Ellie's Archives: 2000-2026



JULY 2026
July 14 - New Moon 21° Cancer
July 14 - Bastille Day
July 22 - Sun in Leo
July 22-26 - Comic Con San Diego
July 29 - Full Buck Moon 6° Aquarius


Reading with Ellie



Thursday July 9, 2026     3:00 PM ET


Ellie's World Blog Today
The Brain as a Computer Explains a Lot
Bon Voyage
World Cup Quarterfinals
The "Viking Row"


The Milky Way's Black Hole Isn't Tearing Everything Apart - New Observations Reveal a Surprise

Black Hole Shredded a Massive Star in the Most Powerful Stellar Explosion Ever Seen

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World First: Scientists Witnessed a Piece of Earth's Oceanic Crust Being Born

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In a First, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Linked to The Brain's Clearing System

Building the Brain Requires Millions of Dangerous DNA Breaks

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Shipwreck With 400 Gold Coins on Board Finally Identified After 30 Years

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Fact check: Trump's false claims at his NATO press conference

Inside a 228-year-old London restaurant that time forgot

Bonnie Tyler, known for hit song 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' dies age 75

FIFA refereeing chief rejects claims of bias in Argentina's win over Egypt



Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


July 9, 1956

Tom Hanks - Videos - Filmography

You can't look up at the night sky on Planet Earth and
not wonder what it's like to be up there amongst the stars.



Jimmy Smits - July 9, 1955 - Videos - Filmography

The clock is ticking on the very nature of our existence.



July 9, 1976

Fred Savage - Videos - Filmography

I have a passion for directing and telling a great story.



July 9, 1938 - April 15, 2020

Brian Dennehy - Videos - Filmography

Always live life to the fullest.
Tomorrow may not be in our script.



July 9, 1911 - April 13, 2008

John Archibald Wheeler - Eminent American theoretical physicist - Videos

Coined the terms black hole, wormhole, more

Collaborator with Neils Bohr on Einstein's unified field theory.

At Los Alamos, NM - Wheeler and his family moved into the house
J. Robert Oppenheimer and his family had occupied during WWII.

Stephen Hawking called Wheeler the "hero of the black hole story".


We are not only observers, we are participants in a universal experiment.

Simulation Theory



Wednesday July 8, 2026     7:00 PM ET


A Surprising Meteorite Discovery Could Change the Hunt for Life on Mars

JWST's 'overmassive' early black holes may not be so massive after all

What to know about the total solar eclipse due in August

'Unique event': Solar eclipse fever fills empty Spain

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft wakes from its longest hibernation in good health

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Schrodinger's anthill: Quantum entanglement found in a crystal large enough to hold

Fractional Fermi Sea: Physicists Discover a New Phase of Matter Beyond Established Theory

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Scientists have created a programmable material that can steer heat on demand, potentially transforming everything from energy systems to infrared sensors and next-generation memory devices

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Scientists Create Plastic That Blocks Heat Without Losing Strength

A New Way To See Life's Hidden Chemistry: $10 Spectrometer Could Turn Wearables Into Personal Health Labs

New AI model reveals how neutron star mergers forge heavy elements

Scientists Finally Solved a Decades-Old Mystery About Water in Nanoscale Spaces

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A University of Miami study has developed a new approach to evaluate how multiple climate resilience plans work together - or fail to do so - in addressing the growing risks posed by climate-related hazards

Day-night ocean warming helps explain why El Nino outpaces La Nina in models

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Scientists Found The Driving Force Behind Your Darkest Impulses, And It's More Widespread Than Thought. Psychologists call it the dark triad: an intersection of three of the most malevolent tendencies of human nature - psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism

Alzheimer's Has Been Killing Brain Cells in a Way Scientists Have Never Understood - Until Now

Can't stick to a diet? Intermittent fasting may be easier than counting calories for weight loss

New weight loss pill beats oral Ozempic in major trial

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Humans And Neanderthals Shared a Culture For 20,000 Years, Cave Discovery Suggests

One of the oldest gravestones of a free Black person in America discovered in Boston

Medieval text family trees suggest 60% of works vanished over centuries

Ancient DNA reveals the mysterious collapse of Europe's megalith builders

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Scientists resurrect 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme to reveal how life began on Earth

The oldest deliberately collected fossil ichthyosaur was discovered in Roman Britain around 1,800 years ago

Tiny Jurassic bird reveals a key step in bird evolution

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Live updates: Trump says Iran ceasefire is ‘over’ after new attacks, but negotiations can continue

Live Updates: Trump Lashes Out at NATO Summit but Offers New Help to Ukraine

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What's next for buckling Manhattan high-rise? Most evacuation orders stay in place

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Primetime Emmy Awards 2026: See the full list of nominees



Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


July 8, 1977

Milo Ventimiglia - Videos - Filmography

It is our choices that show us who and what
we truly are, far more than our abilities.



July 8, 1968

Billy Crudup - Filmography - Videos

The characters I'm typically drawn to are sensitive men
experiencing some sense of identity crisis or growth in
their life that they don't know how to overcome.



July 8, 1968

Michael Weatherly - Videos - Filmography

Sometimes life imitates art but other times it's the other way around.



July 8, 1958

Kevin Bacon - Videos - Filmography

I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.



July 8, 1981

Lance Gross - Videos - Filmography

My parents always taught me never to take anything for
granted because it can be taken away from you like that.



July 8, 1961 - February 5, 2024

Toby Keith - Videos - Discography

I say if you're going to take a chance on something,
you just go full balls to the wall.



July 8, 1982

Sophia Bush - Videos - Filmography

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being
in your own skin. The rest can work up from there.



July 8, 1973

Kathleen Robertson - Videos - Filmography

Everyone can relate to the idea of making a bad choice
and knowing it's a bad choice - but doing it anyway.



July 8, 1951

Anjelica Huston - Videos - Filmography

We all can look back and think there are things in our lives we
should've done differently. It's just important to move forward.



July 8, 1908 - January 26, 1979

Nelson Rockefeller - Videos

41st Vice President of the United States, 49th governor of New York State
Grandson of Standard Oil's founder and chairman John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Famous political families have always been part of the
grand design of history much like a monarchy or dynasty.



July 8, 1839 - May 23, 1937

John D. Rockefeller Sr. Founded Standard Oil Company - Videos

Powerful families can shape the future of a nation or destroy it.



July 8, 1926 - August 24, 2004

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Psychiatrist, Author - Videos

There are no mistakes, no coincidences,
all events are blessings given to us to learn from.



July 8, 1857 - October 18, 1911

Alfred Binet - Stanford-Binet IQ Test - Videos

Mere numbers cannot bring out the intimate essence of the experiment.
This conviction comes naturally when one watches a subject at work.



Tuesday July 7, 2026     7:00 PM ET


First-Ever Close-Up Revealed of Earth's Rare 'Minimoon'. It's known as asteroid 2016HO3, or Kamo'oalewa

Scientists Looked Inside Tiny Molten Globs of Meteorite And Found a 'Missing' Asteroid

A mysterious cosmic mismatch suggests the universe may not be as symmetrical as scientists have long assumed

South Pole Telescope analysis releases new catalog of more than 7,000 galaxy clusters

New Horizons watches the solar wind as it slows down

It's disturbingly easy to trick AI into seeing aliens, say researchers

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It's Official: Physicists Just Set a New Superconducting Temperature Record

A Sound Moving Toward You Can Literally Warp Your Sense of Time

'Time was speeding up, slowing down, or even stopping': Physicist demonstrates a key theory of time by building a 'mini-universe' in his lab

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Machine learning to predict how fast biodegradable plastics break down in nature

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A new AI-powered search method could dramatically speed the race to discover the room-temperature superconductors that could reshape the future of energy and technology

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Scientists Discover 73 Volcanic Calderas Hidden Across The Ocean Floor

Traces of Earth's primordial magma ocean discovered in lava from a modern volcanic eruption

A Super El Nino is coming: 5 hard-won lessons the world can learn from Africa

This year's El Nino likely to become record-breaker: Top expert

Massive calving episode in Greenland may foreshadow more rapid ice sheet loss

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Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder Share 70% of Their Genetic Roots, Landmark Study Finds

Textbooks were wrong: Scientists reveal how human hair really grows. New findings could reshape research into hair loss, drug development, and tissue regeneration.

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The Neanderthal 'love story' isn't what the DNA actually shows. The DNA may tell us who had children with whom, but it cannot reveal whether those encounters were driven by love, alliances, social rules, or conflict

Cave finds reveal modern humans and Neanderthals may have shared long-term cultural continuity

2,500-year-old tomb of a 'warrior prince' with chariot and helmet discovered on Italy's Adriatic coast

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These 567-Million-Year-Old Fossils Are Rewriting the Story of Life on Earth

Ancient rocks reveal how water reshaped Earth's interior 3.1 billion years ago

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Cuba hit with nationwide blackout as US pressure continues

Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden and the growing epidemic of politicians hiding health problems

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Lionel Messi leads Argentina to 3-2 comeback victory over Egypt and spot in World Cup quarterfinals

Cristiano Ronaldo bids adieu to World Cup with clear conscience



Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


July 7, 1940


Ringo Starr - Videos - Discography

Drugs and alcohol cut off your emotions in the end. Find peace in yourself.



January 7, 1968

Jorja Fox - Videos - Filmography

Are you looking for a way out? It's never easy.



July 7, 1887 - March 28, 1985

Marc Chagall Painter, Impressionism - Videos - Art


Art is a matter of perspective much like reality.




Monday July 6, 2026     7:00 PM ET


For The First Time, Scientists 'Heard' Plasma Waves Passing Between Saturn And Enceladus

Astronomers have uncovered the first direct evidence that a newborn magnetar powers superluminous supernovae, revealed by a remarkable "chirp" in the exploding star's light.

Superintelligent AI in space could explain the Fermi Paradox - Evidence of Alien of Alien Life

This Strange Martian Rock Contains a Mineral Scientists Never Expected To Find

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Researchers use AI to evaluate a systematic framework to describe molecular order in liquid water

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Quantum mechanics once baffled scientists. Now it's changing the world

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Scientists Found a Surprisingly Simple Way To Improve Online Matchmaking

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Super typhoon smacks into US Pacific island territories home to key military bases

'This was something new': What people in Greenland said about learning to live with wildfires

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Chemo-Free Technique Destroys 99% of Cancer Cells in The Lab

Turning Off One Protein Made Mice Immune to Obesity. Scientists Just Tested It on Human Cells

A different cholesterol test may do a much better job of preventing heart attacks and strokes than the one millions of Americans get today.

Scientists have finally uncovered the brain circuit that explains why deep sleep is essential for growth hormone, healthy metabolism, and brain function.

Non-Surgical Procedure Halves Knee Pain Over 12-Month Trial

Scientists discover the deep sleep circuit that builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts the brain

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The Largest Megalodon Vertebra Ever Found Was Excavated in The 1970s. Then It Went Missing

5,000-year-old wolves found on remote island rewrite what we know about domestication

Alien-Like Reproductive Strategy Found in 125-Million-Year-Old Fossil

A 2,400-year-old sculpture depicting gods carrying away Zeus' son during the Trojan War

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Throughout the capital, the government is using Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral to project strength at a time of great uncertainty for Iran.

Streets of Tehran packed to capacity for supreme leader's funeral procession

China's firing of a submarine-launched missile came as Australia secured more defense deals with Pacific Island nations. Countries expressed concern about the test.



Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


July 6, 1907 - July 13, 1954

Frida Kahlo Mexican Artist - Videos - Symbolism - Surrealism

Frida Kahlo's self-portrait "The Dream" sells for record-breaking $55m
  BBC - November 21, 2025

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
It helps me solve my problems and survive.



July 6, 1946

Sylvester Stallone - Videos - Filmography

Once in one's life, for one mortal moment,
one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.



July 6, 1975

50 Cent Curtis Jackson - Videos - Discography - Filmography

I'm a track star running through life chasing my dream.



July 6, 1987

Matt O'Leary - Videos - Filmography

The world is running like an out of control machine.



July 6, 1951

Geoffrey Rush - Videos - Filmography

I always feel thrilled and amazed that I can write 'actor' on my tax form.



July 6, 1935

Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama - Videos

Wherever you feel at home, you are at home.
If your surroundings are pleasant, you are at home.



July 6, 1946

George W. Bush - Videos - 43rd President of the United States.

This world remains a dangerous place.



July 6, 1921 - March 6, 2016

Nancy Reagan - Videos - Filmography

Acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us.



July 6, 1931 - November 19, 2017

Della Reese - Videos - Discography - Filmography

I could not have made it this far had there not been angels along the way.