Meet Celine Zhang, the 18-year-old New Jersey student who developed a way to prove a digital puzzle was solved without revealing the answer

Meet Celine Zhang, the 18-year-old New Jersey student who developed a way to prove a digital puzzle was solved without revealing the answer

Zhang also serves as an instructor and teaching assistant at AlphaStar Academy where he teaches computer science classes and helps students with their questions. Think of a situation where you are working on a challenging puzzle when someone asks you to demonstrate that you’ve solved it, but you can’t show them your work. That sounds…

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Meet Linus Chen-Plotkin, the 18-year-old Philadelphia student who analysed more than 600 works by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, and Schubert and found Mozart's melodies were less predictable

Meet Linus Chen-Plotkin, the 18-year-old Philadelphia student who analysed more than 600 works by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, and Schubert and found Mozart’s melodies were less predictable

Pic courtesy: Society for Science/Chris Ayers Photography Mozart’s versatility is unparalleled, even today. Ever wondered what made him the ultimate musical architect, with every phrase perfectly placed and every note seemingly inevitable? Well, an 18-year-old from Philadelphia may have found the answer! Linus Chen-Plotkin analysed more than 600 classical compositions and discovered something that musicologists…

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For 100 years, Milwaukee has been turning human waste into lawn fertiliser; 10.5 billion pounds diverted from landfills

For 100 years, Milwaukee has been turning human waste into lawn fertiliser; 10.5 billion pounds diverted from landfills

A century-old Milwaukee process transforms human waste into a bestselling lawn fertiliser, turning a disposal problem into a circular economy. This has saved over 10 billion pounds of waste from going to a landfill and being packaged into bags of lawn fertiliser. The waste that the city flushes away is sold to people who want…

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At 10, she lost her grandmother to breast cancer; at 17, Dubai teen Saiyette Aima built an AI platform and took cancer awareness to India

At 10, she lost her grandmother to breast cancer; at 17, Dubai teen Saiyette Aima built an AI platform and took cancer awareness to India

At 10, Saiyette Aima could not understand the medical language around breast cancer. But its consequences were clear to her from the get-go. Her grandmother was diagnosed with Stage 3 disease after noticing a small, pimple-like mark on her neck, she began chemotherapy and radiation and the family quickly entered a period of treatment and…

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Mississippi teen Madalyn Sullivan wrote an autism-acceptance book inspired by her sister and sent it to libraries in all 82 counties; she has now finished second at Miss America’s Teen

Mississippi teen Madalyn Sullivan wrote an autism-acceptance book inspired by her sister and sent it to libraries in all 82 counties; she has now finished second at Miss America’s Teen

As Miss Mississippi’s Teen, Sullivan planned to use her platform to support families affected by autism. Madalyn Sullivan, Miss Mississippi’s Teen and an Oxford native, has finished as first runner-up at Miss America’s Teen. The high school student reached the national stage after years of advocating for autism acceptance, inspired by her sister, and using…

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Lightning struck an 1890 Georgia mansion; its owners drove away unaware the turret was burning until passersby spotted flames, and firefighters kept the main floor undamaged

Lightning struck an 1890 Georgia mansion; its owners drove away unaware the turret was burning until passersby spotted flames, and firefighters kept the main floor undamaged

A lightning strike set fire to the turret of a historic Georgia mansion Saturday night, damaging its distinctive steeple and balcony but leaving the business operating inside largely untouched, according to FOX 5 Atlanta, which reported the incident on September 6. The fire broke out at the Maple Street Mansion at 401 Maple Street in…

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In 1895, lightning ignited a massive West Virginia gas well, sending flames 200 feet into the sky as crowds gathered to witness one of America’s most extraordinary fires

In 1895, lightning ignited a massive West Virginia gas well, sending flames 200 feet into the sky as crowds gathered to witness one of America’s most extraordinary fires

Lightning ignited a massive West Virginia gas well, sending flames 200 feet into the sky (Image Credit: West Virginia Explorer) In 1895, a lightning strike turned an already uncontrollable natural gas well in West Virginia into a spectacular column of fire. The Big Moses gas well, located along Indian Creek in Tyler County, had become…

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A San Antonio library book checked out in 1943 travelled with one family for generations; 82 years later, it came back from Oregon with a note about the late fee

A San Antonio library book checked out in 1943 travelled with one family for generations; 82 years later, it came back from Oregon with a note about the late fee

Some library books disappear for a few months. Others never make it back. But one copy of Your Child, His Family, and Friends took nearly 82 years to complete its journey home. According to the San Antonio Public Library, which announced the unusual return in August 2025, the book was checked out in July 1943…

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