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- Jul 10
In a global first, man swims nonstop for over 51 hours between California coast and Catalina Island


- Jan 29
Groundbreaking new form of carbon opens up entirely new possibilities in material science


- Jan 28
Cambridge student solves 2,500 year old grammar puzzle

- Oct 23, 2022
Scientists create the first-ever printable, wearable insect repellent


- Jul 22, 2022
Compact, massive triple star system detected for the first time

- Jun 2, 2022
For the first time, a human liver was treated in a machine and then successfully transplanted


- Feb 26, 2022
Introducing the world's first hands-free jetpack

- Feb 26, 2022
Quantum sensor breakthrough paves way for groundbreaking mapping of Earth's underworld


- Jan 27, 2022
Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human assistance


- Jan 27, 2022
Astronomers discover mysterious object unlike anything they have seen before

- Jan 16, 2022
A world-first study has revealed how space travel affects red blood cells


- Dec 1, 2021
Team builds first living robots—that can reproduce


- Nov 13, 2021
Futuristic children’s playground purifies the air powered by kids play


- Nov 10, 2021
For the first time ever, doctor diagnoses woman with 'climate change'


- Oct 2, 2021
World first -- ocean drone captures footage from inside hurricane (video)


- Sep 29, 2021
Ex-Marine overcomes his fear of water to row across the Atlantic alone in 119 days


- Sep 7, 2021
NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock


- Sep 1, 2021
After 600 years of night watchmen, Lausanne gets first watchwoman

- Aug 30, 2021
New technology for large-scale, high-resolution, 28 megapixel, 3D displays