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Washington County, Virginia accepting applications for supervisor position
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (391+ words) For decades, America's deepest UFO secrets remained hidden behind classified files, military silence, and unanswered questions. Now, the United States Department of Defense has begun releasing "never-before-seen" documents on UFOs " officially called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAPs. The massive disclosure…...
Bio Blitzers catalog wildlife in U. S. , Mexico as walls go up along border
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (231+ words) As the Trump administration plows ahead with plans to wall off the southern border, a small army of scientists and amateur ecologists is busy cataloging the wide variety of wildlife found along both sides of the international boundary. This ocelot…...
Information That You Should Never Share With AI Chatbots
3+ week, 2+ day ago (348+ words) Artificial intelligence chatbots have quickly become part of everyday life, helping with everything from writing emails to planning trips. But as convenient as they are, experts warn that what you share with them isn't always private. According to Stanford University…...
Artemis II breaks Apollo 13s distance record as humans travel farther from Earth than ever before
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (241+ words) HOUSTON " With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts sailed into their lunar flyby Monday, taking in magnificent views of the far side never before witnessed while setting a new distance record for humanity. The crew took…...
Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch up
3+ week, 6+ day ago (117+ words) SAN DIEGO " Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. Eelgrass sways in the current in San Diego's Mission Bay, Dec. 2. Todd Michael, a research professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, works at his lab in…...
Photos show the dramatic dawn flight of migrating snow geese
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (343+ words) A major sewer pipe collapse has dumped hundreds of millions of gallons of sewage into the Potomac River, highlighting a nationwide problem inv" Former Virginia first lady Dorothy Mc Auliffe is running for Congress in a newly drawn district that…...
North American bird population is shrinking faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (114+ words) WASHINGTON " Billions fewer birds are flying across North American skies than decades ago and their population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive agriculture and warming temperatures, a new study found. At UC Davis" new raptor…...
Climate change is fueling a desalination boom
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (242+ words) A prototype Ocean Well reverse osmosis pod sits on the dock'Dec. 1 at the Las Virgenes Reservoir in Westlake Village, Calif. , where the technology is tested. Jaden Gilliam, Ocean Well project engineer, left, and Mark Golay, director of engineering projects, lower…...
The most trafficked mammal is the pangolin. US officials say it's an endangered species
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (587+ words) U. S. officials proposed Monday to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered Species Act. The pangolin is "the most trafficked mammal in the world" in large part for its scales, used in traditional Chinese medicine,…...
2 killed in Cuba as Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1144+ words) The storm was located about 165 miles (270 kilometers) north of Great Abaco Island of the Bahamas, which is still recovering from Hurricane Dorian after it slammed into parts of the Bahamas as a devastating Category 5 hurricane in 2019. Imelda had maximum sustained…...