✨🌈🪐 Videos & News Today • August 22, 2025

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Michael Cosentino
August 22nd, 2025

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From the editor: Happy Friday! Today we're watching smart problem-solving in action. First, see how ferrets use their mustelid intelligence to outsmart their humans 🦦. Then, watch how Washington DC uses colorful street art to solve traffic safety problems 🎨.

In today's science news: Why you would have wanted to avoid early Earth's atmosphere 🌋, the world's oldest cookbook 📖, and a metal so soft you can cut it like butter–but you wouldn't want to 💥. More headlines after today's videos 👇

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Ferret owner and animation YouTuber William Snekspeare documents three examples of ferret cleverness in this charming animated short.

 

Daylighting is the practice of calming traffic, reducing the length of crosswalks, and keeping intersections clear of parked cars near the corners to create clear sight lines between pedestrians and vehicles.

 

🪐🧬🧠 Things We Learned Today

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🦒 A major report confirms that giraffes are actually four distinct species | Science.org

🐄 Scientists are bringing back aurochs–giant 2-meter-tall cows that went extinct in 1627 | Phys.org

🤷‍♀️ Romans made over 100 mysterious dodecahedra that still baffle archaeologists | OpenCulture

🦟 A doorstop that a Romanian woman used for decades turned out to be 70-million-year-old amber worth over $1 million | Science Alert

🏞️ The world’s largest national park probably isn’t where you would expect | Discover Wildlife

 

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