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SANBI drives biodiversity action as host of the Convention for Biological Diversity southern Africa Subregional Centre for Technical and Scientific Cooperation
South Africa Today
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August 28, 2025
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has been officially appointed as a host of the Subregional Technical and Scientific Cooperation (TSC) Support Centres under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This important...
Omarrion Evans' 90-yard TD run seals Evergreen Park's win against Ag. Science
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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August 29, 2025
Evergreen Park senior Omarrion Evans started his football season with a 90-yard touchdown run that players dream about all summer long. Evans beat a few Ag. Science defenders and exploded down the right sideline late in the third quarter on...
OHSU scientists receive $8.4 million with goal of developing HIV cure in less than 10 years
FOX 12 - Oregon
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August 29, 2025
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A cure for HIV may be discovered right here in the Portland metro. Scientists at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) are now closer than ever after a federal grant could allow for clinical trials in just a few years....
Lydia’s Friends hosts Community Science Moth Night
Brattleboro Reformer - Vermont
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August 28, 2025
DUMMERSTON — Lydia’s Friends, Inc., the friends-of-the-library organization that supports the Lydia Taft Pratt Library, will host Community Science Moth Night on Friday at 8 p.m. at the library, 150 West St. Join in for a night of insect...
Trump news at a glance: CDC chief was fired for resisting vaccine changes that ‘flew in the face of science’
The Guardian
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August 29, 2025
CDC director Susan Monarez was fired after resisting changes to vaccine policy that were advanced by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and that she believed contradicted scientific evidence, according to a former acting director of the Centers...
Local 8-year-old cancer patient spends the day as a scientist thanks to Make-A-Wish
WVLT - Tennessee
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August 28, 2025
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Many kids have dreams of being super heroes or rock stars and one girl battling cancer in Knoxville got to make her dream come true. “I actually want to be a scientist and work as a doctor,” Ava Page said. The 8-year-old...
The science behind the Coastal Bend's water shortage and the proposed solution
KRIS 6 - Texas
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August 29, 2025
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — I've been diving into our water crisis for a while now in my series called Water Watch, but today let's look at some of the science that's brought us to the position we're in right now and the science behind some of the...
Kaun Banega Crorepati 17: ISRO scientist Haripriya Saketpuram decides to quit game at Rs 25 lakh but guesses correctly
The Times of India
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ISRO scientist Haripriya Saketpuram from Hyderabad, graced Kaun Banega Crorepati 17, marking a proud moment for India's space research. During the show, she shared her 15-year journey with Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan, balancing her demanding career...
Floriade returns in 2025 with ‘Science and Nature’ theme and impressive line-up of sponsors and partners
Australian Leisure
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Floriade, Australia’s largest celebration of Spring held in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park, returns in 2025 from 13th September to 12th October with the theme ‘Science and Nature’ and will offering a free flower and entertainment festival with...
Scientists Make Succulents That Glow in the Dark Like Living Night Lights
ZME Science
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August 28, 2025
Succulents glow in shades of red, green, blue, and more after being infused with afterglow phosphor particles that absorb and slowly release light. Credit: Liu et al., Matter. Imagine walking down a city street lit not by neon signs or LED bulbs...
Follow the Scientism
Brownstone
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August 28, 2025
The following was originally published in Humanum and is reprinted here with permission. Because we would all prefer to forget the Covid crisis and move on, the following may have already faded from our collective memory. Only a few years ago,...
The Martians are Coming: A Scientific Melodrama
BookTrib
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August 28, 2025
The Martians by David Baron A blow-by-blow history of Americans’ obsession with Mars and Martians. Of all the planets in our solar system, Mars has long possessed a special allure. Indeed, its reddish hue caught the eye of many an ancient human...
From Utah to Peru: UVU Water Scientists Lead Fight Against Contamination
UVU Review - Utah
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August 28, 2025
OREM, Utah — In a remote hotel room near Lima, Peru, Dr. Lauren Brooks worked through the night, hunched over buckets and sterilization tablets, testing water samples she had collected earlier that day. A biologist from Utah Valley University...
The Venado Supercomputer Is Now Running the Latest OpenAI Reasoning Models on Its NVIDIA Grace Hopper GPUs to Accelerate National Security-Related Science
Newswise
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August 29, 2025
Newswise — After moving to a classified network earlier this year, the Venado supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory is now running OpenAI’s latest o-series reasoning models to accelerate national security research. Venado, which uses...
Sanders statement on CDC walkout as Trump's war on science continues
Vermont Business Magazine
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August 29, 2025
Vermont Business Magazine Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement after hundreds of CDC workers walked out of their job to...
'Frighteningly complex': Scientists race to find solution to algal crisis
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 28, 2025
In a 20-minute walk around her Adelaide beachside suburb, Elizabeth Dinsdale might see half a dozen dead sea creatures. "The stingrays and the small Port Jackson sharks seemed to be affected faster," she says. "It's devastating." The toxic algal...
Little shrimp, big problem, Part 1: Farming, science and politics collide on the coast
Chinook Observer - Washington State
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August 28, 2025
WILLAPA BAY and GRAYS HARBOR — The sediment core makes a squelching sound as it slithers out the end of ecologist Jen Ruesink’s clam gun, studded with the pale, translucent bodies of burrowing ghost shrimp. The core is about a yard long and has...
What science says about what makes something cool
AOL
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On a special episode (first released on August 27, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Is coolness just a vibe—or something deeper? A new global study spanning 12 countries finds surprising common traits that define who we see as cool. University of...
What Will Your Fries Look Like in 2050? Scientists Have the Answer
Seed World
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August 28, 2025
Researchers are reimagining everyday staples to withstand extreme weather while keeping flavour and quality intact. In Nova Scotia, rows of strawberry plants are being put to the test. Each one could hold the secret to thriving in a future where...
The way most Aussies hang toilet paper - aka the right way - is wrong, according to science
Nine
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August 29, 2025
The right way to hang toilet paper is a source of frustration that can cause arguments in households across Australia. For devotees of placing the toilet roll on the holder with the paper going over, entering the bathroom to see it placed the...