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30m NOSTROMO is making her way up th coast. She is headed for the Azores.
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CHARACTERISTICS​

Intended use cruise
Number ofcabins4 cabins
Deck plan with open stern
Aluminiummaterial
Length overall 29.6 m

 

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(Maria Klos for Live Science) What defines a species? Inside the fierce debate that's rocking biology to its core In 2016, scientists published a paper with a bold claim: that the giraffe, first described as a species by Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758, might actually have been four species all along. Unlike Linneaus, the researchers had access to modern genetic tools, which revealed that giraffes fall into distinct clusters based on differences in their DNA, some of which are "larger than the differences between brown bears and polar bears," the authors said at the time. The news sent ripples through the giraffe conservation community, which suddenly needed to protect four species instead of one. But from the start, there was disagreement about this new classification, and even today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature — an organization that oversees the listing of threatened and endangered species — lists the giraffe as a single species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with nine subspecies. The dustup and others like it highlight the "species problem," a fundamental uncertainty over how we parse organisms, and it continues to rile biologists the world over. So what defines a species, and why does this matter? Read More​ 6 species that scientists got wrong AI is rapidly identifying new species. Can we trust the results? 20 of the best named animal species on Earth, from Boops boop to Agra vation

History & Archaeology (Bjanka Kadic via Alamy Stock Photo) Neanderthals cared for 6-year-old with Down syndrome, fossil find reveals The unique shape of an ear bone belonging to a Neanderthal child found in a cave in Spain suggests that she had Down syndrome.

 

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Animals (nicolamargaret via Getty Images) Which continent has the most animal species? The diversity of even the largest animals depends on the smallest factors.

 

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A less densely packed galactic core could mean that the Milky Way’s mass is lower than estimated, which in turn could imply that it holds more dark matter than originally thought. (Getty)

Milky Way is ‘less weird’ than we thought​

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(NASA SDO) The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission designed to study activity on the sun, learn what drives that activity, and explore its impact on space weather, which can ultimately result in dramatic geomagnetic storms on Earth. Full Story: Space(7/1)

Technology Collins backs out of ISS spacesuit contract with NASA (Collins Aerospace) Collins Aerospace has exited a contract to develop new spacesuits for NASA following talks with the agency. The contract was part of the xEVAS program, which saw awards to Collins and Axiom Space to develop up to four new spacesuit designs for both the International Space Station (ISS) in low Earth orbit and the Artemis moon program. Collins was to design suits for the ISS. Full Story: Space(6/28)

Search for Life Mars Odyssey celebrates 100,000 orbits (NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU) NASA's Odyssey spacecraft, the longest-running mission at Mars, circled the Red Planet for the 100,000th time today, the mission team announced. To celebrate the milestone, the space agency released an intricate panorama of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system; Odyssey captured the view in March. The volcano's base sprawls 373 miles (600 kilometers) near the Martian equator while it soars 17 miles (27 kilometers) into the planet's thin air. Earlier this month, astronomers discovered ephemeral morning frost coating the volcano's top for a few hours every day, offering fresh insights into how ice from the poles circulates throughout the parched world. Full Story: Space(6/30)

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Nasal Noises ​ Why do some people sneeze so loudly? Whatever you do, don’t try to hold in your ah-choo. READ NOW​

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​ July’s skies sizzle with the Buck Moon and a meteor shower READ NOW​

 

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​ However, I couldn’t have anticipated that this would evolve into a global network of dedicated journalists reporting from Nature’s frontline. As a journalist, I’ve always believed in the power of words and stories to make a difference. Journalism is not just about reporting facts, but shining a light on issues hidden in the sh

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​ For more than a decade, Mongabay was just a two-person operation. I never imagined the growth that would unfold over the next 25 years and the impacts we would collectively achieve. Today, more than 100 staff and 1,000 contributors report from Nature’s frontline. As a global newsroom, Mongabay makes science accessible and elevates the voices and knowledge of people directly impacted by environmental change. \etes and thoughtfullnes ie truth have it,yes

 

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Exclusive “Your Faves Are Going Down.” Leslye Headland Breaks Down ‘The Acolyte’s Shocking Reveal.​ Leslye Headland has read your Acolyte fan fiction. just sayin butt usa dont be dismayed by failed executive order,sigh i am here as your cinc swurn to priotect ya'all.....

 

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Top Science News (José Miguel Pérez-Gómez) 4,000-year-old rock art in Venezuela may be from a 'previously unknown' culture Archaeologists in Venezuela have discovered 20 previously unknown rock art sites that are thousands of years old. Read More​

History & Archaeology (Monash University; the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation) 12,000-year-old Aboriginal sticks may be evidence of the oldest known culturally transmitted ritual in the world Aboriginal artifacts in Australia that were likely used for ritual spells may be evidence of the oldest culturally transmitted ritual on record. Read More​

Planet Earth (NASA Earth Observatory/ISS program) Earth from space: Green River winds through radioactive 'labyrinth of shadows' This 2018 astronaut photo shows a striking section of the Green River as it winds through Utah's "Labyrinth Canyon." The canyon's steep walls cast long shadows that hide many secrets, including caves and abandoned uranium mines. Read More​

 

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Farr40

 

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A Little Harbor 62, WANDERER, chuggin along in the Caribbean.

 

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Farr40

I've raced on a Farr40

 

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As our jam-packed summers unfold, our team has been dreaming of our next big adventure. Some of us are thinking about shaking up our family holiday traditions (and others are already scheming how to get out of them…). We’ve put together some trips below that can get you away this year. Have you ever traveled out of the country for the holidays?

 

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Satellites watch 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Beryl (NOAA) Satellites are monitoring Hurricane Beryl as it dumps destructive rain and winds on the Caribbean island of Carriacou in Grenada, where it made landfall on Monday (July 1) morning as "an extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm. Now, it's a Category 5. Full Story: Space(7/1)

Skywatching Night sky, July 2024: What you can see this month (Chris Vaughan/Starry Night) After 24 hours of travel, in the eastern sky on Tuesday morning, July 2, the now-thinner crescent of the waning moon will shine less than a binoculars' field of view (orange circle) to the upper right of Messier 45, the bright little Pleiades star cluster. The faint, blue-green dot of magnitude 5.8 Uranus will be positioned several finger-widths to the moon's lower right (or 3 degrees to its celestial south). Uranus is visible in binoculars. Full Story: Space(10/1)

Spaceflight International Space Station: Live updates (NASA) NASA will hold its next spacewalk no earlier than July 29 after a coolant leak halted the last excursion June 24. Agency officials announced the date on the International Space Station blog from NASA, after saying in a teleconference on Friday (June 28) that they planned an extravehicular activity (EVA) at the end of July. A time of day is not yet available for the excursion. Full Story: Space(2/16)

Science & Astronomy Why puffy exoplanets often dance with perfect rhythm (NASA, ESA, CSA, and D. Player (STScI)) Though notably absent from the solar system, the most common planets in the Milky Way are known as "sub-Neptunes," or worlds with sizes between those of Earth and the ice giant Neptune. It is estimated that between 30% and 50% of sun-like stars are orbited by at least one sub-Neptune - but despite these worlds' ubiquity, scientists studying extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, have traditionally had difficulty measuring sub-Neptunes' densities. Full Story: Space(7/1)

SpaceX Find a piece of SpaceX space junk? Call the hotline (Brett Tingley) Space junk, it turns out, can be a tourist attraction. The Glamping Collective in North Carolina was recently on the receiving end of leftovers from the SpaceX Dragon Crew-7 mission

 

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