Ellie's Archives: 2000-2026




MARCH 2026
March 17 - April 6 - NCAA March Madness Basketball Championship
March 19 - New Moon 28° Pisces
March 19 - Eid-al-Fitr - Last Day of Ramadan
March 20 - Sun in Aries
March 20 - Spring/Vernal Equinox 0 Aries
March 29 - Palm Sunday


Reading with Ellie




Tuesday March 17, 2026     7:00 PM ET


Ellie's World Blog Today
St. Patrick's Day
Disclosure Day Trailer 2
March Madness


The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago, beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight

Scientists Spot a Black Hole-Neutron Star Pair Breaking the Rules of Cosmic Orbits

Asteroid Ryugu Reveals The 5 Key Genetic Ingredients For Life on Earth. A new analysis of samples collected from asteroid Ryugu has yielded all five canonical nucleobases that make up RNA and DNA

Scientists Spot a Black Hole-Neutron Star Pair Breaking the Rules of Cosmic Orbits

Astronomers discover long-period radio transient of unknown origin

New study complicates the search for alien oxygen

A galaxy next door is transforming, and astronomers can see it happenings

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Physicists Discover New Proton-Like Particle at CERN's Large Hadron Collider

This 12-Year-Old Built a Nuclear Fusion Reactor at Home, A World First for His Age

This Startup's 88,000 Satellite Network Will Create the Largest Space-Based Data Center Ever

In physics first, Chinese scientists create rare 'hexagonal diamond' that's harder than natural diamond

Not just spin - - electron orbitals can provide new method for controlling magnetism

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Quantum computers must overcome major technical hurdles before tackling quantum chemistry problems

12-Year-Old Built a Nuclear Fusion Reactor at Home, A World First for His Age

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'Super El Nino' could push global temperatures to unprecedented highs, forecasters say. A "super El Nino" could emerge by the end of the 2026 hurricane season, with forecasters predicting that the ongoing La Nina is about to finish.

A geoscientist explains how the first plants came to exist on Earth, long before the dinosaurs, and how their growth shaped life on our planet as we know it

Rainbow-colored phantom lakes emerge around Namibia's Great White Place

We got evidence of boars, deer, bears, aurochs - Ancient DNA reveals sunken realm Doggerland had habitable forests during the last ice age

Tropical Peatlands Are Burning Like Never Before in 2000 Years

Tsunami risks in the Mediterranean: Why Nice should prepare an evacuation plan

Alaska's glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floods

Dust storm triggers multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 287 in northern Texas

Southern California's heat wave hasn't peaked yet and it's already breaking records

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Smart bandage could heal and monitor wounds at the same time

ADHD brains may briefly slip into sleep-like states, disrupting focus in real time

Routine blood pressure readings offer early insights on dementia risk

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A Diver Swam 200 Meters Into a Flooded Mexican Cave and Discovered Human Remains, Deliberately Placed There 8,000 Years Ago

Scientists Just Discovered Huge Underground Tunnels In South America, They're Not The Work Of Humans Or Nature

Scientists Built a Life-Size Dinosaur Nest and the Results Were Surprising

Paleontologists uncover a new Spinosaurus species by following a clue from a decades‑old book into the Sahara Desert

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It's USA vs. Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic final. The Maduro raid and decades of tension simmer under the surface

Government shutdown may lead to airport closures, Trump official says

Trump Administration Said to Tell Cuba That Its President Has to Go

The significance of Trump appointee Joe Kent resigning over the Iran war

Joe Kent, a Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official, Resigns Over the Iran War

Trump muses over taking Cuba as island's power grid collapses after weeks of US oil blockade

Israel says it killed Iran's top security leader as Tehran targets US embassy in Baghdad

Mobile internet blackouts sweep Moscow, leaving residents feeling 'powerless'




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


March 17 - April 6, 2026

NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament - March Madness Wikipedia




March 17, 2026

St. Patrick's Day



Happy St. Patrick's Day from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn




To those celebrating with a parade or others hoisting a pint or two ...



Enjoy the day ... and may you find your pot of gold.


Remember Leprechauns come in all shapes and sizes.




March 17, 1964

Rob Lowe - Videos - Filmography

Leprechauns and rainbows sometimes magically appear on St. Patrick's Day.

                       




March 17, 1949

Patrick Duffy - Videos - Filmography




March 17, 1951

Kurt Russell - Videos - Filmography

Do you ever feel like reality is a ticking bomb about to go off?




March 17, 1955

Gary Sinise - Videos - Filmography

When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny,
as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there.




March 17, 1986

Olesya Rulin Russian actress, Ballet dancer - Videos - Filmography

Dance helps reduce my anxiety.




March 17, 1938 - January 6, 1993

Rudolf Nureyev - Videos

Russian ballet shaped me into the dancer I became.




Monday March 16, 2026     7:00 PM ET


Most gamma-ray are over before you've had time to register them, gone in seconds, minutes at most. So when something arrived on 2 July 2025 that kept going for seven hours, fired three distinct bursts spread across an entire day, and then left behind an afterglow lasting months, astronomers knew immediately they were looking at something completely new.

ISS study identifies thresholds for muscle atrophy and fiber changes in reduced gravity>

The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago, beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight

Webb Telescope Reveals a Bizarre Planet With a Giant Ocean of Magma Just 35 Light-Years Away

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The government is very serious about UFOs. So why are researchers being stymied?

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A strange new quantum state appears when atoms get frustrated

A new AI framework called THOR can solve one of physics' hardest materials calculations in seconds instead of weeks

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Who covers AI business blunders? Some insurers cautiously step up

AI gets a D: ChatGPT struggles with scientific true-or-false, study shows

New chip lets robots see in 4D by tracking distance and speed simultaneously

New Clock Is So Precise It Could Soon Redefine The Second

Scientists unlock a powerful new way to turn sunlight into fuel

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Scientists just discovered a tiny signal that volcanoes send before they erupt. A new method called Jerk can detect incredibly subtle ground movements caused by rising magma, offering early warnings of volcanic eruptions

El Nino: Facts, News, Features And Articles About The Climate Cycle That Impacts Weather Patterns Around The Globe

A Cold War Nuclear Waste Dome Is Cracking Open over a Disaster the U.S. Buried in the Pacific

Morrill Fire becomes largest in Nebraska history as statewide fires top 600 000 acres

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Is Your Brain Actually To Blame for High Blood Pressure?

A Few Lost Brain Cells May Cause Dangerous Blood Pressure Instability

Exercise Triggers Memory-Related 'Brain Ripples', Study Finds

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Judge Strikes Down Kennedy's Vaccine Policies. Ruling on a lawsuit brought by several prominent medical organizations, a district court said the federal government did not base its decisions on science in limiting Covid shots and changing the childhood immunization schedule

The shot that could stop cancer before it begins, and why getting it early matters

Here's what you need to know about cancer vaccine development

Blood tests for cancer? We're still a way off

Each Stressful Person in Your Life May Age You by Months, Study Finds

Major Parkinson's Study Reveals Symptom Differences in Men And Women

Just 24 minutes of specially designed music could significantly reduce anxiety

MIT scientists discover gut protein that traps and kills dangerous bacteria

Measles' resurgence in the US is a grim sign of what's coming

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Archaeologists untangle how Bronze Age textiles were made

The smell of Egyptian mummies is revealing 2,000-year-old secrets

Workers Unearthed a Monstrous 3-Meter-Long Creature Under a Construction Site

Scientists Discovered a 300-Million-Year-Old Tropical Forest Preserved Under Volcanic Ash in China

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Survival Capsule Is Built for the Moment There's Nowhere Left to Run

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In Memoriam: Billy Crystal eulogized Reiner, Rachel McAdams paid tribute to Diane Keaton, and Barbra Streisand reminisced about her friendship with Robert Redford.

Oscars 2026: The moments we'll be talking about all year

An inside look at the Oscars red carpet and the winners backstage

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Susie Wiles, Trump's White House Chief of Staff, Has Breast Cancer

Trump Criticizes Allies for Rebuffing His Appeals for Military Assistance

Trump warns of very bad future for NATO if countries do not help secure Strait of Hormuz

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Who will win college basketball's national titles? The 68-team brackets were revealed Sunday. NCAA Tournament: Brackets set with Duke men, UConn women leading fields

WNBA labor talks stretch past 2:30 a.m. with no CBA deal reached yet




Today's Events, Birthdays and Quotes


March 16, 1949

Victor Garber - Videos - Filmography

Creativity in any medium helps you discover truths about yourself.




March 16, 1971

Alan Tudyk - Videos - Filmography




March 16, 1978

Brooke Burns - Videos - Filmography


Some friendships are forever.




March 16, 1975

Sienna Guillory - Videos - Filmography

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives
us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.




March 16, 1967

Lauren Graham - Videos - Filmography

Perspective is an important thing to have in life.




March 16, 1918 - August 26, 1998

Frederick Reines Physicist - Neutrinos - Video

A neutron star is one of the few possible endpoints of stellar evolution.




March 16, 1799 - June 9, 1871

Anna Atkins British Photographer - Videos

Considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographs.

Some sources say that she was the first woman to create a photograph.

Quote: Photography is poetry in motion captured and spun.