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“It led to a fourfold increase in adult gannet deaths, resulting in a 26% decrease in the size of Bass Rock's colony and a 38% fall at Grassholm.”
“More than 20 years ago, the state of Oklahoma sued 14 major poultry companies, arguing that waste from their birds was harming a scenic watershed.”
“Heading for Earth are multiple coronal mass ejections, clouds of magnetic fields and charged particles from the sun that stream into space at up to 1,900 miles (3,000 kilometers) per second.”
“The North Coast Tanker Ban, which went into effect in 2019, prohibits tankers from carrying more than 12,500 metric tonnes of crude oil in areas along the northern coast of British Columbia.”
“A normal cumulus cloud, the kind you see floating around on a clear day, can easily cover a full cubic kilometre of sky. Even a small amount of water per cubic metre adds up over that much space, often reaching close to 500,000 kilograms.”
“Crypto companies have already contributed $189 million to influencing the 2026 midterms, giving the industry an enormous pool of money to reward allies and punish critics.”
“four popes”
“the study warned that the colonies would not fully recover from the impact until 2041 at the earliest.”
“It was a place where scuba divers loved to go because they could see 15, 20, 30 feet underwater because the lake was so clear. / But that's not the case anymore.”
“A series of direct+glancing blows beginning on July 3rd could spark G2 to G3-class geomagnetic storms over the 4th of July holiday weekend,”
“As NASA explains, a cloud droplet usually measures around ten microns across, nowhere close to the size of an actual raindrop. [...] For a droplet this tiny, that speed comes out to a tiny fraction of a centimetre per second.”
“Public Citizen’s analysis of Federal Election Commission disclosures found that crypto companies supplied 37% of the $517 million in reported corporate election spending for the cycle.”
“two queens of France”
“The bird flu outbreak in 2022 dealt an unprecedented deadly blow to UK seabirds and these findings show that key gannet colonies on Bass Rock and Grassholm will be impacted for decades to come.”
“the flow of water to the Aral Sea was reduced by ninety percent with disasterous results”
“G1-G2 conditions are likely by 03-04 Jul due to the anticipated arrival of the 30 Jun CME associated with the X1.1 flare”
“sometimes with real force, like the strong updrafts inside a thunderstorm that can push upward at several metres per second.”
“Ripple was the crypto sector’s largest identified contributor, spending $49.6 million.”
“within a span of 25 years, at least five of his family members died from high fevers”
“The $200m mission encountered many technical problems, from being hit by a solar flare to experiencing propulsion glitches. But each time an issue came up, the Japanese project team found an elegant solution to keep Hayabusa alive and brin…”
“the sea is thirty miles away and the town of Mujnak (Moy-NAHK) is plagued by both massive unemployment and serious health problems brought on by the Aral's demise”
“Geomagnetic activity likely to reach Active to G1/minor geomagnetic storm (Kp 4-5) with a chance of isolated G2 Moderate storm (Kp 6) intervals, and a slight chance of G3 Strong storm (Kp 7), if the CME is more impactful than anticipated”
“Once a droplet has grown from a few microns to about a millimetre wide, its volume has gone up by nearly a million times.”
“Fairshake received $82.6 million from crypto companies, while the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. received $56.2 million.”
“who died in 1562 at age 19”
“The re-entry on Sunday, at 1351 GMT, produced a spectacular fireball in the Australian night sky.”
“Dr. Friedman says manned mission to Mars could occur within the next 15 year”
“A sustained southward Bz of −5 nT or stronger usually signals an imminent display of aurora.”
“Fairshake and its affiliate, Protect Progress, poured more than $4 million into the race to target Green...”
“who died at age 46 in 1587”
“This was the capsule protected against the 3,000-degree heat generated in the fall by its carbon shield.”
“Since 1974 he's worked on NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite”
“In Rio de Janeiro, estimates from Brazil’s National Sanitation Information System suggest that not even half (47%) of wastewater receives effective treatment before it is discharged into the environment.”
“Fairshake’s political network spent $5.5 million (an astronomical sum typically reserved for high-stakes Senate races) to boost Democratic state delegate Adrian Boafo in his primary bid for Representative Steny Hoyer’s open House seat.”
“published online June 17”
“It was only when daylight came up on Monday, however, that a recovery team began to approach the 40cm-wide pod which was lying on the ground still attached to its parachute.”
“In 1992 he announced that he and a team of researchers had detected the biggest, oldest objects ever observed in the universe”
“Recent findings first reported on The Conversation from the EcoShark Project [...] coordinated by researchers at the Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics at UFRJ found that [...] traces were found in brain tissue of hammerhead shark…”
“"This is the biggest time of consequence to each of our economies, I think, in our lifetime," Warsh said, and added, "Who knew when the internet was born that the internet was going to create a million and a half jobs as Uber drivers? We a…”
“positive not only for P. falciparum but also for Plasmodium malariae”
“Engineers will be keen to see how well it stood up to the 12km/s descent.”
“G1-G2 conditions are likely by 03 Jul due to the anticipated arrival of the 30 Jun CME associated with the X1.1 flare”
“"Something that is even more advanced and potentially more disturbing, is the ability of these algorithms to coordinate on a manipulative path of prices[...]. These algorithms indeed manage to achieve this kind of manipulation, creating bu…”
“had only P. falciparum”
“The return was the culmination of a remarkable seven-year adventure, which saw Hayabusa visit asteroid Itokawa in 2005 and attempt to pluck dust from its surface before firing its engines for home.”
“A coronal mass ejection (CME) arrival is likely to arrive early on the 03 Jul, leading to an increase in potential visible aurora”
“The bubble itself, according to Doctorow, "wants expensive, ‘disruptive’ things: Big foundation models that lose billions of dollars every year. When the AI investment mania halts, most of those models are going to disappear, because it ju…”
“with two mutations the researchers had never seen before”
“It took about an hour to locate the capsule by helicopter, its position tracked by radar and a beacon that was transmitting from inside the canister.”
“A sustained southward Bz of −5 nT or stronger usually signals an imminent display of aurora”
“"If AI overdelivers, it will impact financial stability. If AI underdelivers, it will impact financial stability."”
“(2026). ... iScience 29(7).”
“Japanese, American and Australian scientists will open the canister in an ultra-clean, evacuated environment.”
“Recent findings first reported on The Conversation from the EcoShark Project (as the research is “to be submitted for publication, but already shared among UFRJ scientists”), coordinated by researchers at the Carlos Chagas Filho Institute …”
“This is the biggest time of consequence to each of our economies, I think, in our lifetime,”
“Researchers found evidence of P. falciparum in the bones of both Medici brothers, confirming reports from court physicians at the time that described the brothers as sick with "tertian fever," a type of high fever that returns every three …”
“The 500m-long Itokawa has many boulders covering its surface The biggest is 50m wide; it is nicknamed 'Yoshinodai'”
“Something that is even more advanced and potentially more disturbing, is the ability of these algorithms to coordinate on a manipulative path of prices[...]. These algorithms indeed manage to achieve this kind of manipulation, creating bub…”
“The Grand Duke's bones were positive not only for P. falciparum but also for Plasmodium malariae, a different parasite species that also causes malaria in humans, suggesting that both species contributed to the severe illness that killed h…”
“Observations revealed Itokawa's density to be extremely low Scientists say it is a pile of rubble that was produced in a collision Gravity would have collected the debris into the object we now see”
“The bubble itself, according to Doctorow, “wants expensive, ‘disruptive’ things: Big foundation models that lose billions of dollars every year. When the AI investment mania halts, most of those models are going to disappear, because it ju…”
“Cardinal Giovanni, on the other hand, had only P. falciparum, but the specific strain that infected him was previously unknown. The strain is similar to those found in ancient and early modern Europe, but with two mutations the researchers…”
“Scientists hope the Itokawa samples will give them new insights into the make-up of asteroids and help them understand better the early history of the Solar System, which formed more than 4.5 billion years ago.”
“If AI overdelivers, it will impact financial stability. If AI underdelivers, it will impact financial stability.”
“If that is confirmed, it would be the first time fragments of rock have been picked up off the surface of an asteroid and returned to Earth, and only the fourth extraterrestrial sample brought to our planet by a spacecraft. Those other mat…”
“That’s not great for a company that has pledged about $145 billion in AI infrastructure spending this year alone”
“And then scientists all over the world will be assigned very, very tiny amounts - just a few grains. Because the instruments we now have are so sophisticated, we only need a few grains to find out an awful lot of information.”
“Earlier this year, the company released its new flagship model Muse Spark, and while it performed well enough in benchmark testing, it has struggled to gain any real traction.”
“has prepared around 200 balls with penny-sized holes for the mice to nest in.”
“Meta’s AI chief, Alexandr Wang, has recently called the model an “appetizer” for what Meta will have to offer.”
“The project is believed to be one of the biggest of its kind ever run in Leicestershire.”
“After it became clear that Grok simply wasn’t competitive with frontier models at anything but generating non-consensual porn, the company pivoted to renting out its massive Colossus data center to Anthropic for it to run its AI model that…”
“Fenland and West Norfolk councils have sent more than 1,000 warning letters about precautions during the tests.”
“Murphy was then able to connect the anonymous email to the corresponding Apple account in about five minutes.”
“In 1961 the canal was used for landfill but tipping stopped in the 1970s.”
“Murphy first notified Apple about the issue in June 2025.”
“Families living along the five-mile line of the Wisbech canal are asked to wear gloves when gardening and to prevent children playing in the soil.”
“Then, in March of this year, Apple reportedly told Murphy that the issue had been addressed in a recent system change. Murphy, however, found that the vulnerability was still not fixed.”
“A £2.7m scheme to help protect land and businesses on the Humber estuary from flooding is progressing well, the Environment Agency has said.”
“By the end of that month, Apple said it planned to fix the issue in a future update 'in the coming weeks.'”
“Steel piles have been placed along a 900-metre section of Halton Marshes as part of the project, which started in September last year.”
“Apple’s support page now says the email addresses are being created with a @privaterelay.appleid.com domain.”
“The scheme is expected to finish as planned in October.”
“Murphy first notified Apple about the issue in June 2025. Apple responded a month later and said it was looking into the issue.”
“The work is part of the Humber Estuary Flood Risk Management Strategy, which outlines the Environment Agency's flood risk management plan for the estuary for the next 25 years.”
“In May, Apple reportedly asked Murphy not to disclose the exploit because it was still investigating. By the end of that month, Apple said it planned to fix the issue in a future update 'in the coming weeks.'”
“Intertrust, which specialises in finance and law, became the first to reach Environment Department- assessed criteria.”
“TechCrunch reported last month that Apple told developers it’s going to stop generating these anonymous emails with the @icloud.com domain and instead use @private.icloud.com. Apple’s support page now says the email addresses are being cre…”
“The criteria set by the Environment Department for 2010 has become stricter compared to previous years.”
“The results from thermal imaging of 10,000 houses will be analysed and published online.”
“During the 15-month pilot, thermal imaging will be carried out by IRT Surveys of Dundee.”
“Clyde Valley Housing Association, is one of four Scottish associations taking part in the scheme”
“The Scottish government has pledged to try reduce carbon emissions by 42% by 2020.”
“across the year that would save up to £30,000 and reduce carbon emissions by about 29 tonnes”
“Yearsley Swimming Pool's manager James Howard said across the year that would save up to £30,000 and reduce carbon emissions by about 29 tonnes.”
“who warned that the cuts could be as high £162m, roughly 30% of particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics research.”
“The site in Knockin, near Oswestry, is part of e-MERLIN (Enhanced Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network), a globally significant group of seven sites across the UK.”
“A radio telescope in Shropshire with a 25m (82ft) diameter dish, could be at risk of closing because of proposed cuts in national science funding.”
“However, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is expected to reduce funding across particle physics, astronomy and physics.”
“She added that the centre in Shropshire is important for innovations and for keeping future generations of nuclear physicists in the UK.”
