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In 2017, Antigua and Barbuda removed invasive rats and goats from Redonda; by 2023, vegetation biomass rose over 2,000% and ground dragons increased 13-fold

Aj Mix Editor August 9, 2026

Redonda had become a thriving haven for wildlife within a few years, and now it has received...

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In 1967, US satellites hunting secret nuclear tests detected a flash from deep space; the accidental signal became the first observed gamma-ray burst

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Artist’s concept of a close-up naked-eye view of a GRB. Credit: NASA For more than half a...

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Researchers used a gene gun to make lettuce and tobacco produce cattle and pig myoglobin, the protein that gives meat its red colour and umami flavour

Aj Mix Editor August 9, 2026

Scientists engineer lettuce and tobacco to produce myoglobin for meat alternatives Let us accept it: livestock farming...

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US scientists are tagging sharks with ocean sensors; every time they surface, data is sent by satellite to help forecast how strongly hurricanes may intensify

Aj Mix Editor August 9, 2026

Aaron Carlisle grasps a white shark alongside a boat off the coast of Delaware (Reuters photo) Scientists...

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Three Indian teens won a global prize for using tamarind seeds to remove microplastics from water |

Aj Mix Editor August 9, 2026

What started with concerns about access to clean drinking water eventually led three Indian teenagers to an...

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Britain is dropping 20 concrete reef cubes and 44 tons of scallop shells into the sea in the hope to bring back its native oysters who have reduced by 95% since 1800s

Aj Mix Editor August 9, 2026

While one might assume that lowering huge white blocks of concrete into the sea was an attempt...

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Leonardo: Quote of the day by Leonardo da Vinci: “Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation; even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind” |

Aj Mix Editor August 9, 2026

In an age of constant notifications, endless scrolling and instant entertainment, Leonardo da Vinci’s centuries-old warning about...

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Quote of the day by Albert Einstein: “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” |

Aj Mix Editor August 9, 2026

Quote of the Day by Albert Einstein (Representative image) Two people can be told they have no...

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This food package can tell when meat is spoiling by changing colour from purple-red to yellow-green before the damage is obvious

Aj Mix Editor August 9, 2026

A packet of meat can look fresh on the supermarket shelf even while bacteria are already multiplying...

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Venus clouds may contain 60% water, challenging decades-old theories about the planet’s sulfuric acid aerosols |

Aj Mix Editor August 8, 2026

Cloud aerosols on Venus contain far more water than scientists have assumed for decades, alongside comparable amounts...

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