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Smithsonian scientists swabbed 327 museum frogs and tied a mysterious die-off in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest to the chytrid fungus, but the declined species still common e…

Chytrid fungus turned up in 57 of 97 Brazilian frogs collected after a 1979-1982 die-off and in none of 230 older museum ...
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In China’s Yunnan Province, scientists found a giant fungus nicknamed D-rex that grows up to 20 inches tall, and its family likely arose about 65 million years ago, as t…

Giant fungus D-rex from Yunnan grows up to 20 inches tall and 4.9 pounds; its family likely arose about 65 million years ago, ...
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New Mexico’s Sceye flew a solar-powered stratospheric airship about 18,600 miles to Japan and back in about a month and used it to beam calls and video to ordinary ...

Stratospheric airship from Sceye flew about 18,600 miles to Japan and back and beamed calls and video to ordinary phones from ...
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Crews on a closed Massachusetts golf course in Northampton pulled out a failed culvert and installed human-built beaver dams, and the city now has $2.8 million to …

Northampton crews installed human-built beaver dams at Pine Grove, and a $2.8 million grant will finish the work ...
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Saudi Arabia told the IAEA it has about 114 million metric tons of uranium-bearing ore near Medina, and the figure that matters most for its nuclear plans, the uraniu…

Saudi Arabia reports 114 million metric tons at Jabal Sayid near Medina, but no uranium grade yet, and experts urge caution ...
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Israel released 28 Asiatic wild asses into the Negev from 1982 to 1987, and DNA from their dung now shows a herd eating native plants and inbreeding less after manage…

Asiatic wild asses released in Israel's Negev since 1982 show a diet 91.4 percent native in dung DNA, and new water points ...
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MBARI scientists surveying an ancient undersea volcano off California filmed a bigfin squid 10,751 feet down, the first live sighting in the northeastern Pacific, and only ...

Bigfin squid filmed 10,751 feet down near Davidson Seamount off California, the first seen alive in the northeastern Pacific, ...
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El Sol pudo tragarse una supertierra de 5,6 masas terrestres, según un estudio

Supertierra de 5,6 masas terrestres: un astrónomo de la Universidad de Ege propone que el Sol joven pudo tragársela y guardar ...
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Un microrreactor nuclear que cabe en un contenedor de 6 metros logró su primera reacción en cadena en Idaho unos 150 días después de arrancar el proyecto y en 20…

Microrreactor nuclear Unity: logró la criticidad en Idaho en unos 150 días, a potencia cero y sin dar electricidad; en 2027 ...
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Científicos plantaron árboles en un antiguo pastizal ganadero de México y 17 años después había casi el doble de plantas nuevas donde eligieron especies cuyas semill…

Pastizal ganadero de Los Tuxtlas: 17 años después, las parcelas con árboles de fruto carnoso tienen casi el doble de plantas ...
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Las latas de aluminio ganan a la botella de PET y al vidrio: el 76 % se recicla en el mundo frente al 54 % del PET y el 51 % del vidrio, según el informe de 2026

Latas de aluminio: el 76 % se recicla en el mundo, frente al 54 % de las botellas de PET y el 51 % del vidrio, según el ...