In South Africa, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and connected river systems could serve as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance, raising fresh concerns about how antimicrobial resistance moves through ecosystems and into human populations….
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Antimicrobial resistant genes found in wastewater samples from a South African city
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Brazilian settlers turn to reforestation in ambitious land recovery plan
PONTAL DO PARANAPANEMA, Brazil — Sugarcane fields undulate across the landscape as a line of water stretches to the horizon. We travel along a dirt road in western São Paulo, on the banks of the Paraná River — the watery border between the…
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Uber is buying Berlin startup Blacklane to bolster its ‘Elite’ offering
Uber is buying Berlin-based startup Blacklane, which provides on-demand, black-car chauffeur services, as the ride-hail giant expands deeper into luxury and executive travel services.
It’s a notable exit for Blacklane, which was founded in…
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A rare 'triple-double' radio galaxy discovered using MeerKAT
Astronomers have discovered an exceptionally rare radio galaxy that has three distinct pairs of radio lobes. This system falls into a subpopulation of radio galaxies known as “triple-double” radio galaxies (TDRGs). Located nearly 7.5 billion…
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Hygroscopic salts pull lithium from mining waste using only moisture from air
The world cannot have enough of the third element on the periodic table. From smartphones and laptops to state-of-the-art EVs, all are powered by lithium batteries. The demand for metal is only going to rise, and projected values suggest nearly a…
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World’s largest Cadbury Mini egg weighs as much as an emu
Peter Cottontail would probably pull a muscle trying to lug this giant
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Mantis Biotech is making ‘digital twins’ of humans to help solve medicine’s data availability problem
Large language models trained on vast datasets could speed genomics research, streamline clinical documentation, improve real-time diagnostics, support clinical decision-making, accelerate drug discovery, and even generate synthetic data to…
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Beyond the spike: building resilient and trusted infrastructure in an era of sustained attacks
At a recent industry event, I spent time with a group of senior security leaders reflecting on the year just gone. What stood out was not discussion of a single headline incident, but a shared sense of sustained operational pressure.
There was…
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The Giant Sloths and Armadillos of Prehistoric Texas
Swimming through a flooded underground cave littered with bones might sound like a nightmare, but for paleontologists at the University of Texas the aquatic spelunking trip uncovered a rich cache of fossils left by prehistoric…
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‘We are getting very, very close’: NASA makes final Artemis II preparations as expectation grows for Wednesday launch
NASA is making its final preparations to launch its Artemis II rocket on a historic crewed flight around the moon.
Artemis II’s mission management team will make a final decision about the readiness of its Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion…
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