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A zircon grain found in Western Australia’s Jack Hills is 4.4 billion years old, making it the oldest known terrestrial mineral grain

A tiny zircon from Western Australia survived 4.4 billion years, preserving clues to an Earth far different from what ...
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Archaeologists have uncovered two tiny bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory in Hohle Fels Cave in southwestern Germany dating back about 40,000 years

Two tiny mammoth-ivory birds survived 40,000 years in a German cave, preserving remarkable details of Ice Age life.
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Firefighters answered a call about ducklings trapped in trash and expected another routine animal rescue, but by the time the tiny birds were safe the crew had made a…

Firefighters expected to rescue ducklings from a dumpster, but instead found Jack, a friendly puppy who needed a second ...
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Engineers drove enormous steel foundations directly into bare Atlantic sand to hold offshore wind turbines upright, and what happens around those artificial structures ...

Fish gather around an offshore wind foundation in Taiwan, where hard surfaces have developed reef-associated marine ...
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NASA’s Dragonfly is being built to fly on Titan, where thick air and weak gravity could make a truck-sized robot easier to lift

NASA's Dragonfly will fly across Titan, where dense air and weak gravity make hovering dramatically easier than on Earth.
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A Tennessee solar farm is letting cows graze beneath moving panels, and the experiment could change what happens to farmland under clean energy

A Tennessee solar farm is letting cows graze beneath moving panels, testing whether clean energy and cattle can share the ...
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A new diabetes pill lowered blood sugar and body weight more than oral semaglutide, but the convenience came with a harder trade-off

A new diabetes pill beat oral semaglutide on blood sugar and weight loss, but nearly 10% stopped treatment due to side ...
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Engineers lowered a giant steel structure into the water off the Florida Keys where it will deliberately remain on the seabed, but what looks like abandoned industrial har…

Underwater habitat in Florida Keys lets scientists observe coral reefs continuously, revolutionizing how ocean research is ...
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Most people struggle to hold their breath underwater for two minutes, but the Bajau can spend up to five hours a day diving and working beneath the sea after generati…

Bajau divers can spend hours working underwater, and scientists found an unusual biological adaptation that may help explain ...
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Ford covered the roof of its enormous Rouge factory with living plants instead of conventional roofing, and years later the industrial site has become an unlikely habit…

Ford covered its enormous Rouge factory roof with living plants, creating an unlikely wildlife habitat above a working auto ...
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Scientists painted one blade black on wind turbines on a Norwegian island and watched what happened to white-tailed eagles, turning an almost ridiculously simpl…

Scientists painted one turbine blade black in Norway and found a striking drop in bird collisions, including white-tailed ...
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A truck carrying young salmon crashed beside an Oregon creek and suddenly released thousands of fish somewhere they were never supposed to be, turning a hi…

On March 29, 2024, a 53-foot fish tanker carrying around 102,000 spring Chinook salmon smolts flipped over near Lookingglass ...