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Water Surges Into Navajo Reservoir
Rounds of heavy rain in the U.S. Southwest flooded rivers and rapidly raised New Mexico’s second-largest reservoir.
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The Guardian
Thousands of rare wildflowers rescued from eroding Scottish coast
Conservationists relocate 3,400 one-flowered wintergreens, a species estimated to have lost more than half its UK population in the past 50 years Thousands of one of Britain’s rarest…
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Mongabay
Rising seas could reshape habitats for more than 40% of world’s land vertebrates
Sea level rise driven by climate change could see more than 42% of terrestrial land vertebrates lose parts of their habitats to the ocean by the end of the century, according to new…
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Optimist Daily
Brazil releases the world’s first fossil fuel phaseout roadmap
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The question hanging over international climate talks for years has not really been whether the world would shift away from fossil fuels. It has been…
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MIT News
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes seven new faculty for 2026
Faculty members serve in core computing and shared roles, bringing a wide range of experiences and areas of expertise to the MIT community.
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MIT News
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty in 2026
The newest MIT engineering faculty are conducting research across a diverse range of subject areas.
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Mongabay
Investigation: Fungus may have killed Atlantic Forest amphibians in the 1970s and ’80s
In the 1970s and ’80s, frogs in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest began dying off. Researchers have proposed various causes, from severe cold snaps to acid rain. Now, scientists believe they have…
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MIT student leaders: Q&A with men’s football co-captain Dominic Hess
An Academic All-American defensive back and co-captain for the Engineers, Dominic Hess says football keeps him grounded — and inspired.
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Nice News
Zoom In: 12 Standouts From the Close-Up Photographer of the Year Shortlist
The best photography makes you slow down and notice something that might otherwise go overlooked — and the finalists for the eighth edition of Close-Up Photographer of the Year do just…
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New Scientist
Correcting quantum computer errors may be more complicated than expected
Correcting quantum computer errors is key for making the devices practical, but some types of errors, and the complications they could introduce, may be more likely to occur than we had…
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Mongabay
Beat it: Den Staat farmers in South Africa use drumming and fire to deter elephants
“Last night we had a very big fight with an elephant in our tomato field,” said Joeman Moyo, a farmer at Den Staat farm in South Africa’s Limpopo region. “We used a torch … to make a fire…
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Mongabay
Is your gym attire setting you up for health problems?
Kenya’s fitness boom runs on activewear built for stretch, sweat and shine yet almost no one asks what’s actually in the fabric. By 7 a.m. on a Saturday, Riverside Square in Nairobi’s…
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NASA
NASA Invites Media, Public to Join Voyager 1 One-Light Day Activities
Launched nearly 50 years ago in 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 on Wednesday, Nov. 18 will have traveled one light-day from Earth, which is more than 16 billion miles (25.9 billion kilometers)…
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Mongabay
US stakes competing claims to Pacific seabed mining areas, challenging UN authority
A recent Mongabay investigation by Elizabeth Claire Alberts and Andrés Alegría reveals that the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, a swath of deep sea regulated by the…
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‘You need strong willpower’: IUCN’s Kazi Zenifar Azmiri on being a woman wildlife biologist
For more than a decade, Kazi Zenifar Azmiri has played a crucial part in protecting wildlife in Bangladesh. Zenifar is a program associate at the International Union for Conservation of…
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NASA
NASA to Welcome Expedition 74 Astronauts Home at Space Center Houston
NASA will welcome home the Expedition 74 crew during a public event at Space Center Houston following their return from a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA…
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Live Science
Gravity can reconnect like the sun's magnetic field, a fresh look at Einstein's equations reveals
A fresh look at Einstein's equations suggests that gravity can sometimes snap and reconnect, similar to magnetic field lines on the sun. The findings hint at a new way that gravity and…
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Mongabay
Drought reshapes livelihoods of Kenya’s Daasanach pastoralists, study finds
The Daasanach people in the Turkana Basin of northern Kenya experienced the worst drought in 40 years between November 2020 and March 2023. The Daasanach are pastoralists who have lived…
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Mongabay
Greta Thunberg arrives at UN climate talks saying ‘everything we love is at stake’
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Prominent climate change activist Greta Thunberg arrived Tuesday at the U.N. climate meeting, where she emphasized the need to protect people and the planet over…
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MIT News
Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Goldstone, highly influential theoretical physicist, dies at 93
An MIT faculty member for nearly half a century, Goldstone was a “theoretical physicist of rare talent and impact” who made fundamental contributions to multiple disciplines.
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NASA
NASA Scientists Show How Gravitational Waves Can Reveal New Worlds
The LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) observatory, now in development, will detect gravitational waves, the tiny ripples in space-time caused by orbiting masses. Now two studies led…
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New Scientist
What terrifying sleep paralysis demons reveal about the mind-body connection
After waking with the feeling of a shadowy presence pressing on his chest, neuroscientist Baland Jalal went on to study sleep paralysis. He explains what this frightening condition might…
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The Guardian
Cop31 as it happened: ‘Everything and everyone we love is at stake,’ Greta Thunberg warns
Host Turkey celebrates new oilfields as UN climate summit prepares to host world leaders from more than 90 countries We’ve just heard from Patricia Espinosa , the former UN climate boss…
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The Guardian
Jimmy Carter’s Georgia farm acquired by conservation group planning to open it to public
Conservation group acquires former US president’s family farm with plans to transfer it to the state in 2028 Jimmy Carter ’s family farm has been acquired by a group dedicated to…
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