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Divers discovered two new sea spider species in the Salish Sea

Discover two new sea spider species in the Salish Sea, showcasing unique features and behaviors while revealing marine ...
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During 205 days alone in a Texas cave with no clock, a French geologist slipped twice into a roughly 48-hour cycle he experienced as an ordinary day

A French geologist spent 6 months alone in a Texas cave with no clocks or sunlight, and his body quietly rewrote its daily ...
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Fish gathered beneath Ontario floating solar panels during the hottest summer days

Fish gathered beneath a floating solar array during hot weather, suggesting the shaded water provided a cooler refuge for ...
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Moving without a permit, an oversized load struck 6 bridges in one eastbound run near Claremore, and the repair bill for those overpasses came to 491,700 dollars

One overheight semi hauling a utility pole base struck 6 bridges in a single run on Oklahoma's Will Rogers Turnpike, racking ...
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Puerto Rico solar project uses prefabricated arrays designed for 208-mph hurricane winds

At Jobos in Puerto Rico, 1,396 factory-built solar blocks are feeding 69 MWp into a much larger solar-and-storage project ...
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Scientists discovered more than 7,000 new species in one of the Pacific’s deepest regions

Explore the mysteries of the Mariana Trench, home to over 7,000 newly discovered species in extreme conditions. Discover life ...
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Wind turbine blades stretching 264 feet each left a northern Colorado factory on 36 modified flat cars bound for a Texas port, in what the railroads involved called the lo…

Twelve wind turbine blades, each 264 feet long, made US rail history traveling from Windsor, CO to Brownsville, TX after ...
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DNA from 436 water bottles inside four North Sea wind farms confirmed five shark and ray species present, including a basking shark found in winter

Scientists feared 139 Dutch offshore wind turbines would repel sharks. Instead, eDNA in 436 water samples confirmed 5 species ...
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A solar cell built without indium reached 31 percent efficiency across roughly 32 square inches, and the tin oxide layer that replaced the scarce metal costs about on…

A new solar panel design swaps scarce indium for common tin oxide, hitting 31% efficiency at commercial size — and the ...
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At 5 of the world’s only rewetted peatland solar sites, one northern German bog was reflooded and fitted with panels, and the threatened bird count there beat the drain…

A German team rewetted a drained bog, installed solar panels on top, and ran 12 recorders for 8 months. Endangered meadow ...
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A container ship lost all power in 75 mile per hour winds off western Newfoundland and was driven onto a remote rocky shore, where all twenty of its crew were airlifted off ...

A 2,478-container cargo ship lost all power in 75 mph winds off Newfoundland and grounded on the rocky coast. All 20 crew were rescued. Here's how it happ ...
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Treated drinking water drained from a 110 year old Duluth reservoir for 15 hours reached Tischer Creek at chloramine levels far above what brook trout can tolerate, and the ...

Drinking water safe for humans drained from a Duluth reservoir for 15 hours and killed 2,300 fish in Tischer Creek, because chloramine at 4x the lethal le ...