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Urban Landscapes: Timing the Light Perfectly 

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Tortoise Celebrates 191st Bday, Makes Him Oldest Living Land Animal | My Modern Met

By Regina Sienra on December 8, 2023 Jonathan the tortoise. (Photo: Kevstan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) Happy birthday to Jonathan the tortoise! Tortoises are known to have surprisingly long lifespans, living well over 150 years. However, one particular … Continue reading →

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The Insane Biology of: The Giant Manta Ray

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Separating the wheat from the chaff.

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n 1885, Munich’s Oktoberfest was celebrated under the glow of the electric light for the first time. Who was responsible for that feat? None other than Albert Einstein himself…

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Meticulously Animated in Stop-Motion, ‘Up in Smoke’ Warns of Impending Climate Catastrophe from Burning Fossil Fuels | Colossal

DECEMBER 5, 202 3KATE MOTHES A lone figure navigates swiftly vanishing terrain in a moving new stop-motion video from NOMINT (previously). Produced for WWF and presented this week as part of COP28, “Up in Smoke” follows a young woman as … Continue reading →

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Compassion and mercy add beauty to every living thing. ❤️

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Can a Billion Oysters Save New York City?

[…] When people picture New York City they see skyscrapers, subways, and a concrete jungle. But the Big Apple is really a seaside city built on an archipelago. In the wake of a century of industrial pollution and climate change-fueled … Continue reading →

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Stopping Japan’s record-high bear attacksーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS

ear attacks on humans have hit a record high in Japan this year. We look at why this is happening and some technology-driven efforts being made to tackle the problem […]

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How bats carry deadly diseases without dying

Bats don’t just host deadly diseases — they can tolerate them shockingly well. Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Bats get a bad … Continue reading →

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