A Finnish man built an 11-metre yacht from scratch using solar panels and batteries and sailed more than 3,000 nautical miles without conventional fuel | World News

A Finnish boat builder has demonstrated what solar-powered sailing could look like by building an 11-metre yacht from scratch and taking it on a voyage of more than 3,000 nautical miles using electricity generated from the sun. The yacht, designed and built by Lukas Sjöman, relies on solar panels and batteries instead of conventional diesel…

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America spent decades poisoning prairie dogs as pests, but scientists found they help keep grasslands healthy |

For generations, prairie dogs were often treated as a problem rather than an ecological asset. Their burrows were blamed for competing with livestock, while their colonies were targeted through shooting and poisoning across large parts of their former range.But removing them had consequences far larger than the disappearance of one small mammal. Scientists studying black-tailed…

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Scientists found plastic in Amazon fish, with tiny particles sticking to their gills and becoming trapped in the river plants around them |

The Amazon’s fish live in water that can change dramatically with the seasons. In some places, oxygen levels fall so low that ordinary gill breathing is not enough. Several Amazonian species have adapted by taking oxygen from the air or by breathing at the water’s surface. That unusual ability is now being considered alongside another…

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In 2011, a California hotel owner refused to sell for $6 million; the final deal reportedly reached $16.25 million | World News

For years, Ray Patel’s Golden Key Hotel stood on a busy stretch of Colorado Street in Glendale, California, surrounded by a city that was changing quickly. According to the Los Angeles Times, then came the Americana at Brand, a roughly $400 million mixed-use development that brought shops, restaurants and homes to the area. Patel’s 55-room…

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“Justifying and celebrating Charlie’s murder”: Candace Owens’ Charlie Kirk series draws sharp criticism as Michael Knowles rejects debate role

Candace Owens (Image via Getty) Michael Knowles has drawn a sharp line around the growing public debate over Charlie Kirk’s murder, rejecting the idea of moderating a proposed clash between Candace Owens and Andrew Wilson. In comments shared online, Knowles argued that the case should be handled through the legal system rather than turned into…

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Marker Wadden: The Netherlands used 37 million tonnes of lake sediment to build new islands, and the artificial wetlands now attract thousands of birds | World News

In the middle of the Netherlands, an unusual experiment in conservation began with an unlikely raw material: mud. Instead of treating the vast quantities of sediment accumulating on the floor of Markermeer as waste, Dutch engineers used it to create a new landscape. They built a chain of islands from sand, clay, silt and other…

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California built Shasta Dam in the 1940s, but the project flooded Kennett, a copper-mining town that now lies beneath Lake Shasta | World News

Before Shasta Lake covered the landscape of northern California, the Sacramento River valley was home to a mining town shaped by copper, railroads and the industries that followed them.Its name was Kennett; the town grew from a railroad construction camp into an important mining community in Shasta County. Copper mines helped drive its economy, while…

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Wisconsin: Wisconsin abandoned this railway in 1964, but its old tracks became a green corridor connecting forests, wetlands and wildlife habitat | World News

Representative Image of an overgrown railway transformed into a thriving wildlife habitat (AI-generated image) Deep in the driftless hills of southwestern Wisconsin lies a railway corridor that has not carried a train since 1964, yet it remains one of the busiest routes in the region, only now the traffic moves on hooves, wings and two…

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In 1868, a solar eclipse in India revealed a mysterious element in the Sun that would not be found on Earth for 27 years |

In August 1868, the Sun briefly became a laboratory for astronomers gathered in India to watch a total solar eclipse. Among them was the French astronomer Pierre Jules Janssen, who turned a spectroscope towards the bright prominences rising around the eclipsed solar disc. Their light contained a yellow spectral line that seemed to sit close…

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