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Mysterious ‘Wow!’ signal from deep space was much stronger than first thought, scientists say
The Independent
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August 26, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Powys primary school in need of 'significant improvement' after Estyn report
Shropshire Star
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August 26, 2025
Powys County Council will support Presteigne C.P. School following its Estyn inspection that took place in June. Estyn found that the school is an inclusive and nurturing environment where all pupils are valued and that it has designed a broad and...
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...
Nagaland University, UCSC Host ‘Ecologies Of Care’ Workshop In Kohima
Northeast Today
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August 21, 2025
Nagaland University and the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) recently co-hosted the ‘Ecologies of Care’ workshop in Kohima focusing on Indigenous philosophies, environmental change, and collaborative dialogue. Prof. Dolly Kikon from...
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...
Astronomers Capture 'Eye of Sauron' Plasma Jet from Blazar 10 Billion Light-Years Away
Pravda.ru
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August 18, 2025
Astronomers Capture 'Eye of Sauron' Plasma Jet from Blazar 10 Billion Light-Years Away Astronomers have studied an extraordinary cosmic phenomenon: a powerful plasma jet emitted by the blazar PKS 1424+240, whose core contains a supermassive black...
Astronomer says new interstellar object could be advanced aliens testing our intelligence
Daily Star
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August 18, 2025
A Harvard professor suggested that a strange interstellar object hurtling towards Earth could have been sent by aliens to test our intelligence. Professor Loeb has been vocal on his theories – but many scientists have branded his suggestions as...
James Webb Space Telescope takes 1st look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with unexpected results
Space.com
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August 26, 2025
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS for the first time. The powerful space telescope trained its infrared vision and its Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument (NIRspec) on the comet on Aug. 6, 2025....
New evidence of gas giant planet around our closest solar twin found by team including Cambridge astronomers
Cambridge Independent
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August 21, 2025
Cambridge astronomers were among a team that used the James Webb Space Telescope to find strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the stellar system closest to our own Sun. The Alpha Centauri triple star system lies just four light...
From mushrooms to new architecture: the rise of living, self-healing buildings
HORIZON
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In his office in the Netherlands, Professor Han Wösten holds up a hard sponge-like block for show. It is a material he made in 2012 using the intricate rooting network of fungi. He has bold predictions about the potential of this stuff. “Ten years...
Community Profile: Aspiring paleontologist tapped for fossil park development team
The Dispatch - Mississippi
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August 26, 2025
Clad in a camouflage sun hat and a grey dinosaur T-shirt, 12-year-old Zayne McFarland-Terrell wades through Luxapalila Creek at the future site of the Dr. John “Jack” Kaye Cretaceous Fossil Park early Sunday afternoon, lugging with him a...
'Awestruck': Astronomers get first glimpse inside a dying star
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 20, 2025
Astronomers have peered directly at a star's inner layers for the first time, thanks to a stellar explosion 2.2 billion light-years away. The star was stripped of its outer shells, revealing its dense innards to the Keck Observatory in Hawaii just...
Scenic Kerry lake could get glamping retreat and ‘Star Gazing Observatory’ with astronomy telescope
Irish Independent
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Visitors to the glamping retreat would be able to use the professional astronomy telescope to view the Apollo 11 moon landing site Lough Beg. Image: Google Maps Today at 07:00 Planning permission has been sought for a ‘sustainable’ glamping...
“Green Growth”: Promise of Opportunity or Regulatory Nightmare?
Business Matters
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August 25, 2025
The French “Loi Industrie Verte,” adopted on October 23, 2023, marked a significant turning point. Its objective is to make France the leading green-industrial nation in Europe, with concrete targets such as reducing CO₂ emissions by 41 million...
PAC orders arrest of absconded Energy Ministry geologist over bond breach
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 21, 2025
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has directed the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition to initiate the arrest of Yaa Serwaa Gyan, a Geologist who vacated her post after being granted study leave with pay, without fulfilling her...
Retired Nigerian Police Officers Plan ‘Father Of All Protests’ With Canopies, Cooking, Sleeping Facilities Over Pension Scheme
Sahara Reporters
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The association of retired police officers under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) has announced plans to embark on what they describe as the “Father of all Peaceful Protests,” slated to commence on September 29, 2025, in Abuja and to continue...
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki Still Has Potential for Explosive Eruption, Says Geological Agency
Tempo.co
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August 21, 2025
The Head of Indonesia's Geological Agency, Muhammad Wafid, stated that Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, located in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), still has the potential of experiencing an explosive eruption. The indicator is the increasing...
Morris Arboretum offers certificate in ecological horticulture
Chestnut Hill Local - Pennsylvania
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August 21, 2025
A new educational program is set to take root at Morris Arboretum & Gardens this month. The Chestnut Hill arboretum will debut its certificate in ecological horticulture, a gardening approach that focuses on creating healthy, natural ecosystems....
NASA Will Attempt to Use Rockets to Put Glowing Clouds in Mid Atlantic Sky Tonight
Weatherboy
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August 26, 2025
NASA is planning to deploy vapor tracers like these high in the Earth’s atmosphere on rockets they’ll try to launch again tonight. Image: NASA Wallops After having to scrub last night’s mission again, NASA will try to launch three rockets tonight...
Master Naturalists will hear from local geologist
Fredericksburg Standard - Texas
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August 20, 2025
Petroleum geologist Dana Rowen will present ‘If Rocks Could Speak — A Geologist’s View of the Texas Hill Country,’ at the Aug. 25 meeting of the Texas Master Naturalist, Hill Country Chapter. Master Naturalists will hear from local geologist The...