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- Miracle of Zealandia: chick is born to rare takahe pair thought to be infertile <p>Unexpected arrival is a boon for birdlife in New Zealand, where there are only 500 takahe left</p><p>A pair of rare native <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/newzealand">New Zealand</a> tak...
- 2025 is year of the octopus as record numbers spotted off Englands south coast <p>Milder weather led to a bloom in the invertebrates in south Cornwall and Devon, wildlife charity says</p><p>Record numbers of sightings of one of the worlds most intelligent invertebrates over the ...
- Makeovers are part of the prep for Democrats eyeing the White House in 2028 <p>Democrats eyeing 2028 presidential runs are losing weight, upgrading their wardrobes and changing their hairstyles a time-honored tradition for White House hopefuls that has taken on new urgency in...
- Demetrious Johnson Foundation's annual Christmas party spreads joy The Demetrious Johnson Foundation hosted its annual Christmas party at Union Station, providing a festive environment and addressing practical needs for children and families in the community....
- Unmissable Games With Great Stories To Tell In 2025 <p><img src="https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_large/1859/18599218/4540815-ss_b8089016095e6a16e324a59c45b2f24a439bd0b3.jpg" /><br /><p>Games with great stories have the ability to turn a straig...
- Google Launches CO2 Battery Plants for Long-Duration Storage of Renewable Energy In July Google promised to scale the CO2 batteries of "Energy Dome" as a long-duration energy storage solution. Now IEEE Spectrum visits its first plant in Sardinia, where 2,000 tonnes of carbon dioxi...
- Inaugural 'Hour of AI' Event Includes Minecraft, Microsoft, Google and 13.1 Million K-12 Schoolkids Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Last September, tech-backed nonprofit Code.org pledged to engage 25 million K-12 schoolchildren in an "Hour of AI" this school year. Preliminary numbers releas...
- Tech is not the sexy job it used to be <p>In November, Apple <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91448862/apple-cutting-jobs-teams-impacted-layoffs">laid off dozens of sales employees</a> in a rather unexpected move for the tech giant. Ap...
- 9 new butterflies discovered in old museum archives <p>The team even extracted DNA from a tiny 100-year-old butterfly leg.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.popsci.com/environment/new-butterflies-discovered/">9 new butterflies discovered in old muse...
- Measuring the Shape of Kerr Black Holes at the Photon Orbit arXiv:2512.16983v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The bright ring-like structures observed in the images of M87* and SgrA* captured by the Event Horizon Telescope strongly support the validity of gene...
- Toward relativistic inspirals into black holes surrounded by matter arXiv:2507.15720v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Extreme mass ratio inspirals, compact objects spiraling into massive black holes, represent key sources for future space-based gravitational-wave de...
- Miracle of Zealandia: chick is born to rare takahe pair thought to be infertile <p>Unexpected arrival is a boon for birdlife in New Zealand, where there are only 500 takahe left</p><p>A pair of rare native <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/newzealand">New Zealand</a> tak...
- Is buying vinyl records bad for the environment? Artists like Stella Donnelly are searching for ways to cut waste and make production of their albums environmentally friendly....
- Alaska Outer Continental Shelf, Cook Inlet Planning Area, Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258 The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the availability of the modified record of decision (ROD) for the Cook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258. The ROD id...
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Application for Permit To Modify (APM) and Supporting Documentation In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE, we) proposes to renew an information collection....
- Petition To Delist Hazardous Air Pollutant: 2-Butoxyethyl Benzoate (2-BEB) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to grant a petition to remove 2-Butoxyethyl benzoate (2-BEB) (Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) No. 5451-76-3) from the glycol ether...
- Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN; East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN; and University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA), East Tennessee Sta...
- Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA) has completed an in...
- Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA) has completed an in...
- Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Tennessee Department of Conservation and Environment, Division of Archaeology (TDEC-DOA) has completed an in...