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A Cold Earth-Sized Planet Surprisingly Close to Our Solar System
For decades, astronomers have searched the universe for planets that resemble Earth. While many discoveries have revealed massive gas giants or extremely hot rocky worlds, the discovery of a cold, Earth-sized planet near our cosmic neighborhood has sparked new excitement in the scientific community. This intriguing world demonstrates that small rocky planets like our own may be more common in the galaxy than once believed.
By Irshad Abbasi 24 days ago in Earth
The Nights The Lights Are Out
The streetlamp’s amber glow returns, steady as a promise, its light a compass for the wandering, the weary, the brave. Together you paint new verses on the city’s skin—
By Forest Green24 days ago in Poets
The Connection Between ADHD and Genetics.
Commentary An Impulsive Gene? My youngest son jumps from one task to another. Ask him to clean his room, he eventually quits because he becomes fixated on something. He can’t sit still for long. On the other hand, when he’s doing something he likes, he is fixated on it, sometimes barely taking in his surroundings or listening to others.
By Dean Traylor24 days ago in Longevity
The Nights the Lights Are Out
A house made of steel‑bones and winding alleys, where laughter once rang like a subway’s hymn, you felt the sudden hush of a shuttered storefront—
By Forest Green24 days ago in Poets
Dusters
I used to hate them. Not the horses though. I love horses, but they were never enough to keep me interested in watching a bunch of dudes killing each other. And the women all seemed cut of the same gingham cloth.
By Marie Wilson24 days ago in Geeks
Lonely, Cold Streets
Have you ever slept in a park, with no food, no warmth, no shelter, friends or family? I have. I've seen children cry with hunger, and I've seen parents cry because they can't feed their young.
By Carol Ann Townend24 days ago in Humans
How To Deal With LEOs And Not Catch A Bullet
Darn it! The newest shooting to enrage people has occurred and again, you’re faced with that werid question, why? Why would guys with families at home, men and women with lives, be using deadly force on American citizens? It’s a puzzler, isn’t it?
By The Man Behind The Mask24 days ago in Criminal
The Tarot Reader Who Predicted World War 3
The Tarot Reader Who Predicted World War 3 The night was quiet, the kind of quiet that makes every small sound feel important. In a dimly lit room a tarot reader sat at her wooden table, a single candle glowing beside a worn deck of cards. The flame moved gently whenever the wind brushed against the window. Her cat rested near the cards, watching the room with calm yellow eyes.
By George’s Girl 2026 24 days ago in Fiction
The Dirty Secret. Content Warning.
“Clouds look dark,” Martin said. “They do that sometimes,” Brandon laughed. “This could be bad,” Martin shuddered.
By Raine Fielder24 days ago in Chapters
Writing To Succeed. Top Story - March 2026.
If you want to find something that will help readers find your writing, possibly expand your audience, and maybe even get you noticed for other things, then you’re not alone. But how can you get it done in a world full of want-to-be writers? Look less at what you’re writing now, and more at what other writers have used to boost their views and reads.
By The Man Behind The Mask24 days ago in Writers
The Midnight Battle of Good and Evil
This poem was inspired by the original Disney animated film Fantasia. It ends as the demons who ruled the night flee as church bells ring, and morning dawns. This poem was also inspired by my experiences as a church prayer intercessor from 5-6 am for 4 years.
By Cheryl E Preston24 days ago in Poets
What to Do When Your Loved One Starts Dating a Chatbot
In the early days of AI, most chatbots had a cool, businesslike tone that discouraged personal relationships. However, as the technology became increasingly personalized and sycophantic, users started relying on AI to feed into their delusions, praise their behavior and even roleplay as a romantic partner, leading to a boom of AI relationships that have sparked a global debate about loneliness, sentience and personal freedom.
By Kaitlin Shanks24 days ago in Humans