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ET Now GBS Summit 2026: ‘Ocean plastic pollution can be solved in decade if waste stopped at source’ Plastic Pollution

ET Now GBS Summit 2026: ‘Ocean plastic pollution can be solved in decade if waste stopped at source’

New Delhi: Ocean plastic pollution can be dramatically reduced within the next decade if efforts focus on stopping waste at its source, said The Ocean Cleanup founder and chief executive Boyan Slat. During a session, titled 'The Ocean Reset: Rebooting Earth's Largest System', at the ET Now Global Business Summit,…
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February 21, 2026
Scientists may have seen a star collapse directly into a black hole without exploding first Black Hole

Scientists may have seen a star collapse directly into a black hole without exploding first

A view of the Andromeda galaxy, the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way galaxy. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Theory shows that stars can collapse directly into black holes without first exploding as supernovae. In fact, this should be a relatively common occurrence. But despite that, astronomers have found scant observational…
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February 21, 2026
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Dumps Nvidia Stock and Backs Palantir, Robinhood, and Circle Stock Palantir

Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Dumps Nvidia Stock and Backs Palantir, Robinhood, and Circle Stock

TLDR Billionaire Israel Englander sold 3 million Nvidia (NVDA) shares, trimming his position by 17%, while doubling his Palantir (PLTR) stake in Q4 2025. Englander also bought shares in Robinhood (HOOD) and Circle Internet Group (CRCL), both down sharply from their highs. Wall Street analysts see 113% upside in Robinhood…
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February 21, 2026
Something Is Ticking Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Black Hole

Something Is Ticking Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

A lightning-fast pulsar near our galaxy’s black hole could unlock new secrets about gravity and spacetime. Scientists at Columbia University working with Breakthrough Listen, a research initiative dedicated to searching for evidence of civilizations beyond Earth, have announced new findings from the Breakthrough Listen Galactic Center Survey...Read More
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February 21, 2026
Blue-faced, puffy-lipped monkey scores a rare conservation win Vietnam

Blue-faced, puffy-lipped monkey scores a rare conservation win

A Tonkin snub-nosed monkey in Vietnam. © Le Khac Quyet / Fauna & Flora Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. For once, there’s good news in animal conservation. A population of Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus avunculus)—critically endangered primates with colorful…
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February 21, 2026
Political Films on the Far Right, Ukraine War Win Berlin Panorama Audience Awards Ukraine

Political Films on the Far Right, Ukraine War Win Berlin Panorama Audience Awards

Two timely and politically-charged films have won the top prizes at the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section, the festival’s main sidebar. Faraz Shariat’s Prosecution, a German drama about a young prosecutor trying to fight far-right violence in eastern Germany, took the Panorama Audience Award for best feature film at this…
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February 21, 2026
As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold? Ukraine

As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold?

Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict. After all, it is ordinary citizens who tend to bear the economic and human costs. And yet, as the war following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022…
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February 21, 2026