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Emmanouil Zerdevas of Greece attempts to make a save in the men's Group A waterpolo match between Team Greece and Team Italy

 

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Jack Miller of Australia on the factory KTM, 2024 British GP

 

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(Samuel I. Stupp/Northwestern University) Injectable goo could fix joints without surgery, early study suggests New research shows that an injectable goo can repair cartilage damage in animals' joints within six months. Scientists are now developing the tech for use in humans. Read More​

History & Archaeology (© Seascape Artifact Exhibits Inc.) 17th-century pirate 'corsair' shipwreck discovered off Morocco's Barbary Coast The wreck is the first time the remains of a pirate corsair have been found in the region known as the Barbary Coast. Read More​ Dancing Girl: A pint-size statue from the Indus Valley Civilization with a larger-than-life presence (DEA/G. NIMATALLAH via Getty Images) The statue was created by the Indus Valley Civilization, a Bronze Age culture that once inhabited what is now Pakistan. Full Story: Live Science(8/5)

Planet Earth (Sebastian Schmidt) Sapphires form inside the fiery hearts of volcanoes, not deep in the mantle like we thought A new study of sapphires found in volcanic fields in Germany reveals that these beautiful blue stones form where magma and rocks from Earth's crust mix. Read More​

Space Exploration (Robert Lea (created with Canva)/NASA) We finally know where the moon's atmosphere comes from "We give a definitive answer that meteorite impact vaporization is the dominant process that creates the lunar atmosphere." Re​

 

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ysteries we still haven't cracked (Javier Zayas Photography via Getty Images) Our understanding of the sun has come a long way in recent decades, but there are still multiple outstanding mysteries that current and future missions hope to solve. Full Story: Space(8/5)

Science & Astronomy 'Wonder material' in lunar samples hints at moon's origins (Robert Lea (created with Canva)/NASA) "This finding may reinvent the understanding of chemical components, geography episodes and the history of the moon." Full Story: Space(8/5) Venus may have mirrored our planet more than expected (Robert Lea (created with Canva)/NASA) New research may have brought Earth and its inhospitable, "evil twin" even closer together. Full Story: Space(8/6)

SpaceX New Starlink satellites are way brighter than the originals (Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory) SpaceX Starlink satellites designed to connect directly to smartphones shine nearly five times brighter in the sky than traditional Starlinks, according to recent research. Full Story: Space(8/5)

Technology Satellites watch Hurricane Debby make landfall in Florida (NOAA) Debby is the fourth named storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season, which forecasters have warned will be a busy one. Full Story: Space(8/5)

 

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How satellite tech made it into 2024 Olympic swimsuits (ari Pestelacci/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images) 2024 Paris Olympics swimsuits use water repellent technology similar to the kind found on satellites. Full Story: Space(8/5)

 

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Don't Despair, There's Hope After The Storm

People, no matter what happens in the coming years, please know it is TEMPORARY.

 

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Five Things

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19 magnificent images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlist

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The Olympic cauldron and the Eiffel Tower are seen from the Musee des Arts Decoratifs after sunset

 

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Kauli Vaast of France celebrates winning the Olympic men's surfing title

 

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A huge wave passes by as Griffin Colapinto of the United States and Kauli Vaast of France elect not to ride it

 

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Ethan Ewing of Australia

 

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Morocco’s Ramzi Boukhiam reacts after exiting a wave

 

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​ Pic of the week​ ​ Taking good astronomy photos needs​

 

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​ From auroras to Venus, we want to know what in the night sky amazes you ​ ​ It's almost Science Week, which means it's time to ask Australia an important question: What's the best thing you've seen in the night sky? Auroras, lightning sprites, the Milky Way, meteor showers … start voting now!​ READ MORE

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​ I took a photo of the Milky Way with my phone — and you could too ​ ​ Smartphones are now advanced enough to take photos that were once only possible using bulky cameras. Here's our guide to snapping a stunning shot of the Milky Way.​ READ MORE

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​ Can you spot an emu, scorpion and a butterfly in the night sky? ​ ​ It might be chilly, but Australia's night sky puts on a dazzling show at this time of year. Rug up and use our guide to spot some of our winter wonders.​ READ MORE

 

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Monitor Highlights​

How to save a church? Add housing, groceries, and gas.​

This story is about innovation

Shrinking church congregations are finding ways to preserve their physical place in the community by thinking innovatively about uses of their real estate. Part 1 of two.

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Top Science News (© The Trustees of the British Museum) 'A king will die': 4,000-year-old lunar eclipse omen tablets finally deciphered Tablets added to the British Museum's collection many decades ago have finally been deciphered. Read More​

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(NASA Earth Observatory/ISS program/) Earth from space: 'Smoking terror' volcano that destroyed city 400 years ago burps toxic cloud A 2018 astronaut photo shows Nicaragua's active Momotombo volcano spitting out a cloud of toxic gas and steam just a few years after its latest eruption. Read More​

Space (MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) China ready to launch 1st satellite in constellation that will challenge Elon Musk's Starlink China plans to launch more than 100 satellites for its new "constellation" this year and thousands more by the end of the decade. Read More​ Huge cosmological mystery could be solved by wormholes, new study argues (Xuanyu Han via Getty Images) The universe is expanding at an ever accelerating rate — and tiny wormholes that bore through the fabric of space-time might be to blame, a new study proposes. Full Story: Liv

 

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Bees suffering a 'significant reduction' in pollination ability due to air pollution, study finds​ ​ Data on 40 different insect species across 19 countries points towards pollinators and beneficial predator species experiencing an almost 40 per cent drop in productivity.​ Read more love rural ww and bee's/beelire bettter tan humamns,i say

 

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Mainstreaming Nature in U.S. Policy​ ​

Ensuring that information about nature is included in the policy- and decision-making process is good governance and can be achieved by applying a specific set of criteria, YSE Economist Eli Fenichel and a group of leading environmental and economic policy experts say. yse3 mmmmm mebeee huh​