- Sea-level rise and upstream damming have worsened saltwater intrusion in the Shatt al-Arab River, pushing brine deep into Iraq’s interior and threatening agriculture, fishing and marshland ecosystems.
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Mangroves mount a fragile green revival in Iraq’s toxic south
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Lucy (the spacecraft) is all set for a close flyby of asteroid Donaldjohanson today
Let’s take a few moments off the numbing news cycle to marvel at the amazing beauty of the cosmos and humankind’s quest to understand it.
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, which was launched on October 16, 2021, is getting ready for its…
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Autism rates rose again. Experts explain why
Autism is more common than ever before, a new report suggests.
As of 2022, about 1 in 31 children in the United States were diagnosed with autism by the time they were 8 years old, researchers reported online April 15 in the Centers…
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Wild chimps sharing ‘boozy’ fruit caught on camera for the first time
In the wild, some animals have a taste for fermented fruit–which contains small amounts of alcohol. Now, for the first time, wild chimpanzees have…
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DARPA requests proposals for water-prospecting lunar orbiter
WASHINGTON — DARPA is seeking proposals for a small lunar orbiter that could be used to test operations in very low orbits while prospecting for water ice.
DARPA issued a program solicitation April 14 for a mission concept called…
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NASA Discovers 10-Mile-Thick Diamond Layer Beneath Mercury’s Surface
Mercury, the smallest and innermost planet in our solar system, may be home to a dazzling secret hidden beneath its scorched surface—a diamond layer up to 11 miles thick. A groundbreaking study, led by planetary materials expert Dr. Yanhao Lin…
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Why captive elephants formed a circle during the San Diego earthquake
When a 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook the U.S. city of San Diego on April 14, a video showing five African elephants huddling together in the middle of their enclosure at San Diego…
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China launches world-first 10G broadband network in ‘ghost town’ smart city
It seems only yesterday companies were advertising the immense speeds of 5G with tech demos and long-distance, latency-free robotic surgeries.
Now, China has reportedly pushed the industry even further forward by launching the first 10G…
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Rice-sized robot moves through brain at 3 mm/min to target tumors
A French start-up has secured €27 million ($29 million) in funding to develop a groundbreaking neurosurgical microrobot.
The company, Robeauté, is working on a rice-sized device capable of precisely navigating the brain while avoiding…
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