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A 5,000-year-old skeleton was found with mysterious blue pigment; scientists are trying to determine where it came from |

Aj Mix Editor September 10, 2026

PC: Study : Assessment of process variability and colour in synthesised and ancient Egyptian blue pigments A...

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A lifelong Taylor Swift fan helped describe 12 new insect species; she named a new genus and four species after the singer and her albums

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Swiftiephylus taylorae (Image Credit: Sarah Schroeder/UCR) Taylor Swift has inspired songs, fashion and fan culture around the...

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In 1974, an Australian ranger proposed turning a service bridge into a wildlife corridor; 52 years later, it opened over a motorway carrying 40,000 vehicles a day, reconnecting two national parks

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The upgraded bridge reconnects habitat between Heathcote National Park, Garrawarra State Conservation Area and Royal National Park...

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A garland of 100 insect heads earns villagers ₹200: How Madhya Pradesh’s unusual ‘Mundmala’ technique is being used to protect Sal forests

Aj Mix Editor September 10, 2026

Villagers separate and collect the heads of Sal Borer insects after catching them in the forest. (Photo:...

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In 2017, USGS released 72.57 kg of red dye into Idaho’s Kootenai River in 90 seconds; aircraft 1,000 metres above mapped the plume in 0.5-metre pixels to study river dispersion

Aj Mix Editor September 10, 2026

An aircraft followed the plume from above (Representational AI image) In September 2017, the US Geological Survey...

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Volunteers spent 16 years restoring a damaged Arizona desert; 133 native plant species now thrive where invasive grass once ruled |

Aj Mix Editor September 10, 2026

An 18-acre stretch of Arizona desert that was once heavily disturbed and overrun by invasive buffelgrass has...

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Scientists will deploy 70 electronic tags on 3 vulnerable shark species around Britain, pairing new tracking data with anglers’ catch records dating back to 1953

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Representative Image (AI-generated) Britain’s coastal waters are home to more shark species than many people might expect,...

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In 1947, fruit flies were sent into space using captured German rocket. Decades later, NASA studied how space affects immunity |

Aj Mix Editor September 9, 2026

A tiny insect became one of the earliest living passengers sent towards space, long before astronauts were...

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Underwater sensors caught a rare event off Cornwall: one porpoise became trapped in a net while two animals exchanged possible distress calls

Aj Mix Editor September 9, 2026

Bycatch, the accidental capture of animals in fishing gear is considered the world’s greatest direct human-caused threat...

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Volunteers removed nearly 100,000 sea urchins in Norway; the underwater deserts are now turning into forests with fish nurseries returning |

Aj Mix Editor September 9, 2026

Nearly 100,000 sea urchins have been removed from three coastal sites in northern Norway by almost 500...

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