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“Architecture is always about more than form; it is about meaning”: In conversation with Lina Ghotmeh
Indesignlive
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August 26, 2025
French-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has made her mark with projects that span continents and cultures, including the Estonian National Museum, Beirut’s Stone Garden tower, the Ateliers Hermès — the first passive, energy-positive and low-carbon...
The Vera Rubin Observatory is ready to revolutionize astronomy
Science News
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August 21, 2025
At 3 a.m. on a crisp May night in Chile, all seemed well with the world’s largest digital camera. Until it didn’t. Inside the newly built Vera C. Rubin Observatory, site project scientist Sandrine Thomas was running tests when a flat line...
Rutgers-New Brunswick Is Integrating Its Honors Communities
Rutgers University - New Jersey
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The unified Honors College opens its doors to a wider group of high-achieving students, offering a shared curriculum and expanded housing options Come September, incoming honors students will be part of an integrated Honors College. By uniting...
Did Comfrey Public School District students succeed or flounder in their 2023-24 mathematics tests?
SC Minnesota News
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August 21, 2025
Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim WalzWillie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim Walz In Comfrey Public School District 36.8% of the...
Third annual event highlights cultural, ecological importance of Tawas Lake
Iosco County News-Herald - Michigan
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EAST TAWAS – More than 30 environmental enthusiasts and local residents gathered at the Tawas Lake Boat Launch on Warren Avenue in East Tawas, on the afternoon of Aug. 8, for the third annual Tawas Lake Day. Huron Pines organized and hosted the...
Expert says more geological testing must be completed before Line 5 tunnel receives permits
Iosco County News-Herald - Michigan
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"Shut Down Line 5 - No Tunnel" sign on the grounds of the Michigan Capitol. | Laina G. Stebbins August 29 may be the last chance for Michigan residents to weigh in on Enbridge Energy’s proposed Line 5 tunnel underneath the Straits of Mackinac. On...
The Most Confusing Road in Illinois? 5 Speed Limit Shifts
100.9 The Eagle - Illinois
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August 25, 2025
You don't have to be a mathematician to drive on this Illinois road, but it might be beneficial if you are. There is one stretch of road that cannot make up its mind when it comes to speed limits as it changes its mind no less than 5 different...
Mangrove restoration boosts ecology, economy in south China's Hainan
CGTN
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For Wang Xia, some of her earliest memories are connected with the red-flowered black mangrove – a rare and fragile tree her father has spent his life cultivating. Notably, even after his retirement, her dad continues this work. "The latest is the...
'Wow!' Signal Was More Powerful Than We Thought, New Analysis Reveals
ScienceAlert
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August 26, 2025
The "Wow!" signal has been etched red marker in the memory of advocates for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) since its unveiling in 1977. To this day, it remains one of the most enigmatic radio frequency signals ever found. Now...
Oil Region Astronomical Society to host virtual public night
Meadville Tribune - Pennsylvania
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August 21, 2025
The Oil Region Astronomical Society (ORAS) will host a free virtual public night Saturday at 7 featuring a presentation by Alan Strauss, who will describe an exciting 10-year project involving the Rubin Observatory that will begin in late 2025....
Coldplay Frontman Jokes About ‘Security Checks’ After Kiss Cam Scandal
The Daily Beast
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August 25, 2025
Coldplay’s sensational kiss-cam saga has been given a second act during the band’s gig in London’s Wembley Stadium. More than two months after the disastrous cut to the now-former Astronomer CEO, Andy Byron, and Kristin Cabot, his ex-head of HR,...
Scientists find a quadruple star system in our cosmic backyard
The New Zealand Herald
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August 26, 2025
“I like to call this a double-double,” said Adam Burgasser, an astrophysicist who leads the Cool Star Lab at the University of California, San Diego, and was involved in the discovery. A study describing the quadruple star system — a brown dwarf...
“This Feels Monstrous”: World’s First Octopus Farm Exposed as Scientists Warn of Unthinkable Ethical Disaster and Ecological Collapse
Sustainability Times
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August 21, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🐙 Octopus farming proposed by Nueva Pescanova is sparking global ethical debates. ⚖️ The inhumane killing method using ice slurry has drawn criticism and protests worldwide. 🌍 Concerns over environmental impact arise due to the...
LRG welcomes exhibition
Latrobe Valley Express
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August 26, 2025
By KATRINA BRANDON AN EXPEDITION into the deep can be found at the Latrobe Regional Gallery. Into the Deep, by artist Bridget Hillebrand, is on show at the local gallery, where visitors can plunge into a speculative deep-water zone. A step into...
No official action taken during joint meeting with Xcel Energy
Hudson Star Observer - Wisconsin
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St. Croix County Board of Supervisors joint meeting on Monday, Aug. 18, with the Town of Erin Prairie and Town of Hammond featured a discussion among supervisors and town board members over the Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Xcel Energy...
Scientists Think the Weird Physics of Blood Could Crack Murder Cases Wide Open
Yahoo News - United Kingdom
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August 21, 2025
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study analyzes the way that bloodstains behave on cotton fabrics in the hopes of furthering forensic analysis. The shapes and intensities of bloodstains can provide investigators information...
Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi Reveals Results of its Research Collaboration with Sorbonne University to Promote Positive Behaviour in Household Waste Management
Mid East Information
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August 25, 2025
The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi EAD has announced the results of its research collaboration with Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, which examined residents’ behaviour in managing household waste. This partnership forms a key component of the...
Ecological power plant in the capital, project launched by Termoelectrica
IPN
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August 19, 2025
In the coming years, over 21 thousand new jobs will be created with the implementation of the Moldova Hitech Park project. The announcement was made today by the Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization, Doina Nistor, at the official...
Gigantic Comet Could Pass Through Our Solar System This Fall, Sparking Wild Theories
Charisma Magazine
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August 25, 2025
A colossal interstellar space rock that was originally known as “A11pl3Z” but has since been given the designation “3I/ATLAS” will be making a very alarming run through our solar system in September and October. Based on their initial...
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar’s stellar limit was called absurd. It got him 1983 Physics Nobel
The Print
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August 21, 2025
In the early 1980s in Chicago, Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, fondly known as Chandra, received many copies of the gold-plated Bible when he told the world that he was an atheist. Chandrasekhar may not have...