August 28, 2026

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In 1974, the National Park Service bought the Stewart family’s 890-acre California ranch; they negotiated the right to remain and continued ranching there until 2021

Aj Mix Editor August 22, 2026
Photo credit: Canva (Representative image) When the federal government stepped in to buy the Stewart family’s 890-acre...
Read More Read more about In 1974, the National Park Service bought the Stewart family’s 890-acre California ranch; they negotiated the right to remain and continued ranching there until 2021
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In the early 1960s, developers sold 5,850 lots for a private resort on Assateague Island; one five-day storm wiped out nearly every house and helped turn it into a national seashore

Aj Mix Editor August 22, 2026
The island was protected as a National Seashore in 1965. (Picture: NPS) Assateague Island National Seashore in...
Read More Read more about In the early 1960s, developers sold 5,850 lots for a private resort on Assateague Island; one five-day storm wiped out nearly every house and helped turn it into a national seashore
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Researchers turned data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere, mapping a hard-to-observe region around 500 kilometres above the planet

Aj Mix Editor August 22, 2026
Representative Image (AI-generated) A network of Starlink satellites designed primarily for internet connectivity is giving scientists a...
Read More Read more about Researchers turned data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere, mapping a hard-to-observe region around 500 kilometres above the planet