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2026-04-23 @ 20.32.26 ∈ In English

Black grouse eye test reveals best flags to protect birds from fatal cables
The team [discovered that black grouse have one of the widest known fields of view known: 353 °. But they cannot see dark red and their vision is quite poor.]
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2026-04-02 @ 11.03.28 ∈ In English

Researchers present first fossilized 'emperor' butterfly
Butterfly fossils are rare, and finds that preserve fine anatomical details and wing patterns are an absolute exception. An international research team[…] has now described an exceptionally well-preserved [Apaturinae] fossil, approximately 34 to 28 million years old.
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2025-08-05 @ 17.33.45 ∈ In English

Southern Small White reaches Britain for first time
The long-anticipated first British records of Southern Small White have occurred this summer, with recent sightings from Cleveland and Suffolk.
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2025-08-05 @ 17.04.35 ∈ In English

Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this?
Over a century of progress in surgery, drugs, prevention, and emergency response has driven down death rates from heart disease and stroke.
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2025-07-08 @ 15.25.08 ∈ In English

Bees attack French town, leaving 24 injured
According to the mayor, the incident may have been related to Asian hornets threatening a beehive that had been installed on the roof terrace of a downtown hotel more than a decade ago.
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2025-05-12 @ 9.31.51 ∈ In English

Where in the world are babies at the lowest risk of dying?
Japan, Sweden, and Finland are […] among the best, even when we adjust for reporting inconsistencies. The other Nordic countries — Denmark and Norway — also have very low mortality rates. Other countries, such as South Korea, perform extremely well when we look at deaths in the first month of life, but tend to fall behind the top performers when deaths in the following 11 months are also included.
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2025-04-14 @ 14.19.56 ∈ In English

France shows how Europe can survive Trump
Trump's America threatens European soveregnity to its core. France has long been strivingt for strategic autonomy and proves that this is possible in Europe in a military, energy and technological sense as well. Here's what we can learn from them.
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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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2024-07-01 @ 14.21.14 ∈ Lorem ipsum

kim_harding ✅ (@kim_harding@mastodon.scot)
⚡️Incredible footage of a lightning bolt hitting and decimating a large tree in Augé, western France earlier today. Credit：Benjamin Estrade
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2024-05-12 @ 16.54.16 ∈ In English

(From February 2023)

Can We Make Bicycles Sustainable Again?
Cycling is the most sustainable form of transportation, but the bicycle is becoming increasingly damaging to the environment. The energy and material used for its production go up while its life expectancy decreases.