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Across 22 waterways tested in the Delaware watershed microplastics turned up in every one, and about a third of the aquatic insects in the Schuylkill headwaters carri…

Microplastics showed up in every sample from 22 Delaware River waterways and inside a third of aquatic insects in the ...
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Ontario fish repeatedly shelter beneath floating solar panels on hot days as researchers test whether system survives winter ice

At Ilderton, Ontario, fish repeatedly gathered beneath a small 7-kW floating solar array on hot summer days as if the panels ...
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Along 60 miles of central New York, an excavator on a flatbed struck more than a dozen interstate overpasses in one run, and troopers stopped the truck near Syracuse

A flatbed hauling an excavator hit 12 overpasses across 60 miles of the New York Thruway in one westbound run, and nobody on ...
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Volunteers uncover 88 new jets from newborn stars, more than tripling the known total in Serpens–Aquila

Across the Serpens–Aquila Rift, 1,600 volunteers blinked through more than 45,000 telescope cutouts and helped uncover 88 new ...
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A 317 manatee count at one Florida warm water outflow beat every earlier tally that winter, where what the number tracked was the cold front rather than the size of th…

A Florida power plant's warm water outflow draws manatees by the hundreds, and one Riviera Beach morning set a documented ...
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A young western warbler took a wrong turn and became Maryland’s first confirmed MacGillivray’s warbler sighting

A young MacGillivray's warbler strayed far off course, becoming the first confirmed record of the species in Maryland after a ...
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Arizona’s 600-MW Jove solar project leaves desert wash open as wildlife corridor through bighorn sheep habitat

A 600 MW Arizona solar project will leave a desert wash intact, preserving wildlife movement through the landscape while ...
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Volunteers sealed inside a French Pyrenees cave for 40 days with no clocks came out thinking about 30 days had passed, and one put the total at 23 days

French cave with no clocks or sunlight. Every one of them emerged thinking far less time had passed. Here's what their bo ...
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Border collies memorized up to 300 words and outperformed toddlers in word-association speed

Discover how border collies can memorize 300 words, sort objects, and challenge perceptions of canine intelligence and ...
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Crews pulled two levers on a derelict 120-foot torpedo retriever stuck for years in a South Carolina marsh and sank it about 32 miles offshore, where spotted dolphins c…

A 120-foot Navy torpedo retriever abandoned in a South Carolina marsh for four years became the state's 612th artificial reef ...
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Mosquito-blocking fabric triples strawberry yields in North Carolina without pesticides, surprising researchers who expected less light to hurt crops

Discover how 'Plant Armor,' a military-derived fabric, triples strawberry yields in NC without pesticides, revolutionizing ...
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Wild great tits tested against 4 blade designs hesitated longest and took far more time to approach the spinning blade painted in wasp-like red, yellow and black ban…

Researchers at a Finnish station ran 22 wild birds through a spinning-blade game and found a wasp-colored paint pattern ...