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2025-07-23 @ 19.27.29 ∈ In English

Why the UK’s butterflies are booming in 2025
The great butterfly summer we are having might be comparable to an awful year 30 years ago. Similarly, this hot and dry weather is good for a while—but if it doesn't start raining soon, plants are going to wilt.
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2025-07-19 @ 10.03.20 ∈ In English

We’ve got to stop sending files to each other
The modern workforce shouldn't be flinging copies to each other. A copy is outdated the moment it is downloaded. A copy has no protection against illicit reading. A copy can never be revoked.
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2025-07-19 @ 9.58.27 ∈ In English

Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language family’s origins
The study finds the ancestors of present-day Uralic speakers living about 4,500 years ago in northeastern Siberia, within an area now known as Yakutia.
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2025-07-13 @ 21.15.21 ∈ In English

Threatened Heath Fritillary Butterflies See Major Population Increase in England - EcoWatch
The population of heath fritillary butterflies, one of the rarest butterflies in the UK, is rising after a sunny spring and improved habitats.
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2025-07-12 @ 22.25.29 ∈ In English

‘Ball Lightning’ Caught on Film After Storm in Canada
No scientist has yet confirmed the short video from Alberta is footage of ball lightning, but the Pardy couple says they have been approached by researchers. "If it is ball lightning," veteran storm chaser George Kourounis told CTV News, "then this is one of the best ball lightning videos I've ever seen."
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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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2025-07-08 @ 15.20.53 ∈ In English

Moderna says mRNA flu vaccine sailed through trial, beating standard shot
Moderna hailed the results, but the shot’s future under RFK Jr. is murky.
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2025-07-03 @ 21.03.42 ∈ In English

The end of tuberculosis that wasn’t
In the 1980s, many thought tuberculosis was on the path to elimination. In reality, more were dying from the disease than ever.
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2025-07-03 @ 20.19.03 ∈ In English

Tech Hobbyist Destroys 51 MicroSD Cards To Build Ultimate Performance Database - Slashdot
Name-brand cards purchased from Amazon performed markedly better than identical models from AliExpress[.] Sandisk and Kingston cards averaged 4,634 and 3,555 read/write cycles before first error, respectively, while Lenovo cards averaged just 291 cycles.
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2025-07-03 @ 19.13.25 ∈ In English

as days pass by — A (limited) defence of footnotes
Jake Archibald wrote that we should "give footnotes the boot", and... I do not wholly agree. So, here are some arguments against, or at least perpendicular to.