OctopusEffects, #Blender This is a Blender tutorial video made on Blender version 3.2. Tutorial for creating an animated explosion in cartoon style. The project is mainly done in the Shader Editor, ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the “miracle tree,” this giant conifer ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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The red-cockaded woodpecker has lost nearly all of its habitat in the southeastern United States, but an Air Force range in Florida is part of an emerging initiative to relocate besieged species on ...

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LAKE CLARKE SHORES, Fla. — After its closure for almost a year, a vital bridge in a Palm Beach County community has reopened to traffic following a series of improvements. A ribbon-cutting ceremony ...

It is easy to think of trees as passive entities with limited mobility, the essential green in the biodiversity of life. But as new research shows, the environmental benefits of trees — air cleaning, ...

Hurricane Helene became the deadliest storm to hit North Carolina and its devastating impacts, resulting in $59 billion in damage, still linger one year later.