Day: September 13, 2026

The Hearst family spent decades planning a resort town along 18 miles of California coastline, then locked 80,000 acres of the ranch behind a conservation easement instead — and the beaches below the castle now host one of the largest elephant seal rookeries on the Pacific coast

The Hearst family spent decades planning a resort town along 18 miles of California coastline, then locked 80,000 acres of the ranch behind a conservation easement instead — and the beaches below the castle now host one of the largest elephant seal rookeries on the Pacific coast

Halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, Highway 1 runs 18 miles through a landscape that makes no sense in the year 2026: open cattle country stretching from the Santa Lucia Mountains to an undeveloped Pacific coast, punctuated by almost nothing but a castle on a hill. This is the Hearst Ranch, Rancho Piedra Blanca, … Read more

DR Congo’s worst Ebola epidemic ever passes 7,000 cases | Ebola News

DR Congo’s worst Ebola epidemic ever passes 7,000 cases | Ebola News

DRC detected the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo virus in mid-May; nearly 3,400 people have since died.Published On 12 Sep 202612 Sep 2026More than 7,000 Ebola cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) worst outbreak of the deadly disease, according to figures from Congolese authorities.The DRC officially detected the latest … Read more

Indonesian ferry carrying 243 people reported missing in Java Sea – BBC

Indonesian ferry carrying 243 people reported missing in Java Sea - BBC

Indonesian ferry carrying 243 people missing in Java Sea BBCRescuers search for 140 people from Indonesian passenger ship, official says CNNIndonesian rescue crews search for 140 people after ferry bad weather The GuardianOne dead, 102 rescued from crashed ferry off Indonesia’s Java YahooA search is underway for Indonesian passenger ship carrying more than 240 people … Read more

5 Mini Gadgets From Belkin That Are Small Enough To Take Anywhere

5 Mini Gadgets From Belkin That Are Small Enough To Take Anywhere

Hansonl/Shutterstock We may receive a commission for purchases made through links. Gadgets are only useful when you can actually use them, and if you’re out and about frequently, chances are you’ll find yourself without the exact gadget or tool you need at that moment, all because they were too big and clunky to carry with … Read more

Scientists got diamond’s melting point wrong by more than 1,000 degrees, crushing new laser experiment reveals

Scientists got diamond's melting point wrong by more than 1,000 degrees, crushing new laser experiment reveals

Scientists melted diamonds with a powerful laser to take some of the most precise measurements of the mineral’s elusive melting point, and found that previous experiments were off by more than 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit (700 degrees Celsius). It’s strange to think that diamond, the hardest natural material on Earth, is melting, but it does melt … Read more