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W57KD8 Panting happy dog sitting in a beautiful wildflower patch at St Abbs Head Nature Reserve, Scotland on a hot summer's day

Environment

Dog waste may harm nature reserve biodiversity by fertilising the soil

Dogs鈥� urine and faeces bring large amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus into suburban nature reserves, which could be harmful to plant biodiversity

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This illustration shows the distant Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein as it might look in the outer Solar System. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is estimated to be about 1000 times more massive than a typical comet, making it arguably the largest comet discovered in modern times. It has an extremely elongated orbit, journeying inward from the distant Oort Cloud over millions of years. It is the most distant comet to be discovered on its incoming path.

Space

Biggest comet from outer solar system ever seen is 137 kilometres wide

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Example of detected methane plume over the United States on 2019-09-25 in TROPOMI (ESA) methane measurements

Environment

Satellite images show biggest methane leaks come from Russia and US

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HIV viruses infecting T-lymphocytes

Health

鈥榁B鈥� is a new and more infectious variant of HIV 鈥� but it is treatable

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Space

First truly isolated black hole detected in interstellar space

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A vendor hods a sign reading "Bitcoin accepted" at a store in San Salvador, on January 26, 2022. - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged El Salvador to withdraw bitcoin as a legal tender, pointing to "great risks associated" with the use of cryptocurrency, a blow to President Nayib Bukele, his enthusiastic promoter. (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images)

Technology

El Salvador revamps bitcoin wallet after complaints of theft and fraud

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A driver rides hands-free in a Tesla Motors Inc. Model S vehicle equipped with Autopilot hardware and software in New York, U.S. on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. The latest overhaul of the car's operating system, known as Tesla 8.0, biggest change is how Autopilot shifts towards a heavier reliance on its radar than its camera to guide the car through traffic. Photographer: Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Technology

Tesla recalls 50,000 cars that disobey stop signs in self-driving mode

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Environment

River pollution: Tackling England’s “chemical cocktail” waterways

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Woman in Kimono dress playing Koto

Humans

Japanese and English language folk songs evolved in the same way

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On September 26, 2017, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured these natural-color images of a large phytoplankton bloom in western Lake Erie. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the bloom contains microcystis, a type of freshwater cyanobacteria. These phytoplankton produce toxins that can contaminate drinking water and pose a risk to human and animal health (skin irritant, respiratory distress) when there is direct contact. A few days earlier, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Terra satellite captured a wider view of the lake. Blooms tend to thrive in Lake Erie during summer, sustained by warm water temperatures and nutrients from farm runoff. This year, the bloom has been ongoing since mid-July. NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Environment

Algal blooms in freshwater lakes are becoming more common worldwide

Lakes across the world have seen an increase in algal blooms that strangle freshwater ecosystems, according to an analysis of satellite images from 1982 to 2019

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Health

Covid-19 death figures reveal huge ongoing impact on minority groups

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Health

Chewing gum while pregnant linked to fewer premature births in Malawi

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Environment

Fix the Planet newsletter: Can tree diversity help the climate?

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Technology

Privacy policies are four times as long as they were 25 years ago

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