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When Maraya Pierro answered a call from her 80-year-old mother about a trapped litter of puppies, she had no idea it would turn into a cross-country rescue mission. But Pierro, founder and executive director of Rescue Kitties of Hawaii on Moloka’i, never says no to helping animals in need — especially babies. Pierro’s mother heard hungry puppies crying from underneath a …

A California man who recently became trapped behind a waterfall for two days while climbing was dramatically rescued by police utilizing a helicopter. Ryan Wardwell, 46, of Long Beach, went to waterfalls known as the Seven Teacups on 10 August with plans to rappel down, the sheriff’s office of Tulare country said in a social media post. But the “extreme …

California police used a helicopter to rescue a man who got trapped for two days behind a waterfall when the force of the water pushed him off his climbing lines, law enforcement officials said. Ryan Wardwell, 46, of Long Beach, California, had planned to rappel down waterfalls known as the Seven Teacups on Sunday in a remote area about two …

Some of the oldest air ever studied by scientists was trapped inside rock over 800 million years ago. Cracking the rock open and allowing the air to escape, the team who found it got a pretty astonishing surprise about the ancient atmosphere of Earth. When studying the Earth’s atmosphere in the ancient past, scientists have had to rely on indirect …

An explosion Monday at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh has left dozens wounded and people trapped under the rubble, with emergency workers on site trying to rescue them, officials said. There are no confirmed fatalities at the Clairton Coke Works, said Abigail Gardner, director of communications for Allegheny County. The Allegheny County Emergency Services said a fire at the …

IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered that 60% of ancient galaxies rotate clockwise, challenging random rotation theories. 🌌 The bold hypothesis suggests the universe might be trapped within a massive black hole, redefining cosmic principles and space-time perceptions. 🔍 Alternative explanations, like observational bias from the Doppler effect, highlight the need for precise astronomical …

Maryland teen dies after getting trapped in storm drain during floods  The Washington Post Teenager Dies As Flash Floods Strike Northeast, Mid-Atlantic  The Weather Channel Maryland boy dies after being trapped in storm drain as rains drench east coast  The Guardian Officials: Boy dies after getting swept into drainage pipe  WBAL-TV Deadly flash flooding swamps I-95 corridor, prompting water rescues and states of emergency  FOX …

IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a non-random rotational pattern in 263 ancient galaxies. 🌀 About 60% of these galaxies rotate clockwise, challenging previous beliefs about cosmic randomness. 🌌 The discovery has led to a hypothesis that the universe might be within a massive black hole, prompting a reevaluation of cosmic principles. 🔍 Alternative …

When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move its wheels or reverse its course in a delicate, time-consuming effort to free it and continue its exploratory mission. While Spirit remained …

Jason Breen is no stranger to wildlife encounters. As an avid surfer and water sportsman, he’s seen lots of marine animals around his home in Sydney, Australia. In fact, a few years ago, a humpback whale rocketed out of the water right in front of his board. When Breen recently heard about a huge animal trapped in a tidal pool, …