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Soviet scientists released giant red king crabs into the Barents Sea in the 1960s to build a fishery, but decades later those invaders are still changing the seafloor

Soviet red king crabs transformed the Barents Sea from a fishing experiment into one of the world's most unusual marine ...
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India is sinking giant fabric tubes filled with sand 20 ft. underwater to create an invisible barrier against waves and try to rebuild beaches that are disappearing

India hides giant sand-filled tubes underwater to stop powerful waves and rebuild disappearing beaches naturally.
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A 17-year-old Chilean student is innovating with nuclear energy for Antarctica, a bold proposal mixing youth, extreme science, and one of the harshest places on Earth

A 17-year-old Chilean student designed a hybrid nuclear and renewable energy system to reduce diesel use at Antarctic ...
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The United States planted Australian melaleuca trees in 1906 to drain Florida wetlands, and now they have invaded nearly 500,000 acres, changing fire, water, an…

Australian melaleuca trees introduced to drain Florida wetlands spread across 500,000 acres, reshaping the Everglades for ...
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A new sodium-metal battery charges in just 4 minutes and keeps its capacity for years, a number that sounds like a serious hit against today’s battery limits

Scientists developed a sodium-metal battery that charges in about four minutes and retained 90% capacity after 2,000 cycles.
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Octopus Energy launched a plug-in home battery, an idea that wants to make storing electricity at home almost as simple as plugging in another appliance

Octopus Energy unveils a plug-in home battery that lets renters store cheaper electricity without permanent installation.
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NASA will pay $590 million to three companies to send construction materials to the Moon, a key step toward making a future lunar base feel less distant

NASA commits $590 million to commercial Moon missions that will prepare the ground for future lunar bases and astronaut ...
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Neanderthal babies were absolute units, according to a new study that changes how we imagine our most famous human relatives from the very start of life

A Neanderthal baby who died roughly 55,000 years ago appears to have been only about six months old. Yet the infant’s limbs ...
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Young creators built DragonBot, a low-cost robot programmed to pick only one type of seasonal fruit, a very farm-smart idea that could save labor without relying on ex…

Picking fruit sounds simple until the fruit is heavy, easily bruised, and ready at different times on the same plant. A new ...
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Scientists discovered a mud volcano off Trinidad formed by earthquakes in Venezuela, a structure born from shaking that shows how the seafloor also keeps fr…

A temporary island of mud has risen off southern Trinidad, and scientists say the most likely trigger was the pair of ...
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A fisherman in Anjouan accidentally pulled up a coelacanth, the prehistoric-looking fish that seemed like a living fossil hidden in deep waters and still leaves people stu…

A rare coelacanth was accidentally caught near the Comoros, raising new concerns for one of the world's oldest fish lineages.
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The jukumari has reappeared near the headwaters of the Parapetí River, a hopeful sign for conservationists in Bolivia’s Chaco because spotting such an elusive bear is …

A rare Andean bear has returned to Bolivia's Parapetí River, bringing new hope for wildlife and watershed conservation.