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Around 1,800 years ago, a Roman household decorated its floor with a cat named ‘Emerald’ and a dog named ‘Ocean’; archaeologists have now uncovered the mosaic

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A panel of the mosaic depicts a dog named Ocean. Around 1,800 years ago, a Roman household...

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In 2024, four Klamath River dams came down, reopening habitat blocked for over a century; in two salmon runs, 21,052 Chinook moved upstream and reclaimed 88% of their historic range

Aj Mix Editor September 8, 2026

Four concrete barriers blocked the way for salmon that once swam freely between the Pacific Ocean and...

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Princeton put AI in charge of a fusion-plasma control loop running every 20 milliseconds; in one test it predicted a damaging instability 200 ms early and stopped it before it began

Aj Mix Editor September 8, 2026

Nuclear fusion illustration Photo: Canva Inside a steel vault at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, a superheated...

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Why do elephants visit the same graves? The fascinating mystery behind their behaviour

Aj Mix Editor September 8, 2026

This behaviour has often been described as elephants visiting a “grave” or mourning their dead. But scientists...

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China’s ‘Snake Doctor’ continues conservation work for a rare viper, despite 9 snake bites, divorce threat from wife and even after losing a finger |

Aj Mix Editor September 8, 2026

Chen Yuanhui. Image Credit: South China Morning Post Chen Yuanhui has spent more than four decades studying...

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In 2018, scientists seeded clouds over China’s Muz Taw Glacier to make snow; the brighter surface was followed by 14% to 17% less ice loss in a preliminary experiment

Aj Mix Editor September 8, 2026

This photo taken on Aug. 10, 2026 shows a view of the Muz Taw Glacier in Altay,...

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Two Canadian students created toothpaste that changes colour in the mouth; their school project is designed to show children when they are brushing properly |

Aj Mix Editor September 8, 2026

Image Credit: AI Generated Two Canadian students have developed a colour-changing toothpaste designed to make toothbrushing easier...

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Meet Dr Alberto Cruz: The palaeontologist who found a new Ice Age toad hiding in a 1950s La Brea fossil collection |

Aj Mix Editor September 8, 2026

PC: California’s La Brea Tar Pits & Museum A small Ice Age toad hidden in the collections...

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Quote of the Day by Max Planck: “The search for the absolute is the noblest task of science” |

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Max Planck, the German physicist whose work helped lay the foundation for quantum theory, believed that science...

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In 1980, conservationists began eradicating feral sheep to restore California’s Santa Cruz Island; by 1987 numbers fell from 21,500 to under 100, then 12 lambs were rescued to save the breed

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In 1980, conservationists began an ambitious ecological restoration programme on Santa Cruz Island, off the coast of...

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