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A rail line 191 miles long across the narrowest part of Mexico is the reason the Port of Sines in Portugal signed a shipping deal 5,000 miles away in February

Mexico and Portugal's new maritime corridor bypasses the Panama Canal across the Atlantic, and the osprey already nesting at ...
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A 24 eyed cube no bigger than a thumbnail turned up in a Hong Kong shrimp pond, and its Caribbean relative can learn to dodge obstacles with 4,000 nerve cells and no brain

A new cube-shaped box jellyfish with 24 eyes was found in a Hong Kong shrimp pond — and its brainless vision system is rewriting what we know about seeing ...
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Ranchers in Texas filed a lawsuit over 46 wind turbines planned near a river called pristine, and the creature living in a nearby cave by the hundreds of thousands is the part ...

Two West Texas ranches sued ERCOT over a 46-turbine wind farm near the Devils River, but the deeper story lives inside Fern Cave and the skies above it.
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In Massachusetts, a solar farm was raised nine feet above blueberry fields, and its shade is changing how the fruit grows and tastes

In Massachusetts, a solar farm was raised nine feet above some blueberry fields, and its shade is changing how the fruit grows and even how it tastes.
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A woman in Oakland housed 70 rescue cats for a neuter charity and the IRS refused her 12,068 dollar deduction, and the tax court handed her a win that still cost her money over ...

Now picture 70 feral cats living in it, plus seven that belong to the owner. There are carriers in the hallway, bowls on every flat surface, and a smell that no amount of paper towels fixes. The woman ...
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A wind farm created “phantom rain” that appeared on radar but never reached the ground, leaving nearby farmers wondering what they were seeing

A wind farm created radar images resembling rainfall, though no rain reached the ground, leaving farmers and meteorologists searching for answers afterward.
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Biologists had watched the same California ground squirrels for 11 years without seeing it, and in the 12th summer they filmed 74 vole hunts in 7 weeks

Scientists spent 12 years studying California ground squirrels — then filmed 74 encounters that revealed a shocking hidden behavior no one had ever record ...
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Researchers watched sperm whales sleeping upright in the ocean and realized they were quietly “deflating” themselves to keep their giant heads from floating to the surface

Discover how sperm whales manage buoyancy while napping, revealing surprising bubble-blowing behaviors during their unique sleep modes.
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Wildlife teams in Nepal fitted 4 snow leopards with GPS collars and got 4,707 fixes back, and 3 of those cats crossed into India and China so often their ranges came o…

A GPS study of 4 snow leopards in Nepal revealed home ranges up to 97 times larger than estimated, with the cats crossing 3 ...
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Running one commercial leaf blower for an hour matches the smog forming pollution of Camry driven 1,100 miles, which is Los Angeles to Denver without a stop

Gas leaf blowers feel like a quick backyard fix, but one hour of use equals 1,100 miles of car emissions — and the real cost ...
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A scientist listened to birds singing around the world and discovered that every song is built from just eight musical elements

Discover how every birdsong on Earth, from cardinals to bellbirds, is composed of just eight musical elements, revealing the ...
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Engineers studying a floating wind farm in the North Sea discovered it may be slowing the wind before it even reaches the blades

The offshore wind energy industry is expanding along with the global clean power boom. More and more regions of the ocean are being claimed for wind turbines, which offer vast green energy potential.