Meet Connor Hill, the 17-year-old Pennsylvania student who wrote a computer program to classify noble polyhedra; he proved there are 146 isolated examples and won $250,000

Connor Hill (Delta High School, State College, PA) By writing a custom computer algorithm that mapped every possible version of a rare class of geometric shapes, 17-year-old Connor Hill from Port Matilda, Pennsylvania, has won the top $250,000 prize at the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search.His computational proof classified a complex group of three-dimensional shapes…

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Rolex sues Canadian jewellery store Bijoux Medusa over customized watches, claims trademark infringement

Rolex sues Canadian jeweller Bijoux Medusa over customized watches/Image: Getty Images Rolex has sued a Canadian jewellery store and its owner over the sale and modification of watches bearing Rolex trademarks, alleging the customized products could be mistaken for watches made or authorised by the company.The lawsuit names Quebec based Bijoux Medusa and owner Julien…

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At 20, Finnish immigrant Maggie Walz arrived in Michigan with just $7; in 1903 she claimed 160 acres on a Lake Huron island and the colony she founded grew to five settlements with around 1,000 people

Maggie Walz Photo credit: National Park Service Born Margareeta Johanna Konttra Niiranen in Tornio, Finland, in 1861, Maggie Walz came to the United States at the age of 20 with almost nothing, just $7 in her pocket and a determination to build a new life. According to the National Park Service (NPS), Walz arrived in…

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In 1958, Mahala Ashley Dickerson visited Alaska on vacation and decided to move there; after claiming 160 acres, she became the territory’s first Black homesteader and months later its first Black lawyer

Dickerson had built a career that included several notable firsts. (Anchorage museum photo) American lawyer and civil rights advocate Mahala Ashley Dickerson’s life took her from Montgomery, Alabama, to Alaska, where she broke barriers in both the legal profession and homesteading. Her journey has been featured by the National Park Service among important figures in…

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Fur traders introduced Arctic foxes across Alaska’s Aleutian Islands to produce pelts; by killing seabirds, the foxes helped turn lush grasslands into tundra

The foxes reduced seabird populations, which meant less nutrient-rich guano reached the islands. Arctic foxes introduced to more than 400 Alaskan islands for fur changed far more than the local wildlife. According to a study published in journal Science, by preying on seabirds, they disrupted the flow of nutrients from the ocean to land and…

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