Article Published by: cnn.com Cork, Ireland (CNN Business)Global honey bee populations are in decline, putting the world's food supply under pressure. But new technologies could help beekeepers counter the threat. You might think of beekeepers as mere honey producers, but they are part of a growing trade...
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Article Published by: space.com It's like somebody put Jupiter under a blacklight. A new photo by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the solar system's largest planet in surprising pastel hues. The image, captured on Aug. 25, combines data in ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared light to give researchers a...
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Article Published by: bbc.com To understand the SAA, you must first understand the Van Allen radiation belts. These are two doughnut-shaped areas of charged particles that surround the Earth and are held in place by its magnetic field. “The Sun puts out a huge amount of...
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Article Published by: fieldandstream.com What’s the quickest-catching emergency tinder for starting fire in the wild? How should you pack a first-aid kit for backcountry hunting adventures? And, what’s the best to pack what is arguably the most use tool in the world (duct tape, of course)?...
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Article Published by: nasa.gov An SUV-size space rock flew past our planet over the weekend and was detected by a NASA-funded asteroid survey as it departed. Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this...
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Article Published by: nasa.gov Distant cosmic objects such as planets, galaxies, and nebulae are sometimes referred to by the scientific community with unofficial nicknames. As the scientific community works to identify and address systemic discrimination and inequality in all aspects of the field, it has become...
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Article Published by: dominicantoday.com The Dominican Foundation for Marine Studies, Fundemar, have registered an increase in the frequency of the presence of West Indian manatees on the coasts of La Romana, a critically endangered species in the Dominican Republic, with evidence of the appearance in the...
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Article Published by: theguardian.com The world’s largest all-electric aircraft is about to take to the skies for the first time. The Cessna Caravan, retrofitted with an electric engine, is expected to fly for 20-30 minutes over Washington state in the US on Thursday. The plane can carry nine...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Recently the World Meteorological Organization Committee on Weather and Climate Extremes, certified two new world records for lightning. Aptly called megaflashes, the strikes more than double the previous records. The longest reported distance for a single lightning flash covered a horizontal distance of...
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Article Published by: nasa.gov Mars is an obvious source of inspiration for science fiction stories. It is familiar and well-studied, yet different and far enough away to compel otherworldly adventures. NASA has its sights on the Red Planet for many of the same reasons. Robots, including the...
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