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Brazilian scientists sampled 800 trees across 63 Amazon locations; their atomic fingerprinting model can exclude 92% of the forest when tracing suspicious timber
Wood samples being collected for cellulose isotope analysis. Credit: CENA-USP By analyzing the atomic signatures of 800 trees collected from…
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‘Cruel terrorist act’: Moscow mayor on restaurant blast that killed 3, injured 21
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin describes blast that killed 3 as terror attack (File photo) Moscow’s mayor Sergey Sobyanin has described…
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New Orleans: New Orleans collected 9,000 discarded Christmas trees and airlifted them into coastal wetlands; the programme has restored marsh equal to nearly 200 football fields
A helicopter dropping its first bundle of trees for the Christmas tree drop restoration project (US fish and wild life…
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King Charles, Prince William pay tribute to ex-British soldier Nirmal Purja killed in Pakistan avalanche
Nepal-born British mountaineer Nirmal Purja. (AP photo) King Charles III and Prince William have paid heartfelt tributes to celebrated Nepal-born…
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5 dead, 41 missing after ferry catches fire off Indonesia’s Madura Island
At least five people have died and 41 others remain missing after a ferry carrying around 250 passengers and crew…
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In 2000, an aquarium plant escaped into California waters; removing the ‘killer algae’ took six years and over $7 million
Caulerpa taxifolia, commonly known as “killer algae,” originates from the tropical waters of the Caribbean Some of the biggest ecological…
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Researchers tracked 724 Northern Hemisphere lakes from 2000 to 2022; above critical winter temperatures, ice-loss sensitivity rose up to 22-fold and could shorten seasons by 40 days
Study says Northern Hemisphere lakes may lose 40 days of winter ice by 2100 (National Geographic photo) Winter ice on…
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Neutron scans of a 100-million-year-old Queensland ichthyosaur found fish, cephalopods and a pterosaur in its stomach; crushing bite marks point to giant Kronosaurus
Representative Image (Canva) According to a study published in the journal Gondwana Research, supported by findings from the Australian Nuclear…
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Clavicular US college tour: Everything to know about the Kick streamer’s US livestream event
Clavicular US college tour: Everything to know about the Kick streamer’s US livestream event (Image via Getty) Braden “Clavicular” is…
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Quote of the day by Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott: “There are lots of resources each of us can pull from our safes to share with others…” | World News
Generosity is often discussed in terms of money, yet most people recognise that the moments which stay with them rarely…
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