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In 1905, according to the Popsicle origin story, an 11-year-old in the San Francisco Bay Area left a cup of soda mixture outside overnight with its stirring stick still inside and found it frozen by morning; 19 years later Frank Epperson patented the???frozen confectionery??? as the Epsicle, his children persuaded him to rename it the Popsicle, and the brand says more than 2 billion are now sold each year.

1+ hour, 40+ min ago   (788+ words) The famous frozen-cup story is brand lore, but Frank Epperson’s 1924 patent shows the engineering that turned flavoured ice on a stick into a mass-market product. By The Long View · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 13, 2026 · How we edit The Popsicle…...

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scienceblog.com > m-in-1919-one-pair-of-mute-swans-was-carried-from-an-iowa-estate-into-northern-michigans-charlevoix-county-by-2013-the-state-population-had-reached-an-estimated-17-520-birds-michigan

In 1919, one pair of mute swans was carried from an Iowa estate into northern Michigan's Charlevoix County; by 2013 the state population had reached an estimated 17,520 birds. Michigan's own written target is to bring the population below 2,000 by 2030.

14+ hour, 49+ min ago   (623+ words) A picturesque introduction of two swans to Michigan a century ago has become an ecological crisis the state now races to reverse. Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit Two birds. That is where Michigan’s mute swan story begins. In 1919, a single…...

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Paper bags and cardboard boxes normally headed for the trash were carbonized into anodes for lithium-ion batteries, and the resulting electrodes survived 1,200 charge cycles — roughly twice the durability of anodes used in current phone batteries

18+ hour, 21+ min ago   (441+ words) By Science Blog Editorial Team Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit A paper bag that carried someone’s lunch on Tuesday has a plausible future inside a phone. Researchers at NTU Singapore have worked out how to bake kraft paper, the brown…...

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scienceblog.com > s-136-long-clawed-shrew-skulls-from-hokkaido-showed-the-classic-winter-flattening-of-the-braincase-and-across-the-same-series-the-snout-enlarged-in-winter-and-shrank-again-in-spring

136 long-clawed shrew skulls from Hokkaido showed the classic winter flattening of the braincase, and across the same series the snout enlarged in winter and shrank again in spring

20+ hour, 51+ min ago   (595+ words) A museum series of Sorex unguiculatus from Tomakomai confirms Dehnel's winter braincase shrink in an Asian shrew, and adds a reverse pattern in the snout that the authors did not find in the jaw. By Natural History · Edited by Chris…...

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scienceblog.com > j-1995-1997-yellowstone-41-wolves-84-packs-jan-2026

From 1995 to 1997, 41 wolves from Alberta, British Columbia and north-west Montana entered Yellowstone; by January 2026 the park held at least 84 in eight packs, down from 108 at end-2024

21+ hour, 22+ min ago   (412+ words) Forty-one wolves rode into Yellowstone National Park in crates over three winters. By Lab Report · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit What makes the arithmetic legible at all is the starting point. Before 1995, Yellowstone had no wolf…...

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scienceblog.com > j-late-1990s-san-miguel-foxes-15-to-322-2024

In the late 1990s San Miguel Island held 15 foxes, down from about 450; after 44 golden eagles were relocated and 226 captive-bred foxes returned, the island counted roughly 322 in 2024

21+ hour, 27+ min ago   (388+ words) Fifteen foxes. That was the count on San Miguel Island at the end of the 1990s, on an island that had carried about 450 of them, a population so small that biologists could have known every animal by name and very nearly…...

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scienceblog.com > j-1999-2006-channel-islands-foxes-santa-cruz-55-to-3086

From 1999 to 2006 crews moved 44 golden eagles off the Channel Islands and cleared more than 5,000 feral pigs from Santa Cruz; that island's fox count rose from 55 to 3,086 by 2024

21+ hour, 37+ min ago   (323+ words) What looked like a conservation dead end became the fastest mammal recovery ever recorded—all by removing the predators and competitors that nearly erased an island fox from existence. By Lab Report · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 12, 2026 · How we…...

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scienceblog.com > j-1995-yellowstone-wolves-41-released-84-january-2026

In 1995 Yellowstone held no wolves; 41 were released over three years, numbers peaked near 174 in 16 packs, and the January 2026 count stood at 84 or more across eight packs

21+ hour, 37+ min ago   (289+ words) Forty-one wild wolves went into Yellowstone National Park in three winters, and in the winter before the first crate opened the park held none. By Lab Report · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit Zero, then 41, then 174, then…...

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scienceblog.com > j-1998-chernobyl-przewalski-horses-31-to-about-150-2018

In 1998 thirty-one Przewalski's horses were let loose inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone; a 2018 census put about 150 on the Ukrainian side, roughly five times the founding herd twenty years on

21+ hour, 37+ min ago   (251+ words) A species extinct in the wild for thirty years found refuge in the world's most radioactive landscape—and thrived there. By Lab Report · Edited by Justin Brown Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit The social structure is the part that says…...

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scienceblog.com > s-a-dna-clock-trained-on-fifteen-captive-crown-of-thorns-seastars-of-five-known-ages-missed-their-true-age-by-0-31-years-on-average

A DNA clock trained on fifteen captive crown-of-thorns seastars of five known ages missed their true age by 0.31 years on average

22+ hour, 51+ min ago   (691+ words) The Pacific coral-eating seastar now has a 14-site methylation clock built from tank-reared animals aged one to three and a half years. By Lab Report · Edited by Chris Jeremia Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit Crown-of-thorns seastars eat coral. On the…...