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2024-03-31 @ 9.13.45 ∈ In English

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Why It’s Time to Stop Saving the Planet*
Western cultures — and even some climate scientists and sustainability advocates — often share the idea that there is the “natural world” and the “human world.” The natural world is seen as pristine and untouched, while the human world is chaotic and ever changing. But all living things change the world around them in order to build homes, eat, drink and move around.
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2024-03-29 @ 19.48.02 ∈ In English

Massachusetts: robotic police dog shot and credited with averting bloodshed
Robotic dog, controlled remotely by state troopers, deployed in house to locate person and found someone armed in basement
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2024-03-27 @ 19.10.17 ∈ In English

Bladderwort: How a Carnivorous Plant Could Be Used in Mosquito Control
Bladderwort is a rootless, aquatic plant that uses small sacs to ingest and feed on small underwater creatures, including mosquito larvae. A new study in India finds that the bladderwort Utricularia aurea placed in stagnant pools of water could reduce mosquito larvae abundance by more than 70 percent.
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2024-03-25 @ 18.21.54 ∈ In English

More people care about climate change than you think
The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.
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2024-03-25 @ 17.16.03 ∈ In English

Wild bird gestures ‘after you’: Japanese tit uses wing movements for gestural communication
By analyzing over 320 nest visitations in detail, the researchers saw that the wing-fluttering display prompted the mate who was being fluttered at to enter the nest box first, while the one who fluttered entered second, determining the order of nest entry and mirroring the "after you" gesture observed in human communication.
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2024-03-22 @ 15.53.06 ∈ In English

Chance sighting reveals new species of fluffy beetle
We don't yet know what these hairs are for, but our primary theory is that they make the insect look like it's been killed by an insect-killing fungus.
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2024-03-21 @ 8.05.50 ∈ In English

Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial
[A] California–based biotech company [has] announced results from a small, early-stage trial showing that 24 hours after taking the drug, it can kill ticks on people, with the effects lasting for up to 30 days.
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2024-03-19 @ 13.04.11 ∈ In English

There is no EU cookie banner law
You know those modal screens that interrupt your groove when you are surfing? There are no laws forcing websites to use them. They use them because they choose to.
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2024-03-18 @ 15.53.16 ∈ In English

A cougar attacked them. They fought back for 45 harrowing minutes
“All these ladies came up with superhuman strength,” she said. “They’re teeny ladies, and I know that the Fish & Wildlife shot the final shot to kill it. But these ladies killed that cougar with their bare hands and no weapons. I’m eternally grateful to each one of them.”