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On August 31, 2026, Dale Sanders from Memphis, Tennessee, became the oldest person to hike the entire Appalachian Trail (AT). The 91-year-old, nicknamed "Grey Beard," completed the challenging 2,198-mile (3,537 km) trek over 359 days....

Most wooden furniture is made in factories. Trees are cut into boards, which are shaped and assembled into chairs, tables, and other pieces. But in Derbyshire, England, Gavin and Alice Munro are taking a completely different approach. The owners of Full Grown use a method called “tree shaping” to grow furniture from living trees....

From August 22 to 26, 2026, more than 2,000 humanoid robots from 16 countries gathered in Beijing, China, for the second World Humanoid Robot Games. Over five action-packed days, these metallic athletes competed in 51 events. This was a big increase from the 2025 games. That year, about 500 robots competed in just 26 events....

On August 26, 2026, a huge glacier on Langtang Lirung, a mountain in the Himalayas, collapsed. It sent a massive surge of ice, rock, and water into Nepal's Trishuli River system. Within minutes, entire villages in the Rasuwa and Nuwakot Districts were swept away....

Peter Cullen, the voice actor best known for playing Optimus Prime in the "Transformers" franchise and Eeyore in "Winnie the Pooh," died on August 26, 2026. He was 85 years old. In a statement, Cullen's family said he passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones....

Jackie, the beloved bald eagle from Big Bear Valley, California, died on August 10, 2026. She was about 14 years old. Jackie's troubles began in mid-July, when she was apparently involved in a fight with two young bald eagles. She was later found on the ground, unable to fly. A rescue team took her to the Ojai Raptor Center for treatment....

A Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) skeleton named "Gus" sold for a record-breaking $50.1 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York on July 14, 2026. The winning sale came after a fierce 10-minute bidding war. The final price far exceeded the fossil's pre-sale estimate of $20 million to $30 million. It also broke the previous dinosaur fossil auction record of $44.6 million set by "Apex," the Stegosaurus, in 2024....

On August 10, 2026, a powerful earthquake shook western Colombia. The magnitude 7.4 tremor was the largest recorded in the country this century. It was felt across neighboring Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela....

Tako, the piano-playing octopus, has retired. His owner, Swedish YouTuber Mattias Krantz, announced the news in March 2026. It marked the end of an extraordinary experiment that captured the attention of millions....