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Smithsonian team uses X-rays and thread to track hidden turtle nests

Smithsonian team uses X-rays and thread to track hidden turtle nests

Smithsonian scientists are utilising cutting-edge methods to identify turtle nesting sites, revealing that numerous nests fall prey to predators shortly after egg deposition. This alarming finding signals a crucial risk to the Eastern box…

Will Europe hear a landmark Russian climate change case?

Al Jazeera

Will Europe hear a landmark Russian climate change case?

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed the case, but the plaintiffs aren't giving up.

Al Jazeera

AI 'slop' causes cognitive decline and violent tendencies among kids, study says

AI 'slop' causes cognitive decline and violent tendencies among kids, study says

In recent years, platforms like TikTok and YouTube have seen a surge in low-quality, highly repetitive, and at times violent, AI-generated content aimed towards kids which is causing cognitive decline and vicious streaks, according to a…

What you need to know about B.C. wildfires on Aug. 17

CBC

What you need to know about B.C. wildfires on Aug. 17

The mayor of Summerland, B.C., says that damage assessments have been completed as more of his community's residents return after being forced to flee due to the out-of-control Bald Range wildfire.

CBC

Chinese team aims to put ‘smart’ diabetes probiotic on US shelves within 2 years

South China Morning Post

Chinese team aims to put ‘smart’ diabetes probiotic on US shelves within 2 years

Chinese researchers have engineered a probiotic that could make diabetes care as simple as drinking a cup of yogurt or swallowing a capsule. The “smart” bacterium, designed to sense high blood sugar and automatically release a…

South China Morning Post

Hyderabad-born MIT astronomer Rohan Naidu helps uncover a ‘black hole star’

Hyderabad-born MIT astronomer Rohan Naidu helps uncover a ‘black hole star’

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an exceptionally bright, red object from the early universe that may be a previously unknown “black hole star”. Led by Hyderabad-born MIT astronomer Rohan Naidu, the study…

Cop17 aims to restore land and hope in fight against desertification

RFI

Cop17 aims to restore land and hope in fight against desertification

Extreme weather across much of Europe and elsewhere is lending added weight to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Cop17), which begins on Monday in Mongolia. RFI looks at what's at stake worldwide.

RFI

Officials urge action as dozens of storks electrocuted on Jordan Valley power lines

Times of Israel

Officials urge action as dozens of storks electrocuted on Jordan Valley power lines

Reporting new discovery of 30 electrocuted birds, Society for Protection of Nature calls on Electric Corporation to insulate poles. IEC: Plans advancing to bury some infrastructure The post Officials urge action as dozens of storks…

Times of Israel

New Spanish nanomaterial cools surfaces by up to 12.9C without electricity

New Spanish nanomaterial cools surfaces by up to 12.9C without electricity

Researchers at Spain's CSIC have developed a polymer nanostructure that sheds heat into outer space using solar radiation, potentially cutting reliance on air conditioning in buildings, vehicles and electronic devices.

Germany warns EU electricity tax plan threatens national sovereignty

Germany warns EU electricity tax plan threatens national sovereignty

Germany accuses the European Commission of using an electricity market law to sidestep EU tax rules and national sovereignty. The dispute could affect the pace of the bloc’s electrification drive and efforts to reduce its reliance on…

Around 41% of people who saw UK government heat alerts took no action, study finds

Around 41% of people who saw UK government heat alerts took no action, study finds

Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and severe - but a new study finds that 41% of people who saw heat-health alerts in England took no protective action. Why aren't warnings translating into action?

Faced with historic drought, the Dutch rethink water management

Japan Times