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Dear Friend of P2 As the holiday season wraps us in its warmth and reflection, we want to pause and express our deepest gratitude for YOU—our incredible Pollinator Partnership community. Your support, passion, and shared commitment to pollinators make everything we achieve possible. From the bees that buzz in our gardens to the butterflies that grace our skies, the health of our ecosystems depends on these vital creatures—and your support helps protect them every step of the way. We’re grateful for the countless hours you’ve spent volunteering, donating, advocating, and educating others about the importance of pollinators. Your support has enabled us to achieve remarkable milestones and continue our mission of promoting pollinator health. Together, we’ve reached important achievements in conservation, education, and research this year, ensuring a brighter future for pollinators and the world they sustain. This wouldn’t have been possible without your dedication and generosity. As we look ahead to a new year, we remain inspired by your unwavering belief in our mission. Thank you for being part of this journey, and for everything you do to make our work possible. From all of us at Pollinator Partnership, we wish you and your loved ones a joyful and peaceful holiday season.

 

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The Lego Star Wars Pirate Snub Fighter set should be $34.99, but there's a 30% saving to be had on Amazon this Black Friday. Black Friday telescope deals so far for 2024 (Shutterstock) We're keeping a close eye on the Black Friday telescope deals as they roll in - here are the best discounts available today. Full Story: Space(11/24) Black Friday 2024 streaming deals for Space Fans (Future) New deals now live: The best Black Friday streaming deals as there are huge discounts on Disney Plus (Star Wars!), Hulu (Alien!), Paramount Plus - the home of Star Trek! - and more. Full Story: Space(11/27) Black Friday binoculars deals of 2024 we've found Space(10/15) Black Friday space gift ideas: discounts, deals and more Space(11/14)

The Launchpad Happy Thanksgiving from space! What's on the menu? (NASA) Astronauts are thankful for "our family, our friends — those that are lifting up prayers for us," he added. "We're grateful for a nation that is a spacefaring nation, that lets us live free, say what we think is important to say and so many other things. There's so much to be thankful for in this season." Full Story: Space(11/27) Haribo gummis blast off in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Haribo is adding its own "cosmic" taste to Thanksgiving by sending Goldbear (and its friends) where no gummi candy has gone before. The confectioner has a float in the Mac and yes there isa black space friday space in our lives smilke welcome,when ready

 

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The team analysed more than 500 bromalites, pieces of fossilized digestive material, estimated to be around 200 million years old. (Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki)

Fossilized poo shows how dinos dominated​ By analysing fossils of poo and vomit, researchers have reconstructed what dinosaurs ate and how this changed over time. The findings give a better understanding of how dinosaurs became so dominant, revealing that their rise, over millions of years, was influenced by factors including climate change-induced shifts in what vegetation was available, which the dinosaurs were able to adapt to better than other animals. The contents of the fossils became more varied over time, suggesting that larger dinosaurs with more diverse feeding habits began to gain prominence in the late Triassic period a little over 200 million years ago. Nature | 4 min read Reference: Nature paper

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Sydney, Australia. An aerial view shows a single property on a large piece of land amid a densely developed area with many homes.

 

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Book Review: The Many Bounties of Collaboration in Nature​

By Elizabeth Svoboda

Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “The Serviceberry” is a meditation on the abundance that sharing and mutual exchange can create in nature and human society. A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she grounds her worldview in traditions that resist attempts to quantify or hoard what the Earth produces. Read on »

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The Upside of Climate Pessimism​

By Katarina Zimmer

Hope is said to get people through tough times and motivate them to act. Without it, despair and apathy take over. When it comes to climate change, though, one environment-focused journalist discusses why optimism doesn’t always lead to action, whereas pessimistic outlooks can sometimes help. Read on »

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The Technology for Autonomous Weapons Exists. What Now?​

By Sarah Scoles

How autonomous and semi-autonomous technology will operate in the future is up in the air. But experts say it has the potential to fundamentally change how war is waged: In the future, humans may not be the only arbiters of who lives and dies, with decisions instead in the hands of algorithms. Read on »

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Is the Future of Lab-Grown Meat in Luxury Products?​

By Matt Reynolds

While production of cultivated meat is banned in several countries, one Australian company’s lab-grown alternative to foie gras offers a controversial future for the cultivated meat industry: as a luxury product for the few. Yet other companies are betting they can bring the technology’s price down to compete in grocery stores. Read on »

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Podcast: Is It Likely that Covid-19 Came From a Lab?​

By The Editors

This week on Entanglements: Could the Covid-19 pandemic have been sparked by a lab leak? Our hosts explore this hot-button question in conversations with a Weill Cornell microbiologist and a Broad Institute scientist who is an avid lab-leak proponent. Read on »

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(Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) Coins worth over $1 million recovered from 1715 Spanish treasure shipwrecks in Florida Authorities in Florida have recovered 37 coins worth over $1 million stolen from an 18th-century Spanish shipwreck. Read More​

History & Archaeology (Louise N. Leakey, Turkana Basin Institute and Stony Brook University)) 1.5 million-year-old footprints reveal our Homo erectus ancestors lived with a 2nd proto-human species A set of footprints found at the site of Koobi Fora in Kenya reveals that our ancestor Homo erectus coexisted with a now-extinct bipedal hominin, Paranthropus boisei, 1.5 million years ago. Read More​

Space (NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, K. Miller (Caltech/IPAC)) 'Baby' exoplanet, equivalent to 2-week-old infant, is the youngest alien world ever spotted — and it's orbiting a wonky star A new study has identified an exoplanet that is just 3 million years old — around 1,500 times younger than Earth — alongside a misaligned protoplanetary disk that researchers cannot explain. Read More​

Health (NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, K. Miller (Caltech/IPAC)) Stone man disease: A rare condition that causes a person to grow a second skeleton Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare congenital condition that causes the body to grow a second skeleton, rendering patients immobile. Read More​

Animals (Kelsey Williamson) Orca gang develops brutal hunting strategy to take on the world's largest shark — 'This is a fascinating behaviour' The orca attacks appear to be led by a large adult male, suggesting that he may be leading the charge on this predatory behavior. achast let not youe/oue ewmasining hart betroubled duh ee​

 

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(NASA/JPL–Caltech/ESO/S. Brunier) The teams behind two potential new space telescopes have embarked on their final design studies as they go head-to-head to see which will be the first of NASA's new "Probe" class of mission. Full Story: Space(11/28)

Science & Astronomy 'Cataclysmic' solar storm hit Earth around 2687 years ago (Science Photo Library via Getty Images) Earth is no stranger to solar storms. Just this year we've been bombarded with storms, some so powerful they've triggered jaw-dropping auroras deep into mid-latitudes. But what about solar storms that took place prior to the creation of modern technology? If a solar storm of unprecedented magnitude occurred thousands of years ago how would we know? Full Story: Space(11/29)

Search for Life The fastest-moving stars may be piloted by aliens (dottedhippo/iStock/Getty Images Plus)) An advanced alien civilization may want to cruise around the galaxy, and the best way to do that is by steering their binary star system, a researcher proposes in a new paper. Full Story: Space(11/28)

Star Wars 'The Book of Boba Fett' disappointed, but we want season 2 (Lucasfilm/Disney+) There's a high possibility that Boba and Fennec will just show up at some point during Din Djarin and Grogu's big-screen adventure, and perhaps even the Dave Filoni-directed event movie that will supposedly arrive after he's done with Ahsoka season 2. But as we pointed out before

 

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The month’s best science images​

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nday 2024: Amazing Space Deals Pro astronomer picks the best Cyber Monday telescope deals (Getty) Spending over 25 years observing the night sky, I have come to appreciate what makes a great telescope — from the build quality and accessories on offer, to the optical performance and portability. This weekend, I have come across quite a few instruments targeted at astronomers of all levels who have a variety of budgets — and there are so many great deals on offer across Black Friday and Cyber Monday events, meaning both budding and experienced skywatchers can save hundreds of dollars on top-quality telescopes. Full Story: Space(11/30) Huge PSVR headset Cyber Monday deal: Save $200 (Future/Amazon) If you own a PlayStation and you want to explore the world of virtual reality, this is definitely the Cyber Monday deal you're searching for. You can get a sizable saving of 37% on the PSVR 2 headset this Cyber Monday as it's now its lowest-ever price and it features in our best VR headsets guide. Full Story: Space(12/1) Cyber Monday space gift ideas: discounts, deals and more Space(11/14)

The Launchpad Private Japanese moon lander arrives at launch site (ispace) The "Resilience" Mission 2 lander has arrived in Florida ahead of launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, ispace announced on Nov. 27. The mission will launch no earlier than January 2025, according to the company, which has not yet announced a precise launch target. Mission 2 follows the company's first attempt to land on the moon in April 2023. That mission ended in failure. Full Story: Space(11/30)

Skywatching Cyber Monday binoculars deals: The best discounts of 2024 (Getty Images) You can still grab some massive Black Friday and Cyber Monday binoculars deals as the big skywatching sale weekend is in full swi

 

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ching Why highly-anticipated 'new star' has yet to appear (NASA/Conceptual Image Lab/Goddard Space Flight Center) Astronomers' best predictions suggested T CrB was poised to ignite by September. Yet, two months later, the elusive system continues to show signs that an outburst is still imminent. So, what gives? Full Story: Space(12/2)

Science & Astronomy Supernova explosions could solve the dark matter mystery (Robert Lea (created with Canva)) Gamma rays emerging from neutron stars at the hearts of supernova explosions could solve the mystery of dark matter - in just 10 seconds. That is, if dark matter is composed of axions, which are hypothetical lightweight particles that are currently the leading candidates for dark matter. Full Story: Space(11/29)

SpaceX SpaceX launches next-gen US spy satellites, 20 Starlinks (SpaceX) SpaceX launched another batch of U.S. spy satellites early Saturday morning (Nov. 30). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday at 3:10 a.m. EST (0810 GMT; 12:10 a.m. local time). The rocket carried a set of spacecraft for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), as well as 20 of SpaceX's own Starlink broadband spacecraft. Full Story: Space(11/30)

Technology 2nd fastest supercomputer runs largest universe simulation (Warner Bros.) The world's second fastest supercomputer -- it used to be the fastest, before its rival machine came online earlier this month - has created the most complex computer simulation of the universe to date. The goal of this simulation is to test what researchers describe as "cosmological hydrodynamics." Full Story: Space(12/2)

Search for Life Alien communication could be easier with AI interactions (Warner Bros.) In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, a linguist is faced with the daunting task of deciphering an alien language consisting of palindromic phrases, which read the same backwards as they do forwards, written with circular symbols. As she discovers various clues, different nations around the world interpret the messages differently - with some assuming they convey a threat. Full Story: Space(11/30)

Entertainment 'Dune: Prophecy:' Are Valya and Tula Hiding Forbidden Tech? (HBO/Max) Last week's "Dune: Prophecy" chapter ended with Desmond Hart squaring off against Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen and deflecting her homicidal use of The Voice to get him to kill himself, and Sister Lila now lost in a coma after experiencing the horrors of genetic memory while enduring The Agony. We're going to juggle different timelines here as we dive into the new chapter so hang tight! Full Story: Space(12/2) smile life can/does rock as fa as space and i are concern ed hank space hope us human are ytratin you with the reespevt 7ou deserve/honest not lies

 

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Giving thanks for God’s all-power

We can’t help but sing God’s praises, as we recognize and experience the goodness and harmony produced and maintained by his omnipotence.

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The footprints of H. erectus and P. boisei (shown) are within metres of each other. (Kevin G. Hatala)

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(CCTV) China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts have some winged companions to oversee aboard the country's space station. The astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space station on Oct. 29, beginning their six-month-long stay in orbit. They have since been joined by 15 adult fruit flies and 40 pupae, which arrived aboard the Tianzhou 8 resupply mission on Nov. 15. Full Story: Space(12/2)

Science & Astronomy Hubble peeks planet-forming disk 3x hotter than the sun's (NASA-JPL, Caltech) A star about 1,360 light-years away from Earth, named FU Orionis, is twice as hot as astronomers previously suspected, according to recent data from the Hubble Space Telescope. In fact, scientists believe that the region where FU Orionis's planet-forming disk touches the star's surface glows at around 16,000 Kelvin - three times hotter than the surface of our sun. Full Story: Space(12/2)

Technology Near Space Labs launches fleet of AI-powered balloon robots (Sen) Near Space Labs, a New York-based startup, has deployed a network of high-altitude balloons equipped with advanced robotic cameras to capture high-resolution images of disaster-prone neighborhoods across the United States. With this enhanced imagery, the startup said it aims to accelerate the work of insurance companies that rely on aerial data to assess property risks and respond to damage caused by extreme weather events. Full Story: Space(11/27)

Search for Life SETI tracks signals with data from Arecibo Observatory (Robert Lea (created with Canva)) You can knock a good telescope out, but you can't keep it down. Using data from the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope, scientists from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute have unlocked the secrets of signals from "cosmic lighthouses" powered by dead stars. Full

 

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(USGS/Landsat) Earth from space: Crimea's 'putrid sea' creates beautiful rainbow of color but smells like rotten eggs A 2014 satellite photo of the Sivash region shows off the kaleidoscopic colors of a series of shallow, hypersaline lagoons — each filled with a different kind of algae. Read More​

Space Exploration (Getty Images / Anton Petrus) 12 strange reasons humans haven't found alien life yet Scientists have been searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life for decades. So, where are all the aliens? Here are 12 intriguing theories ... Read More​

Your Brain (Nanshu Lu) 'Electronic' scalp tattoos could be next big thing in brain monitoring Electrodes can now be printed onto the scalp to measure brain activity.

 

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London, UK. Larry the cat sits next to the Christmas tree in Downing Street.

 

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​ Scientists thought Venus was once like Earth. A new study says it never had water ​ ​ Venus was once covered in water. Or was it? An analysis of our twin planet's atmosphere suggests it could never have supported life.​ READ MORE

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​ Two cool spots found in the Great Barrier Reef ​ ​ New modelling reveals some outer reefs will stay 1 degree Celsius cooler than surrounding areas in coming decades — but it's not clear how their coral colonies will fare.​ READ MORE

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​ Footprints suggest two types of ancient human relatives walked side by side ​ ​ Newly discovered fossil footprints indicate two different species walked upright around a muddy lake in Kenya about 1.5 million years ago.​ READ MORE

 

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Remote oyster farm creating a 'unique flavour' and creating a new industry in WA's Midwest​ ​ The first commercial batch of rock oysters grown in pristine waters off the Abrolhos Islands in WA have been harvested, with plans to eventually supply four million into the domestic market each year.​ Read more