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Scientists issue warning over concerning ice-core discovery: 'Critical information about past eruption'

Scientists studying ancient ice in Greenland have uncovered a warning for the modern world: A relatively modest eruption in Oregon sent ash more than 5,000 kilometers.
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Jaw-dropping before-and-after photos show incredible 6-month lawn transformation: 'This gives me hope'

A gardener's stunning yard makeover is turning heads online after photos show a patch of grass transformed into a lush, layered landscape. In a Reddit post in the r/NativePlantGardening community, a ...
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Homeowner hears mystery animal racing through walls overnight, then catches bushy-tailed intruder

A person who spent the night listening to a small animal race through the walls finally caught the intruder the next ...
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Firefighters cut open dumpster to save raccoon nicknamed 'Rocket' after he got stuck headfirst in a tiny hole

A call in North Little Rock, Arkansas, turned into a delicate animal rescue after firefighters found a raccoon trapped in a dumpster. Firefighters in North Little Rock responded to help the raccoon, ...
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Woman cracks open her front door and finds a 6-foot alligator on the porch

A South Carolina woman got an unwelcome reminder this week that warmer weather in the Lowcountry can bring wild surprises. When she opened her front door, she found an alligator on her porch. In many ...
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A sea of 60 million solar panels is taking over India's vast salt desert

India is building a solar project so massive that it's starting to look like an entirely new kind of landscape — a huge grid of panels stretching across the salt flats of the Rann of Kutch. By 2029, ...
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Baby owl caked in concrete flies again after rescuers perform rare feather transplant

A baby great horned owl in Utah is back in the wild after surviving an ordeal that left its body coated in hardened concrete and a wing too damaged for silent flight. Its recovery took days of ...
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Bizarre beaked reptile from New Mexico turns out to be a toothless cousin of crocodiles

A newly identified prehistoric reptile from what is now New Mexico is drawing attention for looking a bit like a dinosaur while belonging to a very different family tree. The oddball animal had a beak ...
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'Real men eat meat': Study links masculinity to a stubborn pollution gap

For many people, a steak dinner is just dinner. But researchers say meat, especially red and processed meat, is also tied up in ideas about masculinity, driving higher consumption among men and, with ...
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Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old Greek theater mask deep inside Croatian cave sanctuary

A Greek theater mask over 2,000 years old surfaced inside a cave on Croatia's Pelješac peninsula, offering archaeologists a ...
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Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary called them paid protestors as 600 Utahns rallied against his mega data center

A proposed mega data center campus in rural Box Elder County is facing mounting pushback, where hundreds of people gathered at the Utah Capitol on Saturday to protest the project.
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Scientists are out of superlatives as giant Pacific heatwave grows off the West Coast

Scientists tracking a marine heatwave off the West Coast are sounding the alarm as new data shows how it could drastically ...