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2026-09-16 @ 10.18.36 ∈ In English

Three wild dogs have traveled farther than any African mammal
In all, the males’ winding journey across Zambia had taken them a total of 4126 kilometers—the longest dispersal path recorded for any African mammal. Wildebeest, by contrast, move up to 1800 kilometers during their epic annual migration between Kenya and Tanzania.
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2026-08-11 @ 11.10.11 ∈ In English

138 million children are in child labor. What does this actually mean?
According to a UN report published last year, there are 138 million children in child labor. In this article, we look at what this estimate exactly captures.
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2026-06-16 @ 15.41.03 ∈ In English

Experts probe 'shock' arrival of mosquito virus in Scotland
In April, UK authorities said that Usutu virus had been identified in blackbirds in Scotland for the first time. Despite climate change pushing temperatures higher, scientists still thought it was too cool in Scotland for Usutu to thrive.
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2025-04-04 @ 10.37.26 ∈ In English

A new drug makes your blood toxic to mosquitoes – DW – 03/28/2025
Nitisinone is used to treat hereditary tyrosinemia type 1, which is a disease where people have too much tyrosine in their blood. Lab tests found that […] the presence of the drug prevents the insect from being able to digest the human "blood meal" — 24 hours later, the insect dies.
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2025-02-05 @ 17.22.36 ∈ Suomeksi

Asteroidi 2024 YR4 - tänne törmäys voisi osua ja tällainen se voisi olla
Seuraamme asteroidi 2024 YR4:n havaitsemista ja sen mahdollista törmäysuhkaa. Tässä jutussa on analyysi sen koosta, mahdollisesta törmäyspaikasta ja siitä, miten törmäys saattaisi tapahtua.
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2025-02-04 @ 16.54.19 ∈ In English

Decoding a butterfly’s travel map: Scientists find globetrotting not in genes
[The] different migration strategies are shaped by environmental conditions rather than being encoded in the butterfly's DNA. […] Additionally, migration patterns in painted ladies could not be associated with factors such as sex, wing size, or wing shape.
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2025-01-29 @ 19.17.03 ∈ Suomeksi

Asteroidi 2024 YR4 tuli ja meni – ja tulee vuonna 2032 uudelleen vaarallisen lähelle
[Törmäyksen] todennäköisyys on 1,2% %, eli varsin pieni, mutta silti suurempi kuin millään asteroidilla tai komeetalla juuri nyt. [… Asteroidi on arviolta] samaa mittaluokkaa kuin vuonna 1908 Tunguskassa suurta tuhoa aiheuttanut asteroidi tai [Arizonan suuren meteoriittikraatterin] synnyttänyt törmääjä.
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2025-01-10 @ 11.33.06 ∈ Suomeksi

Revontulet näkyivät toukokuussa 2024 poikkeuksellisen etelässä
Toukokuun 10. päivä 2024 alkoi voimakkain geomagneettinen myrsky yli kahteenkymmeneen vuoteen. Myrskyn aikana revontulia havaittiin poikkeuksellisen etelässä. […] Kansainvälinen [työryhmä] koosti kansalaisten havaintojen avulla dataa myrskystä.
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2024-10-10 @ 11.13.23 ∈ In English

The 2024 Living Planet Index reports a 73% average decline in wildlife populations — what’s changed since the last report?
A guide to understanding the Living Planet Index and what it does and doesn’t mean.
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2024-10-09 @ 11.42.23 ∈ In English

The Disappearance of an Internet Domain
On October 3, the British government announced that it was giving up sovereignty over a small tropical atoll in the Indian Ocean known as the Chagos Islands. […] The decision to transfer the islands to their new owner will result in the loss of one of the tech and gaming industry’s preferred top-level domains: .io.