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Representative Image. Photo Source: Senthiaathavan (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sri Lanka Train Hits Elephant Herd, Killing Six Near Minneriya Park

A train crash killed six elephants near Sri Lanka’s Minneriya National Park. Four baby elephants died in the collision. The train derailed, but all passengers survived. One elephant stayed behind to guard

Govind Tekale

February 22, 2025

Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System. Photo Source: eso

Space

WASP-121b: 96,480 km/h Winds, Vaporized Metals, and Escaping Hydrogen in 3D Atmospheric Map

Picture a world where metal turns to vapor and winds blow at unprecedented speeds in space. Scientists have found exactly that on a distant planet called WASP-121b, located 900 light-years from Earth.

Rahul Somvanshi

February 22, 2025

Space

U.S. Space Force Reveals First X-37B Orbit Photo and Fuel-Saving Move

The U.S. Space Force has just shared something unprecedented – the first public photo taken from its X-37B space plane while in orbit. The image shows Earth from space, with part of

Rahul Somvanshi

February 22, 2025

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Canada·News

4.8 Quake Near Vancouver Reveals Alert System Issues

The ground shook near Vancouver on Friday afternoon. At 1:26 PM, an earthquake struck near Sechelt, approximately 60 kilometers northwest of Vancouver. First thought to be 5.1 in strength, experts later measured

Rahul Somvanshi

February 22, 2025

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Conservation·Wildlife

Hiring Freeze Halts Monitoring as Northern Spotted Owls Decline

The northern spotted owl faces a new threat – there’s no one left to watch over them. A government hiring freeze means wildlife agencies can’t bring in the scientists needed to track

Karmactive Staff

February 22, 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Marine Life

Robot Boats Track Alaska’s Krill Amid COVID-19

When COVID-19 shut down regular ocean research in 2020, scientists found a clever solution. They sent three robot boats, called saildrones, to do the job of tracking tiny shrimp-like animals called krill

Govind Tekale

February 22, 2025

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Health·UK

Record 1,160 Daily Norovirus Cases Overwhelm England’s Hospitals

The stomach bug known as norovirus is causing major problems in England’s hospitals. New figures show 1,160 hospital beds are being used daily by patients with the virus – the highest number

Tejal Somvanshi

February 21, 2025

Study author, Maëlan Tomasek, with a “volunteer” in the experiment conducted in the Mediterranean Sea. © MPI of Animal Behavior/ Maëlan Tomasek

Marine Life

Wild Fish Recognize Individual Divers by Gear

Scientists have discovered something surprising about fish in the Mediterranean Sea – they can recognize which diver might feed them, similar to how many animals learn to associate specific humans with food

Govind Tekale

February 21, 2025

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Australia·Disaster

Australia Faces Dual Cyclone Threats: 60% Chance Near Queensland

Two powerful storms might hit Australia next week. Weather experts are watching these storms closely as they grow stronger off the country’s east and west coasts. The first storm, called 22U, is

Rahul Somvanshi

February 21, 2025

Representative Image: Wild rice, processed at the Kellogg Biological Station. Photo Source: Scot Martin (Flickr)

Conservation·USA

Michigan’s Wild Rice Restoration: Tribes Lead Efforts to Revive Official State Grain

Michigan’s native wild rice, known as manoomin in Ojibwe, faces a critical moment in its history. Once abundant across Michigan’s waterways, these rice beds have sharply declined since European settlement. Now, tribal

Rahul Somvanshi

February 21, 2025