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ScienceJoro Spiders Eat Tiny Flies, Not the Bugs Scientists Feared
When giant Joro spiders started colonizing the eastern United States, scientists feared these invasive arachnids would devastate native species by stealing their food and crowding them out. New research from the University of Georgia just upended those assumptions in a big way.
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Health6-Year-Old Boy ‘Most Likely’ Dies from Rare 19th Century Disease Caused by Lack of Vitamin C
Connor Dean, 6, had a cardiac arrest and died on Aug. 10, 2024, in the Queensland Children’s Hospital
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ScienceCan sheep save the glaciers? Swiss scientists put wool to the test
LES DIABLERETS, Switzerland, Sept 3 (Reuters) - As Switzerland struggles to contain the shrinking of its glaciers, researchers are conducting an unusual experiment in the Alps to see whether one of its less valued natural resources can help: sheep's wool. For years now, synthetic tarpaulins have been laid in summer over areas of ice and snow to reflect sunlight and reduce heat absorption as global warming melts away the ice sheets that have defined the high Alpine landscape for millennia.
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ScienceHow Many Meteors Actually Hit Earth Every Year?
Meteors can light up the sky in the form of shooting stars, but they often burn up in the atmosphere. Some are able to make it through, however.
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ScienceNASA awards $700 million Mars contract to Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has landed a $700 million NASA contract that could play a major role in the future of Mars exploration. The company will develop a new telecommunications orbiter capable of relaying science data, images, navigation information and critical communications between Mars missions and Earth. But why does NASA need a dedicated communications […] Read the original article here: NASA awards $700 million Mars contract to Jeff Bezos
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StyleFast fashion study tracks T-shirts from China to Montreal to find pollution cuts
Low prices, frequent new releases, and clothing that is not meant to last long are core to the fast-fashion model.
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WorldAntique 'Fox Head' Bought at Auction Wasn't a Fox at All. It Was a Long-Extinct Species.
"It was like a bolt of lightning to my brain and eyes that it wasn't a fox."
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ScienceMadagascar's elusive diamond frogs hid 7 species scientists never knew existed
"Every newly described species represents millions of years of unique evolutionary history."
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ScienceAn endangered pygmy raccoon turned trash into toys—and taught her family how, too
It started when the pygmy raccoon dove into the wrong trash bin—not the bin known by her family for its tasty food scraps but the one with paper and plastic waste. Last January Nessie O’Neil, a graduate student in biology at Miami University in Ohio, watched as a young pygmy raccoon plucked a receipt from the paper trash.
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BusinessFDA clears Hamamatsu NanoZoomer S20MD and S540MD slide scanners
The clearance increases the number of FDA-cleared NanoZoomer systems available for clinical pathology laboratories in the US.
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ScienceWebb Space Telescope photographs weird galaxy that not only looks “unusual,” but behaves oddly too
Astronomers think that Arp 263, an “irregular” galaxy located 25 million light-years from Earth, is the result of a past galactic merger, responsible for its “distorted” shape
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WorldFabricated video of fighter jet attack falsely presented as cause of deadly Nepal floods
An AI-generated clip of a fighter jet bombing a dam has circulated online with a false claim it caused the deadly floods that tore through the Nepal-Tibet border. The circulating clip can be traced to a social media account that regularly shares similar military videos -- including ones that depict unrealistic scenes.
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WorldMystery of missing Canadian island finally solved
Canada's "missing" floating island has been found after drifting about 30 km across a B.C. reservoir.
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BusinessTexas geothermal plant logs 120 days on the grid as third US enhanced system
On-demand cleaner electricity remains a hot commodity.
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WorldUN warns of 'supersized' El Niño in unprecedented forecast
The World Meteorological Organization warns that the strength of this El Niño could be "literally off the charts ... used for the past four decades."
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ScienceYour Home is Crawling With Microplastics
Microplastics are everywhere-even in our own delicate bodies. While plenty of studies have focused on these plastic particles polluting ocean life, what about something closer to home, like our actual homes? A new study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances is taking a look at how severe the microplastic problem is in our…
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World'Off the charts' El Niño threatens heat, drought and floods into 2027
The world should brace for extreme heat, droughts and flooding in some regions in the coming months as an exceptionally strong El Niño develops, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Thursday. Ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific regions, which have a major influence on weather patterns around the world, are already exceptionally high, the Geneva-based UN agency said.
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BusinessBill Ackman Reveals Daughter Received Experimental Treatment Moving Mitochondria From Her Leg to Her Eyes: 'Amazing Potential'
On Monday, Bill Ackman revealed that his 26-year-old daughter, Lucy, was the patient who received an experimental mitochondrial treatment after a brain hemorrhage left her blind, offering a fleeting but potentially significant sign of neurological recovery. Ackman Reveals Daughter Received...
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ScienceRocket issues delay 1st-ever private mission to Venus: 'We are awaiting Neutron readiness'
The first-ever private mission to Venus is still groundbound due to delays with its launch vehicle, Rocket Lab's Neutron. But team members remain bullish on the groundbreaking mission.
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ScienceScientists Find Parasites in Almost Every Fish From a Recent Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected
Some were in the muscle, too.
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Science2 spacecraft headed to Mercury are about to begin their long-awaited arrival for Europe and Japan — watch it live today
The European-Japanese BepiColombo mission will begin its drawn-out Mercury arrival phase on Sept. 3, and you can watch the action live.
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BusinessElon Musk Recalls SpaceX Nearly Failing After 3 Rocket Launches: ‘If the 4th Launch Had Failed, SpaceX Would Not Exist’
While Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is one of the biggest enterprises in the world today, this was not always the case, as CEO Elon Musk shared how repeated initial launch failures cast uncertainty over the future of the commercial spaceflight...
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HealthNorroy receives China’s clearance for Phase III study of 177Lu-NYM032
The trial will be led by Peking Union Medical College Hospital and conducted at several centres in China.
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WorldChina reaches major solar energy milestone
China is rapidly expanding its ability to harness renewable energy sources.
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BusinessResearch explores use of apple by-products in paper packaging
The research is testing whether the material can be mixed with wood pulp to make paper-based packaging with stronger performance.
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ScienceRain doesn’t just wash your car, it might be quietly corroding it as well
A study found that raindrops' tiny electrical charge, not just chemical content, can break down protective coatings and cause corrosion.
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ScienceClimbers are melting Everest’s glacier with their urine, study warns
Climbers and guides drink large volumes of water at altitude to avoid dehydration, and collectively produce more than 6,000 litres of urine a day
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USKenya steps up crocodile hunt as rising lakes fuel conflict
Kenya's wildlife officers are trapping crocodiles on the shores of Lake Baringo in a bid to curb growing human-wildlife conflict as rising waters push the reptiles towards homes.When one mid-sized crocodile finally entered the trap, a vehicle attached to the net reversed, hauling it out of the water and briefly suspending the reptile above the lake before officers pulled it ashore.
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Akeso, Summit cancer drug confirms lung cancer survival benefit
A new data cut of a trial pitting ivonescimab, a bispecific antibody, against Merck’s Keytruda showed the new drug helped people live longer.
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WorldTrias Algorithmica: What Code Rules
The time has come to question not simply how to control algorithmic power, but what makes that power legitimate in the first place.
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WorldVideo shows Arctic glacier calving, not trigger for catastrophic Nepal-Tibet floods
After a glacial collapse triggered deadly flash floods that swept away entire settlements on the Nepal-Tibet border in August 2026, an old video showing chunks of ice breaking away from a glacier was shared in social media posts claiming it showed what triggered the disaster. The video was previously shared a month before the tragedy in Nepal, and the person who filmed it told AFP he shot the footage in Norway's Svalbard archipelago in 2018.
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USWhy Trump is planting controversial genetically modified trees near the White House
While President Donald Trump has criticized many environmentally friendly initiatives, he has consistently championed planting trees.
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ScienceDo invasive Joro spiders threaten local species? A new study looks at their diet for clues.
SPARTANBURG — In about a month, the invasive yellow Joro spiders will start appearing more frequently in Upstate South Carolina and eastern Georgia, as they do every fall. But do these Asian orb-weavers hurt native spiders? A new study from the University of Georgia has added another piece to that puzzle.
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ScienceWhat one tiny signal can and can't tell us about dark matter
An unknown material fills the universe.
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ScienceOur world is an afterthought in a universe ruled by something far darker
In classical times, everything in the “sublunary sphere” (the physical universe beneath the Moon) was widely believed to consist of the four “elements” – earth, air, fire and water. But there was also curiosity about what lay beyond. At the time, the cosmos was thought to be made from a more perfect “fifth essence”.
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China’s clinical trial boom under scrutiny after 3 deaths come to light
Two House Republicans are asking the FDA to increase oversight of China-generated clinical data after three trial deaths are reported.
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Fiber optic cables reveal ‘icequakes’ in endangered glaciers
The technology could help create an early-warning system for changes in ice stability.
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ScienceNo Two People Age in the Same Way
As Tolstoy wrote in Anna Karenina, "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." The same can be said about how we age. We all may start out relatively healthy, but as time passes, different things start to break down inside different people, and the result is our very…
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BusinessHyundai breaks ground on Louisiana steel mill. Is it green enough?
Hyundai is set to break ground in southern Louisiana this week on a nearly $6 billion steel mill , which may become the lowest-carbon facility of its kind in the U.S. On Friday, the Korean industrial giant will hold a ceremony at the project site, where the fields of a former sugarcane plantation have been cleared for the major work ahead.
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BusinessBelgium reports about 3,000 excess deaths over summer due to heat
BRUSSELS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Heatwaves from June 18 through August 16 caused 2,935 excess deaths in Belgium, or 22.6% excess mortality, public health body Sciensano said in a report on Thursday.
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WorldThe U.K. Remains Unprepared For Extreme Heat, Study Finds
The U.K. remains unprepared for extreme heat, even after a summer of unprecedented temperatures, drought and wildfires, according to a new analysis.
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WorldHeat, drought and floods feared as 'supersized' El Niño develops
The world should brace for extreme heat, droughts and flooding in some regions in the coming months as an exceptionally strong El Niño develops, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Thursday. Ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific regions, which have a major influence on weather patterns around the world, are already exceptionally high, the Geneva-based UN agency said.
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ScienceA falling quantum object just passed a century-old test of Einstein’s gravity
Physicists have directly measured a long-predicted quantum phase acquired when an atomic wave packet falls freely under gravity while a second part remains stationary relative to Earth. The measured phase matches the prediction obtained when Einstein’s equivalence principle is applied to a quantum wave, supporting compatibility between the principle and quantum mechanics in the regime tested.
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ScienceScientists estimated whale numbers off California using only DNA in a jar of seawater
"The concept of this project was to try and find an indirect signal."
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WorldWhy Europe's Wildfires Could Make The Climate Problem Worse
Europe’s 2026 wildfires are not only destroying forests and communities. They are also releasing stored carbon and weakening natural carbon sinks.
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ScienceParaborgs: the cyborg cockroaches coming to the rescue
The insects can locate people and deploy injections
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WorldPacific island nations seek to turn geopolitics into funding to offset climate change harm
“We keep telling the legislature we need to move inward,” said Bol Sebalt, 43, who was born and raised on the low-lying beachfront. The fate of Melekeok, a chiefdom of 300 people, is echoed by stories from many island nations in remote parts of the vast Pacific Ocean.
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US'Not what we grew up with.' The science that makes Cincinnati swelter
Cincinnati has been an epicenter for heat waves coupled with poor air quality this summer. Why? And what's being done to mitigate the impacts?
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WorldNepal seeks climate justice after Himalayan disaster
When a wall of icy debris from a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border tore through his village last week, Pemba Chhring Tamang watched the landscape he had known all his life disappear.While the exact cause of the glacial collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, heightening the risk of such disasters.
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USThe Trump administration cut funds for natural hazards monitoring in Nepal
In January 2025, the Trump administration cut off funding for a program to identify and monitor landslide hotspots in Nepal.
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