In 2020, 10-year-old Murphy Widdowson collected a spider on a remote Australian island that experts could not identify; scientists later declared it a new species and named it Artoriopsis murphyi after him

While on the remote island Murphy picked up a small spider that intrigued him, and he decided not to wonder what sort of spider he’d found, but to seek the opinion of an expert. For most kids, finding a spider would be a scream, and then a quick retreat. But for Murphy Widdowson, it was…

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Bitcoin crosses $80,000 for first time since mid-May driven by weaker dollar, gains 28% in August

Bitcoin hit $81,237.94, its highest level since mid-May, during Asian trading on Tuesday. Bitcoin crossed $80,000 for the first time since mid-May on Tuesday, extending its recent rally as a weaker US dollar and expectations of a more supportive policy environment boosted demand for cryptocurrencies.The world’s largest cryptocurrency climbed as high as $81,237.94 in Asian…

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Meet Leon Wang, the 17-year-old Connecticut student who found 2 FDA-approved drugs that reduced Alzheimer’s-linked damage in lab-grown brain cells

Leon Wang, the 17-year-old Connecticut student (Image Credit: Society For Science) Alzheimer’s disease remains one of the most difficult neurological disorders to treat, partly because the processes behind it can begin damaging brain cells long before symptoms become apparent. Now, a project by 17-year-old Connecticut student Leon Wang has drawn attention for exploring whether medicines…

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They left IIT to build Silicon Valley and billion-dollar companies; now alumni are giving crores back

From IIT to global success and back: How alumni are transforming campuses with crores in donations For decades, the IITs watched some of their brightest graduates leave campus to build technology companies, global businesses and careers around the world. Now, a reverse flow is becoming increasingly visible: successful alumni are returning with donations large enough…

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Sydney Sweeney tells Tom Cruise to ‘watch out’as she NAILS ‘Mission: Impossible’ style airplane stunt – WATCH |

Sydney Sweeney has proved that she’s no stranger to high-octane action, matching icon Tom Cruise‘s daredevil spirit by strapping herself to the top of an airplane. Sydney Sweeney takes on Tom Cruise Sweeney took to Instagram, where she shared a video of herself holding a camera in one hand in a movie single-engine plane as…

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A British artist collected more than 100,000 plastic bottles and built an artificial island with a house, ponds and a waterfall | World News

PC: Richart Sowa / Facebook British artist Richart Sowa spent years collecting plastic bottles for a project most people would never attempt: building an entire island to live on. The result, called Joyxee Island, floated roughly 30 yards off the coast of Isla Mujeres, a small island off Mexico’s Caribbean coast, with its base built…

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