In 2022, bird flu caused an entire Sandwich tern colony in England to be abandoned; four breeding seasons later, the birds have returned in record numbers, creating one of the country’s largest colonies

Four breeding seasons after a deadly bird flu outbreak forced a colony of Sandwich Terns to leave their nesting ground, the seabirds have returned in record numbers, creating one of England’s largest breeding sites. Monitoring reports published by Rare Bird Alert confirm that Sandwich Terns (Thalasseus sandvicensis) nested at RSPB Pagham Harbour in West Sussex…

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In 2002, a NASA intern stole a 600-pound safe containing $21 million in Moon rocks to give his girlfriend, then an online sale led him into an FBI trap |

The Moon has been romanticised for centuries, but few people have ever tried to give someone a piece of it. In 2002, that idea became part of an extraordinary theft at Nasa’s Johnson Space Center, where an intern helped remove a safe containing Apollo lunar samples and other irreplaceable scientific material. The stolen collection included…

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For nearly a decade, a California town fought to seize its privately owned water utility; now the state Supreme Court has ruled 7-0 against its takeover argument

For nearly a decade, a California town fought to seize its privately owned water utility California’s highest court has rejected a key legal argument in a decade-long effort by a Southern California town to take control of its local water system. The California Supreme Court ruled 7-0, August 24, against the Town of Apple Valley,…

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“Someone I watched when I was growing up”: Zane Maloney on becoming Oliver Rowland’s Nissan teammate | Formula – E News

Zane Maloney joins Nissan Zane Maloney once watched Oliver Rowland from afar as the British driver built his career and won races. Now, the young Barbadian will line up alongside the Formula E World Champion as his teammate at Nissan, filling in Norman Nato’s seat, who left Formula E after a disappointing season. Maloney will…

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At 6, Novak Djokovic caught a coach’s attention at a tennis camp, what happened next became the turning point that changed his life forever | International Sports News

At 6, Novak Djokovic caught a coach’s attention at a tennis camp, what happened next became the turning point that changed his life forever Long before Novak Djokovic became one of tennis’ biggest stars, he was a young boy growing up in Serbia during a difficult time. His family ran a restaurant at a mountain…

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