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Water quality in the age of deregulations
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (285+ words) As President Donald Trump has promised deregulation, experts share what that means for water quality and where regulations already fall short. Farmer and former Iowa Corn Growers Association President Tim Recker has dramatically changed his farm, going no-till and adding…...
Canvas is back online, but questions " and final exam disruptions " linger
19+ hour, 31+ min ago (1188+ words) The online education platform Canvas went offline after a data breach on Thursday, temporarily leaving students and faculty at thousands of U. S. colleges " and K-12 schools " without access to course materials and communications during finals period. "I'm sure somewhere in the country…...
Colombia's rogue hippos could find refuge in India
21+ hour, 17+ min ago (578+ words) DORADAL, Colombia'In a small town in central Colombia, the grunt of hippos has become part of the soundscape. Every afternoon in Doradal, locals and tourists hang out at a lake on the edge of town. They chat and drink beers…...
Central Iowa Water Works asks residents to limit water use ahead of summer
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (392+ words) Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW) leaders are calling on central Iowans to voluntarily limit their water usage as summer approaches, as the area's raw drinking water sources has experienced unusually high levels of nitrate this year. At a news conference…...
The Labor Department wants to teach you to use AI more. Here's what we found
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1144+ words) If AI could save you five hours a week, the government wants to know: "what would [you] do with that time?" Would you spend "More time with family? Finally launch that Etsy shop? Fix the garage once and for all?...
These rock-climbing fish can shimmy up a 50-foot waterfall
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (852+ words) Seventeen years ago, Auguste Chocha Manda, a researcher at the Universit" de Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, traveled to the Luvilombo waterfall in the south of the country where he saw something remarkable. Thousands of tiny fish " a…...
Craig Venter, pioneering human genome decoder, dies at 79
1+ week, 1+ day ago (53+ words) Pioneering scientist J. Craig Venter has died at 79. His "whole genome shotgun method" helped genome sequencing become faster and cheaper....
Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (1531+ words) VIENNA " At the edge of a wide, grassy park in Vienna, there's a modern building with lots of windows and a sleek wood facade. For the past six years, Sebastian Schublach has lived here with his family in a light-filled…...
U. S. Energy secretary talks renewables, raw materials and climate change during Ames lab visit
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1116+ words) U. S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright praised the Ames National Laboratory during a tour Thursday, calling it one of the country's "premier scientific institutions" and a leader in reshoring critical materials. Wright also said he supports less federal funding for wind and…...
This week in space news: Artemis II next steps and a mysterious interstellar visitor
1+ week, 4+ day ago (754+ words) NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Regina Barber and Nell Greenfieldboyce about the Artemis moon missions, the "seismic quiet" during a solar eclipse, and the origins of a mysterious interstellar visitor....