
Adrien-Marie Legendre was born in Paris on 18 September 1752. At 274 years from his birth, his name remains attached to polynomials, an early form of...
Water alone is poor at washing grease. Water molecules attract one another; non-polar oils stay separate, as a film. Soaps and detergents build a chem...
A rainbow is not an object hanging in the sky. It appears when sunlight meets many water droplets, with the observer standing with the Sun behind and...
Salt on ice does not burn like a flame. Its main effect is freezing-point depression: water with dissolved ions must be cooled further before it forms...
18 September 2026 marks five years since the Inspiration4 splashdown. The Crew Dragon Resilience capsule returned to the Atlantic off Florida on the e...
A leaf looks green in May through August because it holds chlorophyll, the pigment that captures light for photosynthesis. The molecule absorbs mainly...
18 September 2026 marks 20 years since Anousheh Ansari launched towards the International Space Station. ESA reported the Soyuz TMA-9 lift-off from Ba...
After a hot shower, a mirror mists over. In winter a window does the same. In a car, visibility falls. In every case, water vapour condenses on a surf...
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