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A new snake species discovered in the jungle has been named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash; here’s why scientists chose the rock star’s name

Aj Mix Editor August 22, 2026

A new snake species discovered in the jungle has been named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash...

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24 billion tonnes of groundwater are being lost every year across Asia’s high mountains; why the water crisis is far bigger than melting glaciers

Aj Mix Editor August 22, 2026

Groundwater reserves beneath High Mountain Asia (HMA) often called the ‘Asian water tower’ are depleting at an...

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Astronomers uncover evidence of a galaxy merger 12 billion years ago that helped shape the young Milky Way |

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026

PC: NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)/Handout via REUTERS Nearly 12 billion years ago, the Milky Way was...

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Sophie Adenot becomes first French woman to walk in space as unfinished ISS antenna job requires second spacewalk |

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026

Sophie Adenot’s first spacewalk was supposed to be about replacing an antenna. Instead, the 18 August outing...

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Scientists are using thousands of hours of rainforest sound recordings to teach AI to recognise birds that were previously difficult to identify |

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026

PC: Dhruv Varun Cohen ’26/Cornell University Thousands of hours of rainforest recordings are helping scientists teach artificial...

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Scientists discover nearly 400 fossils in France revealing life near the South Pole 470 million years ago |

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026

Snow-covered mountain ranges of the Montagne Noire. Image Credit: Von Christian Ferrer/Wikipedia Nearly 400 fossils discovered in...

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Scientists found a new species hiding in a museum drawer for more than a century; the Ecuadorian frog had been mistaken for another species |

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026

PC: Long overdue: a new, widespread, species of Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Chocó region and the...

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Meet Jaeho Lee, the 18-year-old Texas student who spent years delivering solar-powered vaccine refrigerators to places without reliable electricity |

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026

Image: Society for Science/Chris Ayers Photography At just 18, Jaeho Lee has already taken on a mathematical...

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Quote of the day by Sir Isaac Newton: “We build too many walls and not enough…” – simple reminder behind the barriers we create |

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026

There are moments when a simple disagreement quietly turns into something larger. A conversation stops, assumptions take...

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For decades, scientists estimated lake sturgeon lived for 150 years. New evidence suggests some Great Lakes fish may reach more than 400 years |

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026

For centuries, lake sturgeon have moved quietly through the rivers and lakes of the Great Lakes region,...

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