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Harvard-led team to search cosmos for extraterrestrial space tech and UFOs

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Are there intelligent extraterrestrial civilizations capable of building technologies that can travel between the stars? An international research project is poised to find out.

The Galileo Project, helmed by a multi-institutional team of scientists led by Avi Loeb, a professor of science in the Department of Astronomy at Harvard University, will seek and investigate evidence that could represent defunct or still-active "extraterrestrial technological civilizations," or ETCs.
Full Story: LiveScience (7/26)

We may finally know why the delta variant of coronavirus is so infectious

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The delta variant has now spread to more than 100 countries and currently makes up 83% of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. Now, we may know why. An early new study suggests people infected with the delta variant of the novel coronavirus may be carrying more than a thousand times more virus particles and may test positive two days earlier than those infected with the original SARS-CoV-2.
Full Story: LiveScience (7/23)

Ancient ship and burial ground discovered in underwater city in Egypt

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Archaeologists have discovered the 2,200-year-old wreck of an ancient Egyptian ship that sank after being struck with giant blocks from the famous temple of Amun. The so-called galley, along with a burial ground, were discovered beneath the Mediterranean Sea in Thonis-Heracleion, a city that fell into the water long ago.
Full Story: LiveScience (7/26)

'Eye of Sauron' volcano and other deep-sea structures discovered in underwater 'Mordor'

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Researchers exploring the Indian Ocean have discovered the remains of a collapsed underwater volcano with an uncanny resemblance to the all-seeing "Eye of Sauron" from J.R.R. Tolkien's famous fantasy series "The Lord of the Rings," as well as two other seafloor structures named after places in Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Full Story: LiveScience (7/23)

bring it on home to me
think we neeeeeed an amount of natural craziness, to cope with lifes mulritudal stressess,wtf huh
 
cool nex
same thing,,i assume
you folk in western countriesd love giving uppity bs classy names even to supposedly lowly pigs ha

ps
surprised my asian relatives are not marketing,as theyrer so abundant

y' anything over that region
Feral pigs are not the same as wild boars. There are slight differences in anatomy, and some fur colors of feral pigs you'd never find in wild boars.

Feral pigs:
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Feral pigs are not the same as wild boars. There are slight differences in anatomy, and some fur colors of feral pigs you'd never find in wild boars.

Feral pigs:
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cool nex,readily accept

bascally,like us humans
interbred and fucvked up,genetically and otherwise
why we have cv running around in our midst huh

ps
and i still say,dont blame the chinese for supposedly releasing it
know of seversl countries just as culpable,in my books huh
 
sad but,oh well



Smoke From US Wildfires Is Turning the Moon an Eerie Color
The haze has extended all over North America now, and this weekend the full moon was indeed bright red. I am writing this from a cabin in a forest, and last night we were nervous when we went to bed because of the smell of smoke. It turns out it was just our neighbor having a campfire—but really, as Michael notes, "that the moon is flaring red this weekend for some of us is less a spectacle and more a grim reminder of the terrible events occurring out West."
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Climate Inaction Isn't the Same as Not Caring
Read the comments on this one; we have such thoughtful and intelligent readers.
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3D-Printed Stainless Steel Bridge Opens in Amsterdam
Alas, the commenters were less impressed with my take on this bridge.
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This Gorgeous Tiny House Is a Family Cottage—and Retirement Investment
A very good comment on this post explains why tiny houses exist.
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Tall Wood Architect Michael Green Does Short House
Michael Green is often on Treehugger, but never for a house.
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How I Create Magical Moonlight Gardens
Good design can make a garden a delightful place to be—and not just when the sun is shining.
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Biden to Restore Protections for America's Largest National Forest
The Biden administration plans to reverse a Trump-era decision to allow development in the world’s largest temperate rainforest.
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What Is Extended Producer Responsibility? Policy Overview
We have been banging on about this on Treehugger for years; waste should be their problem, not ours.
 

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Turtles All The Way Down
Anyone who’s ever heard the above expression may be familiar with the image of the world being carried on the back of a giant turtle. While that philosophical one-liner is of relatively modern vintage, the cosmic turtle mytheme has appeared in disparate cultures across the globe for millennia. But why exactly do turtles get all the fun? We take a short trip through mythology.
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CEDAR CREEK, TEXAS
Ms. Pearl
Standing at 14 feet tall, the statue of Ms. Pearl beckons anywhere from 30 to 100 passersby a day from the highway to have their picture taken with her. If you’re wondering why she is clutching a pecan bigger than your head, it probably has something to do with the nearby Berdoll Pecan Candy & Gift Company, a family-owned business that includes a gift shop, a pecan orchard, and an enormously adorable squirrel statue.
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ATLAS OBSCURA COURSES
Grow a Dye Garden
Design your very own dye garden, sowing the seeds for a diverse palette of color. Over the course of three weeks, textile artist Aaron Sanders Head will walk us through the process of planning, planting, and maintaining the garden, as well as mechanisms for harvesting and storing dye materials you can use in your craft. While we’ll focus on several typical plants used for natural dyeing (such as indigo, marigolds, and cosmos), the skills you’ll learn can be applied to a number of plants.
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Pub Olympics
The seven-bay porch of Rohman’s Inn and Pub faces away from the rest of the unincorporated village of Shohola. Originally built in 1849, the two-and-a-half-story wood-frame building stopped functioning as an inn at least 40 years ago. But Rohman’s Pub, on the first, basement-level floor, is still a fixture. And for the past three decades, Rohman’s has hosted its own men’s Olympics each winter.
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HONG KONG
'Monster Building'