✨🌈🪐 Videos & News Today • October 17, 2025

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Michael Cosentino
October 17th, 2025

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In today's science news: Coffee-fortified concrete ☕, record sea level rise 🌊, and how the Romans built aqueducts 🏛️. Plus, more headlines after today's videos 👇

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🪐🧬🧠 Things we learned today

☕ Researchers at RMIT University strengthened concrete by 30% using charred coffee grounds • Science Alert

🌊 Researchers at Rutgers University found that global sea levels are rising at the fastest rate in at least 4,000 years • Cosmos

📈 Also not good: CO2 atmospheric levels hit an 800,000-year high with growth rates tripling since the 1960s • CBC

🏛️ How Roman engineers used precise surveying tools and arch geometry to build aqueducts • Open Culture

🔥 How communities can prevent wildfire destruction through ember-resistant design and retrofits • Science News

🧠 Study finds REM sleep transforms specific memories into general knowledge while deep sleep preserves detailed info • Live Science

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