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Bringing more beavers to watersheds is a powerful drought-fighting tool, experts say

Jackson Ramsay's family ranch in southwest Wyoming is embracing beavers as nature's engineers

Editorial Team21 Oct, 09:57

Bringing more beavers to watersheds is a powerful drought-fighting tool, experts say

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Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples

Five of the world’s space agencies joined forces for the five-year mission that will try to land a robotic prospector plus a rover on Phobos, one of Mars’ two pint-sized moons.

Editorial Team20 Oct, 06:28

Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples

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Japan launches ambitious robotic mission to land on Martian moon Phobos, return samples to Earth

Soil samples collected by the MMX probe will shed light on the mysterious origin of the red planet's two moons, Phobos and Deimos.

Editorial Team20 Oct, 00:42

Japan launches ambitious robotic mission to land on Martian moon Phobos, return samples to Earth

October 19, 2026

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Mission to bring home 1st samples from a moon other than Earth’s set to launch Monday

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Martian Moons eXploration mission could unlock some of Mars' moons' mysteries and help scientists better understand the planet.

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Mission to bring home 1st samples from a moon other than Earth’s set to launch Monday

October 19, 2026

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Expedition to find Amelia Earhart's missing plane comes up empty

The researchers said what they had hoped was the plane was "likely a collection of large trees" that had washed away, leaving a "single Y-shaped segment."

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Expedition to find Amelia Earhart's missing plane comes up empty

October 17, 2026

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Pope's surgeon details operating on the "ideal patient" after lung cancer discovery "entirely by chance"

Pope Leo XIV was undergoing an examination for another reason when doctors discovered a tumor on his right lung, his doctor said.

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Pope's surgeon details operating on the "ideal patient" after lung cancer discovery "entirely by chance"

October 16, 2026

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Four years after discovery, remains found in a barrel in Lake Mead identified as those of 1980s murder victim

The bones with remnants of clothing were found in a deteriorated drum in 2022 as the waters of Lake Mead in Nevada receded. Who killed Edward Lelburian Jackson is still unknown.

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Four years after discovery, remains found in a barrel in Lake Mead identified as those of 1980s murder victim

October 15, 2026

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Mystery of Amelia Earhart's missing plane could be solved in days, researchers say

A group of American researchers believes it may be days away from finding what remains of the missing plane of legendary aviator Amelia Earhart off a remote island in the South Pacific.

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Mystery of Amelia Earhart's missing plane could be solved in days, researchers say

October 14, 2026

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Climate change pushed Earth to its limits in 2026 as certain "vital signs" reach record extremes, report says

Climate change has pushed the planet's environmental systems "deeper into uncharted territory," researchers said in a new report centered on the state of Earth's climate in 2026.

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Climate change pushed Earth to its limits in 2026 as certain "vital signs" reach record extremes, report says

October 14, 2026

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Coral reefs are under threat, but bleached corals aren’t a lost cause, study suggests

Researchers found that when bleached coral was in physical contact with a genetically identical healthy one, the injured animal recovered in just seven weeks.

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Coral reefs are under threat, but bleached corals aren’t a lost cause, study suggests

October 14, 2026

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New dinosaur species, a T. rex cousin that "would have chased us," identified from fossil found 100 years ago

A fossil discovered 100 years ago in the U.K. has been identified as a previously unknown cousin of the T. rex, and it "definitely would have chased us."

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New dinosaur species, a T. rex cousin that "would have chased us," identified from fossil found 100 years ago

October 13, 2026

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Perseverance Mars rover sets new driving record on surface of another world

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has set a new record for the longest distance traveled on the surface of another planet, the space agency said.

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