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The Amazon River pours 28 billion gallons of freshwater into the Atlantic Ocean every minute, making seawater less salty more than 100 miles offshore |

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The Amazon River is one of the world’s largest and most powerful river systems, carrying an extraordinary...

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Meet Ho-Yeung Chan, the student who accidentally discovered a new sea slug smaller than a grain of rice |

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Thecacera sesama. Image Credit: Ho-Yeung Chan An accidental encounter by a student during a recreational dive has...

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In 1896, William Hadaway patented an electric stove, helping transform cooking from wood, coal and gas to modern electric appliances |

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In 1896, American electrical engineer William Hadaway received the first patent for an electric stove, marking an...

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A retired Kodak finance worker picked moss from a New York log and found an animal no one had seen before; a year later, scientists confirmed it as a new tardigrade species

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Judy Dobles collected moss near Cumming Nature Center that led to the discovery of a new tardigrade...

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Quote of the day by Richard Feynman: “I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things…” |

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Quote of the day by Richard Feynman (Image: Wikipedia) Not knowing the answer to a question can...

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In 1999, scientists dropped 45 tons of wollastonite over a 29-acre New Hampshire watershed to replace calcium lost to acid rain; by 2013, it was exporting 30 times more inorganic nitrogen than nearby watersheds

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In 1999, scientists dropped 45 tons of wollastonite over a 29-acre New Hampshire watershed A large-scale effort...

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In 1945, an Arizona professor started hunting glowing scorpions at night; decades later his laboratory had become a major centre for venom research |

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​Representative Image of fluorescent scorpions glowing across a desert landscape after dark (AI-generated image) In 1945, an...

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Scientists covered an Amazon rainforest plot with 6,000 panels to block half its rain; large trees died and biomass fell by a third |

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Deep in the Caxiuanã National Forest in northern Brazil, a patch of rainforest the size of a...

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Scientists rediscover a ‘ghost’ green mamba hidden in a Polish museum for decades after its 1885 discovery |

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A green mamba specimen from São Tomé Island that dates back to 1885 has been found after...

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Quote of the day by Marie Curie: “I have no dress except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to…” – a timeless lesson on choosing purpose over appearance |

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Quote of the Day by Marie Curie Marie Curie is remembered as one of the most important...

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