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Wildfire Safety Day connects experts with residents

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (726+ words) As wildfire risk intensifies across Northern California, organizers of the county's annual Wildfire Safety Day say education and preparation are more critical than ever. The event is scheduled for 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Saturday, May 2, at Midtown Mall, 681 Main St. in Placerville." Steve…...

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Wildfire camera project gets 10k boost

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (238+ words) With the arrival of spring, the Tahoe Fund launched its annual March Madness campaign bringing a new twist to a community favorite. Sixteen impactful projects competed head-to-head in a bracket-style voting tournament. Thousands of Lake Tahoe community members voted for…...

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Artemis crew urges unity on 'lifeboat' Earth

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (376+ words) Artemis II astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman spoke at a ceremony in Houston, Texas, on April 11, 2026, one day after splashing down back on Earth Artemis II astronauts expressed awe on Saturday over their record-setting lunar…...

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Eel world problems: Dutch webcam 'doorbell' helps fish

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (599+ words) The fish doorbell has proved very popular A cloud of small bubbles and a fishy gurgle announce the latest arrival at the "fish doorbell" in the Netherlands: a perch, recognisable by its dorsal fin and tiger-striped scales. As the perch…...

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Newly discovered frog species named after Olympic champion

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (471+ words) A newly discovered species of frog has been named in honor of an Olympic champion. The glassfrog was named after Neisi Dajomes - the first Ecuadorian woman to win an Olympic gold medal. Scientists say the El Quimi Nature Reserve in…...

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Latest Anthropic AI model finds cracks in software defenses

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (601+ words) As artificial intelligence models grow increasingly adept at coding, concerns have grown hackers will put them to work for cyber crime Anthropic on Tuesday said its yet-to-be-released artificial intelligence model called Claude Mythos has proven keenly adept at exposing software…...

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Artemis mission shares office space -- and physics -- with Apollo

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (679+ words) Engineers and technicians monitor the Artemis 2 mission from the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center in Houston The NASA control room is at the same facility used in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 70s The four crewmembers zipping across space en…...

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The secret winter lives of Lake Tahoe's black bears

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (272+ words) Spring is in the air at Lake Tahoe, and black bears are emerging from their winter dens. This includes mother bears with new cubs of the year that are only about 8 to 10 weeks old. The reproduction cycle began back in…...

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mtdemocrat. com > news > national > ai-giant-anthropic-says-exploring-australia-data-centre-investments > article_18cec708-3f90-5e5f-a7d4-8a6290527ba4. html

AI giant Anthropic says 'exploring' Australia data centre investments

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (420+ words) Hong Kong's beloved kapok trees are not blooming the way the" On Wednesday three men and one woman are set to embark on th" Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic is eyeing data centre investments in Australia, saying Wednesday the nation was…...

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mtdemocrat. com > news > national > nasa-astronaut-shares-emotional-family-selfie-before-lunar-mission > article_e900c783-f9e7-5d36-b78c-6d2ca1fb4c42. html

NASA astronaut shares emotional family selfie before lunar mission

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (286+ words) Astronaut Reid Wiseman takes a selfie with his daughters before his lunar mission. (Reid Wiseman/NASA via SWNS) He may be about to be blasted around the moon, but Reid Wiseman is still a dad. The NASA astronaut proudly posed…...