Earth & Nature: 4 of 10
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Farmers or foragers? Pre-colonial Aboriginal food production was hardly that simple
For a decade, debate has raged over Dark Emu’s account of Aboriginal agriculture. But ancient food production in Australia is more complex than labels like farming or hunter-gathering suggest.
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Giant Pyramid Buried in Indonesia Could Be The Oldest in The World
A giant underground pyramid hidden beneath a hillside in Indonesia far outdates Stonehenge or the Giza Pyramids and may come to rival the oldest megalithic structures ever built by human hands.
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Texas Board of Education urged to reject climate-accurate textbooks
Republican state official pans scientific consensus as a “woke environmental agenda.”
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Where Do Millions of Snakes Disappear to?
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Global warming might not happen quite as fast as we thought – here’s why
Plants will absorb more carbon dioxide than predicted, meaning models could be overestimating the speed which the planet will heat up
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Clean energy is officially “unstoppable” now
The International Energy Agency has a new forecast for 2030.
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HAARP experiments could cause artificial aurora over Alaska this weekend
Researchers from around the country are conducting four days of experiments at the Gakona facility that could put splotches of red and green light overhead at times.
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The Flappie AI cat door stops your pet from gifting you dead mice
If you're tired of your cat bringing you a dead mouse as a present, Flappie's cat door might be the solution.
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The Platypus Guardian | Full Episode | NATURE | PBS
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This Crab Saved My Life
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Rural brigades boss hoses down talk of national firefighting force
A key group representing Queensland's volunteer fire brigades pours water on the idea of a "semi-professional firefighting service" akin to the Army Reserve, saying it could alienate those already tackling this year's bushfire season.
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Plan to save world's only wild macadamia trees from extinction
Given the lack of genetic diversity in the farmed crop, the race is on to preserve wild macadamia trees to improve traits like disease resistance, size and climate adaptability.
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Floral Time Travel: Flowers Were More Diverse 100 Million Years Ago Than They Are Today
Angiosperm flowers reached their greatest morphological diversity early in their evolutionary history
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Google’s AI could soon consume as much electricity as Ireland, study finds
Amid the debate over the dangers of widespread AI development, rarely do people talk about the huge amount of energy required to power it.
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After 20 years in a tiny cage, these 'broken bears' are finally feeling the grass beneath their paws
The extraction of bear bile involves animals being hunted and caged in farms across Asia, despite the fact the trade in these products is illegal almost everywhere – including Australia. But there is an end in sight.
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Did Australia's First Peoples domesticate dingoes? They certainly buried them with great care
There’s been a long-standing debate over whether dingoes started out wild or domesticated. One thing is clear – they had a close relationship with First Peoples.
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Expert Explains Why Whales Often Wear Hats Made of Seaweed
If a whale comes across a patch of kelp, it may well start playing with it. This practice may also be useful to rid whales of unwanted passengers.
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Study: Toilet paper adds to ‘forever chemicals’ in wastewater
Scientists have identified a surprising new source of “forever chemicals” awash in global wastewater: the ubiquitous paper product dangling next to most of the planet’s toilets. Toilet …
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Tour the Snake Conservation Center in Sacramento, California
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Dear winter, apparently writing a letter to you can help me hate you less
Research suggests writing down your ‘feelings’ about winter can help with seasonal affective disorder. I’m willing to give it a go, writes Anita Chaudhuri